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534: Mindset & Skills to Become a Consistently Profitable Trader - Paras Jandwani

Nov 17, 2025
Paras Jandwani, a momentum-based price action and tape trader from Bear Bull Traders, shares his journey from a three-year struggle to consistent profitability. He discusses the pivotal role of tape reading and order flow techniques in his trading success. Topics include building confidence through practice, the importance of refined playbooks to manage risks, and the need for realistic expectations in trading. Jandwani emphasizes understanding personal strengths to shape one’s trading style, offering insights for both new and experienced traders.
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ANECDOTE

Long Road To Profitability

  • Paras spent three and a half years struggling before becoming consistently profitable.
  • He credits tape reading as the game-changing skill that shifted his career to consistency.
INSIGHT

Tape Shows Market's Real Heartbeat

  • Tape combines time-and-sales (order flow) and level two (order depth) to reveal real market interaction.
  • Time-and-sales is factual trade execution data while level two shows queued interest that can be deceptive.
INSIGHT

Patterns Reveal Participant Intent

  • Tape patterns reveal what type of participants are active and where buyers step in during momentum moves.
  • Reading these patterns helps time entries, scale positions, and manage exits with higher conviction.
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