Investing and trading aren’t opposites so much as different relationships to time. This guide clarifies frames—from scalping to position trading—and argues that most edge is born in ranges, not headlines. Choose your horizon, respect its rules, and let discipline—not drift—set your course.
Back when BitMEX paid maker rebates, I turned ~$30 into ~$2,000 by posting passive liquidity and guarding inventory. This post breaks down the rebate math, spread capture, and kill-switches—and shows how that small-edge discipline connects to “Trading Big Bags,” where structure, not bravado, determines survival.
Derivatives are not mere side bets. They are the shadow engine of markets — the hidden machinery of futures, perps, options, and ETFs that reshapes liquidity, andlifies risk, and choreographs price itself. To read markets well is to see beyond candles and charts, and to listen for the gears turning beneath them.
