Two full cycles taught me
what no chart could.
I didn't come to crypto for lottery tickets — though I learned that lesson the hard way too. Since 2019 I've lived two complete cycles of bull and bear: I rode an altcoin to a 10x and gave it back, chased the wrong coins at the wrong time, and only slowly understood the structure the market actually follows — that BTC leads, and rotation comes in euphoria.
Pastatrade is everything those expensive lessons taught me, turned into a disciplined, repeatable process — so the next person doesn't have to learn it the way I did.
I learned the market's structure the most expensive way possible — by living it. Pastatrade exists so you don't have to.
The road so far
From an analytical foundation — economics, mathematics and ICT — to two full market cycles and the discipline they forged.
A-Level (Form 5–6) · Economics, Geography & Maths
My advanced-level combination — economics, geography and mathematics — was an early grounding in how incentives, systems and numbers interact. Those are the exact lenses I now apply to markets.
BSc in Information & Communication Technology
A bachelor of science in ICT gave me the engineering foundation to turn market theory into working data pipelines, models and software — the technical backbone behind Pastatrade.
Entered the market — without a framework
I started in crypto in 2019: curious, ambitious, and completely unstructured. The first lesson came fast — the market does not reward intelligence, it rewards discipline. I had neither, yet, and it would cost me.
My first cycle: a 10x I gave back
I rode an altcoin to a 10x — then watched it round-trip, because I had no plan to take profit and exited late, after the crash. Chasing momentum, I rotated into random coins in 2021 and missed the real upside. The conviction was there; the structure was not.
The bear market that explained everything
When the cycle turned, I finally studied what I had missed. The market moves in a sequence: BTC leads the bull, large caps follow, and broad altcoin rotation only arrives in euphoria — not at random. My 2021 mistakes were not bad luck; they were a misread of where we were in the cycle.
Second cycle — sharper, but still late
Living a second full cycle, the patterns were obvious in hindsight — yet I still became fully aware only in the late stages. Two complete bull-and-bear cycles taught me the most expensive lesson of all: timing the rotation matters as much as picking the asset.
Built Pastatrade
So I built the tool I wish I had in 2021 — one that measures BTC risk, tracks when altcoin rotation is actually confirming, and separates real strength from coins that only look strong. Pastatrade turns the lessons I paid for into a process anyone can follow.
The principles behind Pastatrade
The same rules that govern the platform govern how I trade.
Risk is the only thing you control
Returns are uncertain; drawdowns are survivable only with discipline. Take profit by plan, not by feeling — capital preservation first, upside second.
Respect the cycle's sequence
BTC leads the bull, large caps follow, and broad altcoin rotation comes in euphoria — not at random. Knowing where you are in that sequence is half the edge.
Evidence over emotion
Price is a story the crowd tells itself. On-chain valuation, market breadth and relative strength tell a more honest one. I follow the data, not the headlines.
Read the market with me
The exact framework I use is built into the platform — free to start, no exchange connection required.