Chatroom Etiquette

Our group offers unique benefits by having traders post their entries and exits in public:

• Learning new management styles
• Practicing self-accountability and improving discipline
• Unique performance insights via stats

The rules below developed over time from trying different things and seeing their effect on traders and group culture.

1. Live Session

When the U.S. market is open we focus strictly on price action and trades. BPA terminology only during trading session. General chitchat and other ideas become OK when U.S. market is closed.

2. Using Bot

All the commands are available at Bot Commands Page
To practice using the bot or to run some commands frequently please message the bot in private to reduce noise.

3. Don't Judge

A big part of the social accountability that we practice in chat involves alerting each other if someone isn't taking a loss. However, we don't criticize others while they're in a trade since we don't know anything about their management plan. Debating someone's interpretation of the markets should be reserved for after their trade is over.

4. Scaling In or Out

Mention your addon price in chat but no need to record it with bot.
This boosts the accountability factor when in a large position.

5. Don't Show Actual Money

Everyone's life situation and account size is different. While it's encouraging to see big winners, it's ultimately detrimental to developing traders to compare against others based on actual $ amounts. We want to avoid hero worship and ego gratification. That's why we actively discourage any form of comparing or competition between traders.

• A. Profits and losses are always reported as if trading only 1 contract or lot.
• B. If adding on or scaling out can report cumulative PnL but still treat each position as if size 1.
• C. Don't talk about or post screenshots of actual +$$$ profits or losses.

6. No Poaching

If our group name comes up in a private conversation with someone else that's fine but don't explicitly engage in private messaging people in other chats to join ours. Vice versa, if you receive unsolicited messages from someone else, report it to admins.

7. Copyrighted Content

• A. Al's face is copyrighted so no stickers or memes of Al.
• B. No reposting of content (screenshots, trades, files, ideas) from paid webinars/courses from other groups.
• C. Occasional screenshots of slides from the Encyclopedia was approved by BTC Admin if part of discussion.

8. Affiliate Links/Codes

We allow discussions on proprietary trading firms (prop firms) with a focus on identifying potential scams and fraudulent activities. We also welcome conversations about genuine opportunities and good deals within the prop trading space. However, it is strictly prohibited to share affiliate links or codes related to prop firms. This rule ensures our discussions remain valuable and prevent the group from becoming cluttered with promotional content.

9. Common Courtesies

• A. If a meme you're about to post is controversial, think twice and just pick another. This includes posting of content that depicts, glorifies, or promotes violence in any form, such as physical harm or brutality towards people or animals, graphic scenes of injuries or death, or content that incites violence or celebrates suffering.
• B. No derogatory remarks about other traders or gurus who are either in this group or in another group.
• C. If need to use /chart command repeatedly you can message bot in private.
• D. No dramas in public. DM an admin for anything not price action related.