perfect entries are overrated

18 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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In this instructional YouTube video, Roman Ceccardi explains his approach to momentum trading using a train‑and‑liquidity metaphor. He argues that waiting for a “perfect” entry point is a common trap; instead, traders should hop on the price “train” as soon as momentum is evident and ride it to the destination. Ceccardi describes how to recognize the early phase of a trend reversal—moving from a bearish to bullish environment—by looking for price breaking past a liquidity level and confirming the new trend. He emphasizes that catching momentum early is higher‑probability and easier to profit from, a finding supported by his own experience and that of his students. The video’s core message is that perfect entries are rarely perfect in practice, and traders should focus on timely entry and exit based on momentum cues.

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So the way that I would explain momentum trading is that you already know that the train is going to have its destination here, and as long as price has not hit the liquidity level, it's a train that's still moving. So you're just hopping on the train at some point and then getting off at some point, or maybe getting off at the destination. So many people run into the trap of thinking that as long as price has left their quote-unquote perfect entry— for example, price is already here— because they think it's too late, they just miss out on all of this, and that's just not worth it. And just understand, like, momentum trading is a very much viable strategy for trading. In fact, most of my students, including myself, find that It's way easier to make money on momentum trading. For example, right now, if we were to get into this, we are very much still in the early phases of the trend reversal. Prior to this, price has been, you know, pretty bearish, right? This is the first sign that price is going to reverse into bullishness. But when you're at this point right here, for example, you're already very clearly bullish. You have trend confirmation. When you have confirmation, the move between here getting to there tends to be very straightforward, very easy, and very high probability. And so it's way easier to make money catching this. So the perfect entry oftentimes is not perfect in reality.