Hot take Contrary to popular belief, you shouldn’t start with swing trading but scalping. Everyone starts swing trading because it feels more ‘strategic.’ But early on, you don’t need strategy; you need feedback. Scalping accelerates iterations. You don’t learn markets by holding a thesis on where Bitcoin will be in 3 months. You learn by making 50 decisions in a week and seeing what works. Scalpers can always scale up to longer timeframes. Swing traders rarely adapt down.