SWING TRADING STRATEGY 📊📉

One of the strategies I personally use for swing trading is as follows:

First, I visit CryptoRank and check the ecosystem section. On that site, there are many ecosystems listed, and I specifically look for those where the TVL (Total Value Locked) percentage is increasing.

As we know, TVL refers to the total value of assets locked within a DeFi ecosystem — which involves activities like trading, staking, lending, and borrowing, essentially anything financial that takes place on the blockchain.

Why check TVL?

If TVL is increasing, it shows growing interest from users in that ecosystem at that particular time. Rising interest leads to increased liquidity and volume, which implies that more money is flowing into the ecosystem. So, when I notice a significant rise in TVL percentage, I head over to DeFiLlama to examine the actual growth and activity. I assess the cash inflow and outflow. If I'm satisfied, I then look for 2 or 3 tokens within that ecosystem and begin analyzing them.

Note: When we talk about rising TVL percentages, it doesn’t have to be the top players like Ethereum, Solana, or Sui. No — any ecosystem is valid as long as it is experiencing TVL growth and increased volume at that moment. I proceed with it.

I begin with on-chain analysis.

I check:

If volume is increasing

Whether there's more inflow or outflow

Because volume alone doesn’t guarantee a price pump. Volume only tells you there’s trading activity — it could be buying or selling.

So I dig deeper:

I determine whether there’s buying or selling pressure.

I observe the behavior of traders — are there holders or is it mostly short-term trading?

I check transactions and active addresses to confirm if the volume is genuine or being manipulated by whales or exchanges

I also check social media sentiment — what are people saying about the coin?

I investigate if there are any upcoming events (bullish or bearish).

I check unlocking schedules — if a coin has a major unlock event that might affect the price, I usually skip it.

Why is on-chain data important?

Because that’s where you see the real-time activities happening with the token.

Many people think on-chain data only matters for tokens listed on DEXs — not true.

Even small-cap coins need on-chain analysis, although not as deep.

That’s the point.

If most of what I’m looking for checks out, I proceed to the chart, look for an entry, and pick the one that gives me the most solid information. Then I set my TP (Take Profit) and SL (Stop Loss) — either in Dubai or Dawana (just joking).

Why go this deep?

Because swing trading is not short-term. It often spans days or even weeks, so you need to be sure about what you’re buying.

You need to understand the future potential of that coin.

Sometimes, through this deep research, I even discover coins worth holding long-term, and then I dive into their fundamentals.

As I’ve mentioned, this is just one of the methods I use — not saying you must do the same.

What works for me may not work for you.

Also, note that despite all this detailed research (and some parts I’ve skipped), not every trade ends in success.

Some go to the moon, others tank — that’s the nature of trading.

No strategy wins 100% of the time.

Yusuf Samba