Desire To Trade Podcast | Forex Trading & Interviews with Highly Successful Traders 551: 12 Years of Trading Knowledge in 25 Minutes (César Barriga)
Mar 16, 2026
César Barriga, an FX and crypto trader and founder of BlackSheep Academy, distilled 12 years of trading lessons into a concise approach. He explains his hybrid manual/algorithmic system, using retail sentiment and market structure. He talks about the decade-long struggle to profitability, learning algos and AI for validation, and why beginners should master manual trading first.
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Simplicity Beats Indicator Overload
- César Barriga keeps his trading simple, focusing on sentiment, market structure, price action, and liquidity rather than many indicators.
- He believes complexity hurts retail traders and that a few reliable elements sustain consistency after years of refinement.
From Prop Firm Futures To FX Reverse Engineering
- César started trading nearly 20 years ago in a physical prop firm trading interest rate futures and complex structures, then transitioned into FX after discovering 24/7 liquidity.
- He says he 'built the house from the top' and had to reverse-engineer basics after learning advanced interbank techniques.
A Decade To Profitability And Pain
- It took César about 10 years to become consistently profitable and he lost family money along the way, which motivated him to create a trading academy.
- Those losses shaped his mission to cut others' learning curves and prevent the same costly mistakes.
