Why Trading Sessions Matter in Forex: Key OverlapsThe Forex market is open 24 hours a day during the weekdays, allowing traders flexibility to trade at any time. However, understanding the best times to trade is essential for effective trading. The market is divided into four main sessions: Sydney, Tokyo, London, and New York, each corresponding to peak activity in key financial centers. Using a Forex Market Time Zone Converter can help traders determine which sessions are active in their local time, making it easier to plan around high-liquidity periods.
Although the market is technically always open, not all trading times are equally profitable. Higher trading volume, which generally occurs during session overlaps, creates ideal conditions for traders. For example, the overlap of the London and New York sessions sees the highest volume, with more than 50% of daily trades occurring in these two centers. Trading at this time, especially with currency pairs like GBP/USD, can lead to tighter spreads and quicker order execution, reducing slippage and increasing the likelihood of profitable trades. Similarly, trading AUD/JPY during the Asian session, when the Tokyo market is active, is advantageous due to higher trading activity for these currencies.
Conversely, trading during times when only one session is active, such as during the Sydney session alone, can result in wider spreads and less market movement, making it harder to achieve profitable trades. Planning trades around high-activity sessions and overlaps is key to effective forex trading.
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Learn Best Time Frames For Scalping Any Forex Pair
I am trading forex with top-down analysis for many years.
In this article, I will teach you powerful combinations of multiple time frames for scalping any currency pair.
For scalping financial markets with multiple time frame analysis, I recommend applying 3 time frames: 4H, 15 minutes and 5 minutes time frames.
4H time frame will be applied for trend and structure analysis.
On a 4H time frame, you should identify the direction of the market and significant supports and resistance.
Key supports in a bullish trend will be applied for buying the market.
While key resistances will be applied for counter trend trading.
Above is USDJPY chart, 4H time frame.
The trend is bullish and I have underlined important historical structures.
Key resistances in a bearish trend will be applied for selling the market.
While key supports will be applied for counter trend trading.
Look at a structure and trend analysis on EURUSD on a 4H time frame.
15 minutes and 5 minutes time frames will be applied for confirmation, entry signal and trade execution.
The logic is that once you identified key levels on a 4H time frame, you are patiently waiting for the test of one of these structures.
Once one of the key levels is tested, you start analyzing 15 minutes and 5 minutes time frame and look for a signal there.
What should be the signal?
It can be a specific candlestick pattern, price action pattern, some signal from a technical indicator or some other stuff.
Personally, I look for a price action pattern.
I am looking for a bearish price action pattern on a 4H resistance and a bullish price action pattern on a 4H support.
Look at GBPUSD. The pair is trading in a bearish trend on a 4H time frame, and it tests a key horizontal resistance.
On 15 minutes time frame, we see a strong bearish price action signal.
Head and shoulders pattern formation and a bearish breakout of its horizontal neckline.
That will be our strong scalping short signal.
If you sell the market in a bearish trend on a 4H from a key resistance, you can anticipate a bearish movement to the closest 4H support.
Look how nicely GBPUSD dropped after a strong bearish confirmation of 15 minutes time frame.
In that case, we did not apply 5 minutes time frame in our analysis,
keep reading and I will explain when we apply 5 minutes time frame for scalping.
Above is USDCAD. On a 4H time frame, I executed trend and structure analysis. We see a test of a key support in a bullish trend.
At the same time, no pattern is formed on 15 minutes time frame after a test of structure.
In such a situation, analyze 5 minutes time frame. If there is no pattern on 15m, probabilities will be high that the pattern will appear on 5m.
On 5 minutes time frame, the pair formed the ascending triangle formation. A bullish breakout of its neckline is a strong bullish signal and confirmation for us to buy.
If you buy the market in a bullish trend on a 4H from a key support, you can anticipate a bullish movement to the closest 4H resistance.
You can see that after our confirmed bullish signal, the price went up to Resistance 1.
Both trading opportunities that we discussed are trend following ones.
Remember that the trades that are taken against the trend are riskier and have lower accuracy.
For that reason, if you are a newbie trader, strictly trade with the trend!
Good luck in scalping with multiple time frame analysis!
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Find Your Trading Style: What Type Of Trader Are You ? Good morning, trading family! Ever feel overwhelmed by all the different trading strategies out there? You're not alone, and today we’re here to help you figure out exactly which trading style suits you. In this video, we’ll explore the four main types of trading—Scalping, Day Trading, Swing Trading, and Position Trading—and give you real-life examples so you can see which one fits your personality and goals best.
Whether you’re someone who thrives on fast-paced, high-energy trades or prefers to take a step back and play the long game, this video will give you the clarity you need to trade with confidence. My goal is to help you tailor your strategy so it feels natural and aligns with how you want to trade.
If you find this valuable, please comment below and tell me which type of trader you think you are! Don’t forget to like or share this video so other traders can benefit from it too. Your feedback can make a huge difference for someone else in our trading family!
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Forex Portfolio Selection Using Currency Strength Index (CSI)Hello Traders,
Today, I’ll share my portfolio selection approach in forex trading. This method helps identify the best forex pairs to trade based on their relative strength.
The simplest and most effective strategy is to use the Currency Strength Index (CSI), combining the H4, Daily (D1), and Weekly (W1) cumulative strength. By analyzing this data, we can identify the strongest and weakest currencies at any given time.
Once we have this information, the next step is to pair the strongest currencies with the weakest. Here are today’s portfolio selections:
BUY Pairs: GBPUSD, GBPCAD, GBPNZD
SELL Pairs: USDJPY, CADJPY, NZDJPY, USDCHF, CADCHF, NZDCHF
The key benefits of this portfolio selection process are:
A focused view on the most profitable currency pairs
An objective approach to trading decisions
Clear direction on which way to trade (buy or sell)
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Happy trading!
Forex Trade Management Strategies. Techniques For Beginners
I am going to reveal 4 trade management strategies that will change the way you trade forex.
These simple techniques are aimed to minimize your losses and maximize your gains.
1. Trading Without Take Profit
Once you spotted the market that is trading in a strong bullish or bearish trend, there is one tip that will help you to benefit from the entire movement.
If the market is bullish, and you buy it expecting a bullish trend continuation, consider trading WITHOUT take profit.
Take a look at USDJPY on an hourly time frame.
The market is trading in the bullish trend, and we see a strong trend-following signal - a bullish breakout of a current resistance .
After the violation, the price went up by more than 1000 pips, and of course, trading with a fixed target, most likely you would close the trade too soon.
The same trade management strategy can be applied in a bearish trend.
Above is a price action on GBPUSD. The pair is very bearish, and we see a strong bearish signal on an hourly time frame.
The market dropped by more than 1000 pips then, and of course, trading with the fixed take profit, you would miss that bearish rally, closing the trade earlier.
Even though the trends do not last forever, the markets may easily fall or grow sharply for weeks or even months and this technique will help you to cash out from the entire movement.
2. Stop Loss to Breakeven
Once you open a trading position and the market starts going in the desired direction, there is a simple strategy that will help you to protect your position from a sudden reversal.
Above is the real trade that we took with my students in my trading academy. We spotted a very bearish pattern on USDCAD and opened short position.
Initially we were right, and the market was going to our target.
BUT because of the surprising release of negative Canadian fundamental news, the market reversed suddenly, not being able to reach the target.
And that could be a losing trade BUT we managed to save our money.
What we did: we moved our stop loss to entry level, or to breakeven, before the release of the fundamentals.
Trade was closed on entry level and we lost 0 dollars.
Moving stop loss to entry saved me tens of thousands of dollars.
It is one of the simplest trade management techniques that you must apply.
3. Trailing Stop Loss
Once you managed to catch a strong movement, do not keep your stop loss intact.
As we already discussed, your first step will be to protect your position and move your stop loss to entry.
But what you can do next, you can apply trailing stop loss.
Above is a trend-following trade that we took with my students on GBPCHF.
Once the market started moving in the desired direction, we moved stop loss to breakeven.
As the market kept setting new highs, we trailed the stop loss and set it below the supports based on new higher lows.
We kept trailing the stop loss till the market reached the target.
Application of a trailing stop will help you to protect your profits, in case of a sudden change in the market sentiment and reversal.
4. Partial Closing
The last tip can be applied for trading and investing.
Remember that once you correctly predicted a rally, you can book partial profits, once the price is approaching some important historical levels or ahead of important fundamental releases.
Imagine that you bought 1 Bitcoin for 17000$.
Once a bullish market started, you can sell the portion of your BTC, once the price reaches significant key levels.
For example, 0.2 BTC on each level.
With such trade management technique, you will book profits while remaining in your position.
Even though, these techniques are very simple, only the few apply them. Try these trade management strategies and increase your gains and avoid losses!
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Market Overview Part 33!Me Going over My Full Robin Trap Strategy In Deep Detail! And How Many Trades Im In Right NOW!
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Top 4 Price Action Signals For Beginners. Best Trading Entries
I will reveal 4 accurate price action signals that even a newbie trader will manage to easily recognize.
Watch carefully because these signals alone will help you to make a lot of money trading Forex, Gold or any other financial market.
Change of Character
Change of character is a strong signal that indicates a trend violation and a highly probable market reversal.
In a bearish trend, the change of character will be a bullish violation of the level of the last lower high.
Check how the change of character accurately indicated a bullish reversal on EURJPY pair.
In a bullish trend, a bearish violation of the level of the last higher low will signify a change of character and a highly probable bearish reversal.
Bearish violation of the last higher low level and a change of character on USDJPY gave a perfect bearish signal.
Breakout of Consolidation
No matter what time frame you trader, you probably noticed that quite often the markets become weak and start consolidating .
Most of the time, the prices tend to consolidate within horizontal ranges.
Breakout of one of the boundaries of the range can give you a strong trading signal.
Check how the price acted on GBPCHF.
The breakout of the support/resistance of the range always gave an accurate signal, no matter what was the preceding direction of the market.
Trend Line Breakout of a Pattern
There are a lot of trend line based bullish and bearish price action patterns: the ranges, the wedges, the triangles, the channels.
What unites these patterns is that the violation of the trend line of the pattern gives a strong trading signal.
A bullish breakout of a resistance line of a falling wedge, a bullish flag and a symmetrical triangle will give us a strong bullish signal.
Just look how EURUSD bounced after a bullish breakout of a resistance line of a falling wedge pattern.
While a bearish breakout of a support line of a rising wedge, a bearish flag or a symmetrical triangle will indicate a highly probable bearish continuation
Here is how a bearish breakout of the support of a symmetrical triangle formation helped me to predict a bearish movement on Gold.
Neckline breakout of a horizontal pattern
There are a lot of different price action patterns.
One element that unites many of them is the so-called horizontal neckline.
In bearish price action patterns like double top, head and shoulders, descending triangle, triple top, etc. a horizontal neckline represents a support from where buyers are placing their orders.
Bearish violation of such a neckline will be considered to be an important sign of strength of the sellers and a strong bearish signal.
In bullish price action patterns like double bottom, inverted head and shoulders pattern, ascending triangle, cup & handle, etc. a horizontal neckline represents a resistance where sellers a placing their orders.
Its bullish violation will a strong bullish signal.
Below is a perfect example how a bullish breakout of a neckline of an inverted head and shoulders pattern on Bitcoin triggered a strong bullish rally.
Here is how a breakout of a neckline of a double top on USDCAD confirmed an initiation of a bearish correctional movement.
The most important thing about these price action signals is that it is very simple to recognize them. You should learn the basic price action rules and a couple of classic price action patterns, it will be more than enough for you to identify confirmed bullish and bearish reversals on any time frame and any trading instrument.
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Understanding Momentum to filter out the Best SetupsIn the video I discuss how I analyse momentum using MACDs and the 5min and 1min charts when daytrading.
Knowing these key concepts helps me filter out the best setups to get on the right side of the market and in the right trading zones.
The basic concepts discussed are :
- Momentum
- Price Action
- Candle Analysis
- Multi-timeframe Analysis
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Timeframe Tango: Finding Your Trading RhythmWelcome to the thrilling world of timeframes—a place where every minute counts and every candlestick tells a story. You've probably asked yourself a million times, "What's the best timeframe to trade?" Well, buckle up because we're about to dive deep into the mesmerizing world of timeframes and trading strategies!
Picture this: timeframes are like puzzle pieces. Lower timeframes, such as the 100 or 500-piece puzzles, are intricate and require patience. Think of them as the fast and furious lanes of trading where every tick matters. Conversely, higher timeframes resemble those 10 or 20-piece puzzles—quicker to solve and offer a broader market perspective.
Now, let's talk strategy. It's all about how fast and efficiently you piece those puzzles together. Whether crafting your unique strategy or borrowing a page from the pros, the goal remains: wait for the market to paint your perfect setup.
But here's the kicker: you've got to be strategic with your timeframes. Let's break it down with some juicy details!
Imagine you're a 9-5 warrior or a student hustling through classes. Your time is precious. So, let's talk hours. How many trade opportunities can you snag in an hour?
If you thrive on adrenaline and lightning-fast decisions, the 1- and 5-minute timeframes might be your playground. You're in for a wild ride with 60 to 12 candlesticks printed each hour! Scalping and day trading become your middle names as you seize opportunities left and right. When analyzed correctly, you could see 1-3 opportunities within an hour.
But if you've got more wiggle room in your schedule, let's talk swing trading. Picture the 15-minute to minutes—a sweet spot for those seeking a balance between action and analysis. With 4 and 2 candlesticks printed each hour, you've got time to breathe and plan your moves.
Now, let's zoom out a bit. Say hello to the 1 and 4-hour timeframes—the realm of short-term swing trading. Here, you're not watching the clock; you're watching the trend unfold over hours and days. With 24 to 6 candlesticks printed in a day, you've got ample opportunities to spot those juicy setups. Think 3-4 trade opportunities a week on the 1-hour timeframe and 1-2 on the 4-hour timeframe. It's the sweet spot between day trading and short-swing trading!
Finally, we arrive at the granddaddy of timeframes—the daily chart. Here, we're talking about long-term swings and big-picture analysis. With three to four great opportunities a month, you have time to breathe, plan, and execute precisely. It's like watching the market paint its masterpiece, one candlestick at a time.
So, what's your trading style? Are you a scalping sensation, a swing trading maverick, or a long-term visionary? Find the timeframe that fits your schedule like a glove, and let's embark on this epic trading journey together!
Catch you on the charts,
Shaquan
Learn What is FOREX Market. Trading Volumes & Market Participant
Forex - foreign exchange market, is a location where international currencies are bought and sold by economic participants at various exchange rates.
Forex market is the biggest market in the world, reaching on average 6 trillion dollars trading volumes daily.
Forex market is a vital element for a global economy because it provides capital exchanges between the countries.
The main market participants of forex market are central banks, commercial banks, commercial companies, hedge funds and investors.
🕰In order to grasp how big is that market, take a look what is happening on that just in 60 seconds:
📎Total transactions value reaches 3.52 billion US dollars.
📎 1.15 billion dollars of spot transactions.
📎 1.65 billion dollar of exchange swaps.
📎 Total transactions value involving USD reaches 3 billion US dollars.
📎 Total transactions value involving EURO reaches 1.1 billion US dollars.
📎 Just one single EUR/USD pair accumulates 812 million US dollars transactions value.
It is hard to imagine how such big amounts are rolling with such a frequency and how insignificant are the orders of individual traders.
Unveiling the Power of Supply and Demand Zones in Forex Trading
Unveiling the Power of Supply and Demand Zones in Forex Trading 📈💹
✅ Introduction
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In the realm of forex trading, the concept of supply and demand zones holds immense significance as it plays a crucial role in identifying potential market turning points and areas of strong price momentum. Understanding how to pinpoint and interpret these zones can provide traders with valuable insight into market dynamics and facilitate more informed trading decisions. In this article, we will delve into the intricacies of identifying supply and demand zones in forex and explore strategies for using them effectively.
Check this massive demand zone that I spotted on Gold on a daily.
✅ Identifying Supply and Demand Zones
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Supply zones are areas on a price chart where selling interest exceeds buying interest, leading to a potential downward price movement. On the other hand, demand zones represent areas where buying interest surpasses selling interest, signaling a potential upward price movement. Traders can identify these zones by looking for clusters of price action indicating significant changes in supply and demand dynamics.
Example: A supply zone may be identified as a consolidation area following a downtrend, where price repeatedly fails to break above a certain level, suggesting strong selling pressure.
Example: A demand zone might be found as a support level where price experiences a strong bounce following a downtrend, indicating strong buying interest.
Here is a very significant supply zone on EURGBP.
✅ Trading Strategies Using Supply and Demand Zones
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1. Zone Confirmation: Traders can use supply and demand zones as areas of interest for potential trade entries and exits. When the price revisits a previously identified supply or demand zone, traders can look for additional confirmation signals, such as candlestick patterns or confluence with other technical indicators, before entering a trade.
Example: A trader identifies a strong demand zone and waits for a bullish engulfing pattern or a piercing pattern as confirmation before entering a long trade.
2. Zone Breakouts: Breakouts from supply and demand zones can signal strong shifts in market sentiment and potential trend reversals. Traders can monitor these zones for potential breakout opportunities and use them as entry points for trades in the direction of the breakout.
Example: A trader identifies a supply zone and waits for a break below the zone as confirmation to enter a short trade, expecting further downward movement.
Check my supply and demand zones analysis for EURJPY.
✅ Conclusion
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In conclusion, understanding how to identify and interpret supply and demand zones in forex trading can significantly enhance a trader's ability to analyze price movements and make informed trading decisions. By incorporating supply and demand zones into their analysis, traders can gain valuable insights into market sentiment and potential areas of price reversal or continuation.
Traders can utilize the strategies outlined in this article to effectively integrate supply and demand zones into their trading approach, leading to improved trade timing and potentially more profitable outcomes. Mastering the art of identifying and trading based on supply and demand zones is a valuable skill that can provide traders with a competitive edge in the dynamic world of forex trading. Good luck and happy trading! 📊💰
What is Top Down Analysis + Live Market ExampleGreetings,
If you have heard or seen the idea of using top down analysis within your trading but never truly new what it was or how to optimally utilize it in your own trading. This idea will show you.
Mastering the Art of Trading Doji Candlesticks in Forex 📈🕯️
Mastering the Art of Trading Doji Candlesticks in Forex 📈🕯️
✅Introduction
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In the world of forex trading, the use of candlestick patterns is an essential tool for analyzing and predicting market movements. Among these patterns, the doji candlestick holds a special significance due to its potential to signal market reversals and trend continuations. In this article, we will explore the characteristics of doji candlesticks, their significance in forex trading, and strategies for effectively trading them.
Formation of 2 doji candles on a daily time frame on GBPUSD after a retracement was a strong bullish signal.
✅Understanding the Doji Candlestick
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The doji candlestick is characterized by its very small or non-existent body, indicating that the opening and closing prices are essentially the same. This results in the formation of a short or non-existent body, with long upper and lower wicks. The doji represents market indecision, signaling a potential reversal or continuation of the current trend.
Doji candle helped me to predict a bearish reversal on USDJPY.
✅Trading Strategies with Doji Candlesticks
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1. Reversal Strategy: When a doji candle forms after a strong upward or downward trend, it can indicate market indecision and potential reversal. Traders can look for confirmation from other technical indicators or patterns to enter a trade in the opposite direction of the previous trend.
Example: After a prolonged uptrend, a doji candle forms, indicating indecision. Traders can wait for a bearish confirmation candle, such as a bearish engulfing pattern, before entering a short trade.
2. Continuation Strategy: Sometimes, a doji candle can signify a brief pause in the current trend before continuing in the same direction. Traders can wait for a break above or below the high or low of the doji to confirm the continuation of the trend.
Example: In a strong uptrend, a doji candle forms, indicating uncertainty. Traders can wait for a break above the high of the doji to enter a long trade, expecting the trend to continue.
3. Doji Patterns: Certain variations of the doji candle, such as the dragonfly doji, gravestone doji, or long-legged doji, carry their own specific implications based on their shape and position within the broader price action. Traders can develop specialized strategies based on these patterns.
Combining key levels and doji gives even more powerful confirmation
✅Conclusion
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In conclusion, mastering the art of trading doji candlesticks in forex requires a deep understanding of their characteristics and the ability to integrate them into effective trading strategies. By incorporating doji candlesticks into their arsenal of technical tools, traders can gain valuable insights into market sentiment and improve their decision-making process.
By learning to recognize and interpret doji patterns, traders can enhance their ability to identify potential trend reversals and continuations, leading to more profitable trading outcomes. Incorporating the strategies outlined in this article, traders can leverage the power of doji candlesticks to gain an edge in their forex trading endeavors. Happy trading! 📊💰
Illuminating the Path: Decoding Candlestick Patterns in Forex 🕯
Illuminating the Path: Decoding Candlestick Patterns in Forex 🕯️📈
✅Candlestick charting is a fundamental tool for analyzing price movements in forex trading. Each candlestick provides valuable insights into market sentiment and can assist traders in making informed trading decisions. In this comprehensive guide, we will delve into the art of reading candlestick patterns in forex, offering practical examples to enhance your understanding.
1 candle on a daily time frame on Gold composes the price action for 24 hours.
✅ Decoding Candlestick Patterns:
1. Understanding the Basics: Candlesticks are comprised of a body and wicks (or shadows). The body represents the open and close prices, while the wicks show the high and low prices during the time frame. Different candlestick patterns convey varying market dynamics, such as indecision, trend continuation, or trend reversal.
2. Popular Candlestick Patterns: Recognizing patterns such as doji, engulfing, and hammer can aid traders in assessing potential market movements and formulating trading strategies based on these insights.
3. Multiple Candlestick Patterns: Identifying sequences of candlestick patterns, such as a doji followed by a strong bullish candle, can provide significant indications of market sentiment and potential price reversals.
1 candle on a 4H time frame represents the price action for 4 hours.
✅ Examples:
Example 1: Bullish Engulfing Pattern in Forex
A bullish engulfing pattern occurs when a small bearish candle is followed by a larger bullish candle that engulfs its body. This pattern often signals a potential trend reversal, indicating a shift from bearish sentiment to bullish momentum.
Example 2: Doji Reversal Signal in Forex
A doji candle, characterized by its small body with wicks on both sides, signals market indecision. When a doji appears after a strong uptrend, it may suggest a potential reversal, prompting traders to exercise caution or consider implementing reversal trading strategies.
Hourly candle shows the price action for 1 hour.
By mastering the art of reading candlestick patterns, forex traders can gain valuable insights into market dynamics and improve their ability to anticipate potential price movements. Illuminating the path with candlestick charting can empower traders with a deeper understanding of market sentiment, facilitating more refined trading decisions. Happy candlestick decoding! 📊💡
Mastering the Art of Identifying Support and Resistance Levels📈
Mastering the Art of Identifying Support and Resistance Levels in Forex Trading 📈💰
✅In the world of forex trading, support and resistance levels play a crucial role in understanding market dynamics and making informed decisions. These key levels indicate areas where the price of a currency pair is likely to encounter obstacles, either in its upward or downward movements. Being able to identify these levels accurately is a key skill that every forex trader should possess. In this article, we will delve into the intricacies of identifying support and resistance levels in forex and provide examples to enhance your understanding.
Here are 2 supports that I spotted on Gold on a daily time frame.
✅ Identifying Support and Resistance Levels:
Support and resistance levels in forex can be identified through various methods, including:
1. Price Action Analysis: Analyzing historical price movements to identify areas where the price has repeatedly reversed or stalled.
2. Trend Lines: Drawing trend lines to connect swing highs and swing lows to identify potential support and resistance levels.
3. Moving Averages: Using moving averages to identify dynamic support and resistance levels based on the average price over a specific period.
And here is a perfect example of a key resistance on EURUSD on a daily.
✅ Examples:
Example 1: Price Bounce Off Support Level
In the chart of a currency pair, if the price consistently reverses or bounces off a particular price level, it indicates a strong support level. Traders can observe how the price reacts to this level and consider it in their trading decisions.
Example 2: Resistance Turned Support
Sometimes, a resistance level that was previously difficult for the price to break through becomes a new support level after it is breached. Identifying such levels can provide traders with valuable insights into potential reversal or continuation patterns.
These are the intraday structures on GBPUSD on a 4H.
Mastering the art of identifying support and resistance levels in forex trading can significantly enhance a trader’s ability to make informed decisions and improve overall trading performance. By incorporating these key levels into your analysis and decision-making processes, you can gain a deeper understanding of market movements and potential trading opportunities. Happy trading! 📊🔍
The Forex Market: A World of OpportunitiesForex trading, also known as foreign exchange trading, buys and sells currencies to make a profit. It is the largest and most liquid financial market globally, with trillions of dollars traded daily. The forex market operates 24 hours a day, five days a week, allowing traders worldwide to participate.
The Importance of Patience
🕰️ Patience is a fundamental quality that every successful forex trader possesses. It is the ability to wait for the right opportunities and not rush into impulsive decisions. In the fast-paced world of forex trading, jumping into trades without proper analysis and exiting prematurely can be tempting due to fear or greed. However, patience lets us stay calm, focused, and disciplined, leading to better trading outcomes.
Building a Strong Foundation
🏗️ Before diving into the exciting world of forex trading, building a solid knowledge foundation is essential. Understanding the basics will empower you to make informed decisions and navigate the market confidently. Here are a few key concepts to get you started:
Currency Pairs: Forex trading involves the simultaneous buying of one currency and selling of another. Currency pairs are quoted with each other, such as EUR/USD or GBP/JPY.
The EUR stands for European Euro. The USD stands for the United States Dollar.
The Euro is also called the base currency because it's the currency being bought with the United States Dollar.
So, for every Euro being bought, the United States must exchange the equivalent amount in their currency, hence, the exchange rate.
Search EURUSD in your trading view chart. The price scale to the left shows you the exchange rate or price it currently costs to buy 1 EURO in the United States Dollar.
Pips: A pip is the smallest unit of measurement in forex trading, representing the fourth decimal place in most currency pairs. It is used to measure price movements.
To go deeper, every hundred pips equals 1 cent or 1 penny. So when you think about it, if you gain 50 pips on average, you're gaining half a cent.
If this was a Yen (JPY) pair, every 100 pips equals one Yen. So, on average, if you gain 50 pips, you're gaining half a Yen.
Little things like this matter when trading because on a price chart, things can seem so big, when in reality, the movement of currency on a price chart is small, which can result in huge profits for you trading the trend.
Leverage: Leverage allows traders to control larger positions with less capital. While it can amplify profits, it also increases the risk of losses.
Leverage is borrowed money the broker gives you to trade with. It can increase your position size significantly. But be careful; too much leverage can make you overtrade, while insufficient money can make you resent trading if you can't trade the size you desire.
You can also think of leverage as space or how much room you can let the trade move against you before taking a profit.
If your trade doesn't have enough room to move and you use most of your money in one position, the broker will do a margin call. That means your trade has no room to move, and you are out of money to trade with, so they will automatically close your trade.
On the flip side, if the position is too big before you place a trade, the broker will not allow you to enter a trade until you decrease your position size.
It's like living. While we must live within our means until we get more money to increase the quality of our lives, we must trade within the means of our account balance.
Market Orders and Limit Orders: Market orders are executed immediately at the current market price, while limit orders are placed to buy or sell at a specific price level.
A market order is an order you execute yourself. For example, if I wanted to enter a trade right now, I'd push the buy or sell button, place my stop loss and take profit, and hit the buy or sell button again in the direction I desire the price to move in.
If I was pressed for time, I could do the same thing, but I'd place a pending order at the price I want the broker to trigger my trade-in, so if I'm not there and the price reaches that price, the broker will do the job for me.
The Journey Ahead
🚀 As we embark on this journey together, remember that forex trading is a skill that takes time and practice to master. Patience will be your guiding light, helping you make rational decisions and avoid unnecessary risks. The next time we speak we will explore the importance of identifying key supply and demand zones to make informed trading decisions. Stay tuned, and get ready to level up your trading game! 💪
Your Forex Coach,
Shaquan
HOLDING UP MY 3 SWING POSITIONSWe are almost done with the first week of the year 2024, and still, my 3 open swing positions are holding up.
Currently, if I close all these 3 positions now, the results will generally GAIN.
I will keep holding this as long as the market does not hit my SL and TSL.
Happy Trading everyone in this Community!!!
