Understanding Trends: Indicators, Trendlines, and PivotsIn this video I describe trends, what the are, what a proper trend should look like and ways of indentifying a trend.
I cover the following tools to identify trends:
Trendlines (with consistency)
Internal Trendlines
Indicators: Linear regression, EMA, Channels/Bands
Pivot swings
I think no matter how YOU define a trend, it should be the following things:
Consistent
Measurable - so you can analyze it later
Fit your trading style
I hope you learned something new in this video. Please drop a comment if you like the content.
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GAPS- HOW TO TRADE THE "GAP - OPENING"This video is for information/education purpose only. you are 100% responsible for any actions you take by reading/viewing this post.
please consult your financial advisor before taking any action.
----Vinaykumar hiremath, CMT
(Earlier video was missing the mouse pointer, it is rectified in this video)
The Hidden Key --> Multi-Timeframe Analysis 🪀I begin by explaining the Video Idea--> Using Multi-Timeframe analysis to put together a trade idea. MTF analysis is absolutely crucial for running a profitable trading business... It's something that takes some experience but once you understand the way in which all timeframes move together it's like an Aha moment. We look at 3 timeframes.. the 1Hr, 4hr and the Daily timeframes. We observe an example from just a few days ago that outlines how it was very possible to catch a 20 pips after the Monday(3/25/24) daily candle closed bullish.. Give and rocket and leave a comment for similar content in the future!
Support And Resistance Lines Are Not Real: Prove Me WrongIn this video, I draw random lines on the chart to prove a point. I think we need to ask ourselves the following questions to become better traders:
How will I define support and resistance consistently ?
How will I use support and resistance in my trading?
Do I need support and resistance in my trading?
Is support and resistance a reliable measure for markets?
Are the lines that I have been drawing for so long actually meaningful?
Setting stop-loss and take-profit levels on TradingViewSetting stop-loss and take-profit levels on TradingView is a straightforward process. Here's how you can do it:
**1. Open a TradingView Chart:**
- Log in to your TradingView account and open the chart for the instrument you want to trade, such as GBP/USD.
**2. Draw a Long or Short Position:**
- Click on the "Trading Panel" icon located at the bottom of the chart.
- In the trading panel, select either "Long" or "Short" to initiate a buy or sell position, respectively.
**3. Set Stop-Loss and Take-Profit Levels:**
- After opening a position, you can set stop-loss and take-profit levels directly from the trading panel:
- **Stop-Loss:** Click on the "SL" button and enter your desired stop-loss price level. This is the price at which your position will automatically close to limit potential losses.
- **Take-Profit:** Click on the "TP" button and enter your desired take-profit price level. This is the price at which your position will automatically close to lock in profits.
**4. Adjust Stop-Loss and Take-Profit Levels:**
- You can adjust stop-loss and take-profit levels by clicking and dragging the stop-loss and take-profit lines directly on the chart.
- Alternatively, you can modify the stop-loss and take-profit levels from the trading panel by clicking on the "Edit" button next to the respective level and entering a new price.
**5. Confirm and Execute the Order:**
- Once you've set your stop-loss and take-profit levels, review your order details in the trading panel to ensure accuracy.
- Click on the "Place Order" button to execute your trade with the specified stop-loss and take-profit levels.
**6. Monitor Your Position:**
- After executing your trade, monitor your position on the chart.
- Your stop-loss and take-profit levels will be displayed as lines on the chart, making it easy to track their progress.
**Note:**
- Ensure that your stop-loss and take-profit levels are set at logical price points based on your trading strategy, risk tolerance, and market conditions.
- Remember that stop-loss and take-profit orders are executed automatically when the specified price levels are reached, even if you're not actively monitoring the market.
Optimizing and refining trading strategiesOptimizing and refining trading strategies is a continuous process that involves analyzing historical performance, identifying areas for improvement, and making adjustments to enhance profitability and reduce risk. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to optimize and refine your trading strategies:
**1. Analyze Historical Performance:**
- Review the historical performance of your trading strategy using backtesting tools or software. Evaluate key metrics such as profitability, win rate, drawdowns, and risk-adjusted returns.
**2. Identify Strengths and Weaknesses:**
- Identify the strengths and weaknesses of your trading strategy based on the analysis of historical performance. Determine what aspects of the strategy are working well and which areas need improvement.
**3. Adjust Parameters and Rules:**
- Make adjustments to the parameters, rules, and conditions of your trading strategy based on the analysis of historical performance and identified weaknesses. This may include:
- Fine-tuning entry and exit criteria.
- Modifying stop-loss and take-profit levels.
- Optimizing indicator settings.
- Adjusting position sizing or risk management techniques.
**4. Test Alternative Approaches:**
- Explore alternative approaches or variations of your trading strategy to see if they yield better results. This could involve testing different indicators, timeframes, or market conditions to identify optimal settings.
**5. Implement Risk Management Measures:**
- Incorporate robust risk management measures into your trading strategy to protect capital and minimize losses during adverse market conditions. This may include setting stop-loss orders, implementing position sizing rules, and diversifying your trading portfolio.
**6. Use Walk-Forward Analysis:**
- Perform walk-forward analysis to validate the effectiveness of your strategy over multiple periods of historical data. This involves dividing the historical data into segments, optimizing the strategy parameters on one segment, and then testing the optimized parameters on subsequent segments to ensure robustness.
**7. Consider Market Regimes:**
- Analyze how your trading strategy performs under different market regimes (e.g., trending, ranging, volatile) and adjust your approach accordingly. Some strategies may perform better in certain market conditions than others.
**8. Keep a Trading Journal:**
- Maintain a detailed trading journal to record your trades, observations, and thoughts about the market. Use the journal to track the performance of your refined strategy in real-time and make adjustments as needed.
**9. Backtest and Validate Changes:**
- Backtest the refined version of your trading strategy using historical data to validate the effectiveness of the changes. Ensure that the strategy performs consistently well across different market conditions and timeframes.
**10. Monitor Real-Time Performance:**
- Implement the refined strategy in a demo or simulated trading environment to monitor its real-time performance. Evaluate its performance over an extended period before transitioning to live trading.
**11. Continuously Iterate and Improve:**
- Continuously iterate and improve your trading strategy based on feedback from real-time trading experience and ongoing analysis. Be open to making further adjustments as market conditions evolve.
By following these steps and adopting a systematic approach to optimizing and refining your trading strategies, you can enhance their effectiveness, increase profitability, and achieve greater consistency in your trading results over time.
High Probability Trading Environments Part 2: Liquidity RunsIn this educational video, we'll explore the distinction between High Resistance Liquidity Runs and Low Resistance Liquidity Runs, crucial for identifying High Probability Trading Environments. Our analysis will focus on NAS100USD, providing insights into potential trading opportunities for the week ahead.
By understanding these concepts, you'll gain valuable insights into positioning yourself effectively in the market. Be sure to watch to gain a comprehensive understanding of the key confluences that contribute to successful trading strategies.
Understanding Trend Analysis, SMT and ICT Concepts
Mastering High Probability Trading Environments Part 1
Kind Regards,
The_Architect
Gaps and How Markets Move In Contraction and ExpansionThere are several ways to trade gaps but first, there should be a solid understanding of what Gaps are and how they show up. Markets aren't that hard to read if we have some simple ways to see them that adhere to the principles of movement.
All markets move in contraction and expansion. A Gap is the sudden supply/demand imbalance that comes out of the contraction and shows up as the expansion. These expansions can even be used to measure how far the next expansion will go.
Start with a simple bar chart and erase everything else off the chart. Look and simply see the dense areas of contraction (Range). Then see the expansion (Gap), followed by another contraction.
Look for same-size contractions and expansion and you will start to see how organized price flow can be. It's no different than swings in that minor contractions and expansions make up the major contractions and expansions.
Shane
HOW TO SET *** TRAILING *** STOP LOSSES ON TRADINGVIEWThis one is a bit of a hack but follows on from my video on how to set STOP LOSSES on TradingView for Connected Brokers.
To set a TRAILLING STOP LOSS you need to open your broker account, set the trade there and it will then be reflected on the TradingView interface.
Basically a set and forget type approach.
How to confirm Buy/Sell recommendations?As a trader, I meticulously review recommendations from brokerage firms regarding potential stock purchases daily. Despite this, I am frequently confronted with the challenge of accurately predicting profit probabilities, as well as determining precise entry, exit, and stop-loss points.
My preference for the Ichimoku strategy means I conduct extensive analyses on my portfolio, a process that, while thorough, is also notably time-consuming. Moreover, in the midst of trading, I find myself eager to predict the characteristics of the forthcoming bar. To address these challenges, I integrate a variety of indicators into my strategy, including VWAP, Stochastic RSI, MACD, OBV, RedK Everex, SVP, and, crucially, volume analysis. Yet, even with these tools, predicting the next price level—as a target price within my Ichimoku trading framework—remains elusive.
In my quest for a more comprehensive understanding, I discovered a user-friendly and exceptionally effective indicator that enhances my VWAP framework: the BREAKOUT PROBABILITY (EXPO) by ZEIIRMAN. It offers a nuanced perspective that could markedly improve trade decision-making.
I highly recommend watching the educational video provided by ZEIIRMAN. It has the potential to add significant value to your portfolio.
Best of luck in your trading endeavors.
Mohamed Mahmoud
This Completing Transformed My Trading (RESPECT & DISRESPECT)The idea of RESPECT and DISRESPECT completely transformed my ability to effectively read price action and trade profitably.
ICT teaches about Premium/Discount (PD) Arrays. There is a lot of bickering and debate as to which of these PD Arrays are better.
I'm here to build a case for the idea that they are all equally effective, and are just reference points on a chart to build a trade idea around.
To me, it boils down to: Which levels are being RESPECTED or DISRESPECTED?
That's it for me, that's what made it all click. That is what helped me stop worrying about every little level on the chart.
Once you have a high time frame (HTF) narrative and draw on liquidity (DOL), you know which PD arrays you want to see respected and disrespected. Coming up with your HTF Narrative is also based around what levels are being RESPECTED or DISRESPECTED.
I hope this video can give you an a-ha moment like it did for me.
💰The #1 Commodity Market Watch📉🎢--
What you will hear in this video:
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1-Learning how to trade commodities
2-Trend analysis
3-Support levels
4-Resistance levels
5-Market psychology
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And more...
Watch this video to learn more
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**Disclaimer:**
The information provided above or below is for educational and informational purposes only.
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used. Before engaging in any trading activities, it is crucial to
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Trend Trading Strategy for the Heiken Ashi Algo v6Knowing when the RSI and price are in a ranging phase even in the short term can be a difficult process.
You are either #Ranging #bullish or #bearish. At least in the Algo v6 you can get a clear vision of exactly whats happening.
In this video im going to give you a VERY simple strategy on:
1. How to know if the RSI and price are ranging
2. When do i break away from Ranges
3. Am I trending
4. Im trending but whats my confluence to take a long or short
5. Is my range getting bigger or smaller
Enjoy this quick vid and ask questions below.
Thanks everyone.
Trading Rules Are Not a Suggestion or an OptionWhen you make a trading rule, it's not a suggestion or an option. Mostly, when we want to be flexible with our rules, it's an emotional impulse pulling us to make some unbalanced trading decision. Make sure to keep closing every escape route you have. If you are not ready to commit to rules then don't make them, you will just be setting yourself up. Wait until you are ready, then have a go at it.
In my posts, I have been doing an exercise of trade planning for 30 trades. This is a complete plan covering every aspect of the trade. Today I will do a review of the trades done so far.
Components of a Trade Plan:
1. Objective method
2. Trade entry, stop, and exit
3. Position sizing and risk management
4. Documentation and review
The review is simple, I ask 2 basic questions.
1. Did I make a clear plan ahead of time?
2. Did I follow that plan?
These questions demand honest, yes-or-no answers. They force me to confront my trading discipline head-on, without room for excuses or escape. At first, the rules may seem confining, but after a while, you will see that trading can be very relaxed.
I understand that rules for every aspect can be overwhelming. You can do it in steps tackling one thing at a time. For instance, you can work on only entries, stops, or management until you master that one thing. Setting the foundations of discipline and consistency won't offer immediate gratification but it will serve you in the long run. What's important is that you keep moving forward toward your objectives with awareness.
Shane
RSI as a Trend ToolMost people use the RSI as a momentum indicator,
trying to find Overbought/Oversold (OBOS) conditions,
and/or divergences.
However there is also a way to use it as a Trend Tool.
There is a mathematical relationship that connects the RSI and EMA's.
The formula is RSI(x) cross-over 50-line = Close cross-over EMA(2x)
i.e. RSI(14) cross-over 50 line = Close cross-over EMA(28)
This one of the properties of the RSI,
which I discovered when taking a more indept look into momentum indicators,
which ultimately led to the discovery of the MACD-v in 2014/2015
The MACD-v was then publicly disclosed in 2022,
in the form of a a paper called
"MACD-v: Volatility Normalised Momentum",
which was awarded:
It has won 2 International Awards:
1. The “Founders Award” (2022),
for advances in Active Investment Management
from the National Association of Active Investment Managars (NAAIM)
2. The “Charles H. Dow Award” (2022)
for outstanding research in Technical Analysis,
from the Chartered Market Technicians Association (CMTA)