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5 Key Advices To Share With Trader Who Is Struggling In TradingHello everyone: Lately many of you have messaged me about getting FOMO and entering trades without confirmations. In addition you can't seem to “not” enter trades when the market hasn't shaped up to your strategy and entry criteria. I am hoping in today’s educational video it can help some of you guys to get back on track. I want to share 5 main pieces of advice that can help out traders who are currently struggling. These are experiences and lessons that I accumulate throughout the 8 years of trading and in hope to help some of you who are struggling in your current journey of trading. 1. Do “NOT” think about get rich quick in trading -Trading is a marathon, not a sprint -90-95% traders fail due to a combination of: Greed, FOMO, mindset/emotion, risk management, trading psychology. -Trading is not a get rich quick scheme, but it can produce consistent, sustainable passive income if you can put in the time and effort -Most try to jump to the result right away, without going through the journey, that is not how life works. 2. No trading strategies, style, method can give you 100% strike rate -Trading is probability, not right or wrong. -Understand you can have the best strategy in the world, and still not be profitable. - Technical, Fundamental, Algo, EA...etc can all not work. This is why risk management is important to not over risk, over trade, over leverage your trading account 3. Backtest and journal -Backtest your strategy so your brain acknowledges and recognizes it over and over again. -Slowly build up confidence in your strategy and method. IT will come to you like second nature -Journal all your wins and losses so you can review them. Work on them, accept your mistakes to grow and improve. 4. Control your EGO -Human beings have ego to prove others are wrong and they are right -We refuse to admit we made the error/mistakes, and blame others/external as the cause. -Acknowledge that in trading, stop blaming the market, the broker, the mentor, the strategy...etc. -Don't take things personally and be offended by it. 5. Never Give Up -I blew several accounts in the beginning of trading career, gave up and quit trading multiple times -I always ended up coming back to trading. After taking time off. Whether that is weeks or months in the beginning journey. -No one is born into a trader, just like no one is born into a doctor, lawyer. -If trading was that easy, then everyone would be rich. -Success is measure by how many times you get back up when you failed I hope these pointers can help you guys to get more focus and get back on track in trading. Any questions, comments or feedback welcome to let me know, thank you Jojo Below I will share others educational videos that have direct relations to the topics above: Trading Psychology: How to deal & manage losses/consecutive losses in trading ? Trading Psychology: Revenge Trading Trading Psychology: Fear Of Missing Out Trading Psychology: Over Leveraged Trading Trading Psychology: Is there Stop Loss Hunting in Trading ? How to deal with it ? Prevent Blowing an account by backtesting: Risk Management 101
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by jojofang0901
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Understanding Market Structure In Under 10 MinutesUnderstanding Market Structure In this I explain how to use TradingView tools to mark out the recent price structure so that you can know what side of the market to be on (Buy or Sell) very quickly and easily without the need to use any indicators. You can apply this technique to any market, FX / Stocks / Crypto... it works on all markets. By understanding which community of traders are currently in control (Buyers or Sellers) you can then use the trendline tool to spot areas that might be higher probability areas for your trade entries. I have written the general process below to complement the video explanation. Step 1 Roughly mark out the recent highs and lows of price action just focusing on the main turning points of the market. Step 2 Once you have completed Step 1, use the "eye tool" / "hide button" by the chart label to remove all of the candles and the noise of the market so that you can easily focus on what is important. Step 3 Analyse the turning points / pivot points that you have marked out & if you feel it helps label them as Higher Highs / Higher Lows / Lower Highs / Lower Lows so you are able to know who is in control of the market structure. Step 4 Use the recent turning points that are relevant to your directional bias to spot levels that the market might turn around and continue the trend. Alternatively use candlestick analysis to spot potential turning points. Step 5 Finally place your entry and define your risk management as it applies to your own strategy / risk tolerance.
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by JoelWarby
6
How to analyze the market from scratch (Impulse & Correction)Hello everyone: Many have asked me about demonstrating how to analyze the chart from complete scratch. When looking at my chart and educational video, it all seems very simple, but many are telling me they are struggling to identify the market. Today I will go over how I analyze the chart, from the Higher time frame down to lower time frame by using multi-time frame analysis, top down approach. Specifically by identifying price action, impulse and correction phases of the market. 1. Start from the Higher Time Frame (HTF): HTF can be any time frame higher than the daily chart, such as monthly, weekly, daily. Personally I like to use daily as a go to time frame as it is widely used by traders. 2. Identify the impulse phase of the market. Understand the impulse phase is a period of fast momentum, price is either pushing up or down very aggressively, and not much consolidation visible on the HTF. 3. Identify a period of consolidations. Using trendlines, connect the swing highs and lows of the price. This is to identify the correction/consolidation phase of the market. Which is the most important aspect in price action analysis. You will need to be very knowledgeable on the type of continuation, reversal correction patterns/structures the market usually will form. (I will share many price action patterns/structures that I identify and use in the market below) 4. Once you identify the HTF phase of the market, you will then go down to the Lower time frames (LTF). LTF can be anything under 2/1 HR, 30/15 Min charts. It's not a specific time frame, rather “Multi time frame analysis”. You will also identify the impulse phases & Correction phases on the LTF and use trendlines to connect the swing highs and lows of the correction/consolidation phase, just like what we did on the HTF. 5. Now that you have both the HTF and LTF charts drawn out, the key here is to have both the HTF and LTF tell you the same direction/bias. They should align up and have the same bullish/bearish bias. This will strengthen your probability of success. I always make sure when I am about to enter any trades, I want the multi-time frames all telling me the same story. Same bias, same direction. 6. Now all that comes down to is forecasting the possible entries, which I have made many videos on this topic and I will share some below. Understand you would always want to make sure you are either entering during the impulse phase on the LTF, or the price is about to start the impulse phase to gain the upper hands in the market. You do not want to enter when the price is in a consolidation which is why many traders end up losing money, stuck in the correction and price isn't moving too much, rather just sideways. 7. Continue to work on analyzing the chart from scratch, get comfortable at identifying the impulse phase in the market, and do backtesting continuously so you identify the corrections in the market. This will make you see the chart and the market completely different than before, and you will have a much better probability of entering trades that work out in your favour. Any questions, comments or feedback welcome to let me know. Jojo Below I will share many educational videos that will help you to understand more on price action analysis, impulse/correction phase, entry, forecasting, backtesting and more. Continuation and Reversal Correction Identify a correction for the next impulse move in price action analysis Multi-time frame analysis Continuation Bull/Bear Flag Parallel Channel (Horizontal, Ascending, Descending) Reversal Ascending/Descending Channel Reversal Rising/Falling Wedge Reversal Double Top/Bottom Reversal Head & Shoulder Pattern Reversal “M” and “W” style pattern Reversal Impulse Price Action Continuation/Reversal Expanding Structure/Pattern Risk Management: 3 different entries on how to enter the impulsive phrase of price action Risk Management: How to Enter and set SL and TP for an impulse move in the market Risk Management: When/How to move SL to BE and to profit in a running trade ? How forecasting can benefit your trading journey Backtesting & Chartwork on Forex Market Backtesting & Chartwork on Indices Market Backtesting & Chartwork on Crypto Market How & Why I backtest:
OANDA:XAUUSDEducation
by jojofang0901
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PRICE ACTION TRADING | RISING WEDGE PATTERN 🔰 Hey traders, Rising wedge pattern is one of the most accurate price action patterns. Being relatively simple to recognize, it is applied in various trading strategies. ⭐️The pattern itself signifies the exhaustion of bulls. Even though the asset keeps growing in value, the price action legs contract forming a narrowing channel. Being stuck between two contracting trend lines, one serving as support and one serving as resistance, the price forms a wedge pattern. 🔔The trigger that we are looking for to sell the market is a bearish breakout of the support of the wedge (candle close below). To not be caught by a false breakout, it is highly recommendable to wait for a bearish violation of the last higher low level as well. Only then the wedge breakout is confirmed. ⚡️Trading the market aggressively, one opens a short position on spot just after the candle closes. ⚡️The conservative trader will wait for a retest of the broken support of the wedge though for a safer entry. ✔️Safest stop will lie strictly above the highest wick within the wedge. ✔️Initial target will be based on the closest key structure support. Learn to recognize this pattern and be disciplined to wait for its confirmed breakout. Only then a high trading performance will be achieved. What price action pattern do you want to learn in the next post? ❤️Please, support this idea with like and comment!❤️
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by VasilyTrader
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What Is Capital Partitioning ? How will it help you as a trader?Hi everyone: Let's talk about capital partitioning, which is a risk management approach for consistent traders to utilize to allow them to leverage their capital. You may ask what exactly is capital partitioning ? well to simply put it in words, it is basically divide up your trading $ in the current trading account into 2 or more sub accounts. So what's the point of doing that you may ask ? Well, with leverage, a consistent trader does not require to have their entire money deposit into one trading account. They can allocate the asset into different trading accounts to reduce risk as well as trading different markets available Let's take a look here: Say I have a $100,000 trading capital. I understand risk management, trading psychology, and will not over trade, over risk and revenge trade. Hence, it's in my best interest to divide the $ in this account into a different accounts, or simply in a liquid-able account such as a savings account, stocks, bond..etc Here are a few scenarios that you can implement into your trading accounts. Understand that the % to allocate, what other trading accounts to deposit $ into, and how to move around the $ is totally up to you as a trader. The most important is to make sure you are a consistent trader before you approach this type of method. As more accounts you divide your capital into, the more % you will need to risk per account as you need to open bigger position sizes now. Any questions, comments, or feedback welcome to let me know. Thank you I will share other risk management educational videos that can be helpful for you. Risk Management: When/How to move SL to BE and to profit in a running trade ? Risk Management: How to filter trading opportunities if multiple setups are presenting entries: Risk Management: 3 different entries on how to enter the impulsive phrase of price action Risk Management 101 Risk Management: How to set a Take Profit (TP) for your trades Risk Management: How to Enter and set SL and TP for an impulse move in the market Risk Management: How to scale in the impulsive phrase of the market condition? Risk Management: Combine everything you learn to prevent blowing a trading account
BITSTAMP:BTCUSDEducation
by jojofang0901
27
Where to target and what to do once there?I've been bad. I've been greedy with having "strong hands" when I had some 5 to 7R, really should have gotten out when it started retracing. How do I let it go from over 5R to -1? From March-April to September 2020 I got baited. There was oil, there were all the USD trends in summer, and they all went rather far. After this I wanted to keep running my winners, I was not sure exactly what I should do, I was busy with other things to look into it (finalize a strategy and add 2 new ones to my pool of 2 + 2 I don't use so really double my setups) I just went for hold but on top of that I forgot about my positions and let them run (reverse) forever without paying much attention. I spent 2 years on just 1 strategy (+2 I do not use) from mid-late 2018 to mid-late 2020. Took me I'd say around 10,000 hours of backtesting, trial and error, and so on, to make it right. Added a new one in 6 months (all day every day), and then in early 2021 damn it's actually recent I casually added 2 in a few days no sweat. My first strategy has a fixed target, or had, actually I am not entirely sure what to do here. But more generally I spent 4 years not really know what to do once the price got to the target area, should I trail with a tight stop or wide or just get out? But now I know. It is a long road. The basics however, they are instant. No work required, it only depends on the individual they either get it or they don't. It's like you start with an edge from day 1, at +1% and then you spend a whole lot of time to bring that to +20%. People at -100% the huge losers don't "just do the opposite" and end up at +100%. Don't think brokers checked? The big losers take 20 trades a day. They have 0 edge positive or negative. And winners mostly follow the trend, risk a little to make a lot, and hold. It's just that for optimal results they learn to not always hold. No, not "after having learned to hold", there is no unlearning. Those that don't hold from day 1, just bad, no hope. At least according to academics, regulators and brokers. People that don't hold winners from the start never make it. Simple stats. Getting started with targets is really easy. Entry does not matter, target is easy, stop too. Everything doesn't matter or is easy with investing. First, the observations (non exhaustive): There are 2 approach: 1- The robot. Throw a ball, the dog sees it, gets excited, chases the ball. The market throws some bounces, the "day" or "swing" trader sees them, gets excited, and chases. No added value, no intelligence. The price bounces, but in a very wide area and the bounce amplitude is random. So they think they found a holy grail, because damn they're onto something clearly no one noticed the price bounced on supports, and they insist on awful "strategies", try to make it work with 3 to 1 risk to reward, very far away stop since it bounces randomly around support, and the target is terribad for obvious reasons. Wide stop tiny target. 2- Since the price will bounce from moderatly to a lot, use this area as a target, and when the price starts reversing we know it probably will retrace significantly so we jump off the ship. The second approach is also buying in a downtrend on these supports same as 1-, but after having sold. So the "edge" noobies think they see and absolutely want to "take advantage of" is exploited this way, it is literally the same buying at supp. But I don't know I guess everyone today is terrible at math and logic they can't even think of buying at support without it being a ridiculous countertrend 0.3 reward to risk gamble, doesn't even cross their mind. You actually get to buy at support. What is funny is they see the price breakout, then go in a straight line to the next level, and they somehow get all excited "I'm going to buy". No one wants to sell? Brain not working properly. Makes no sense. It is rly binary, you either get it or dont. It is a skill check (or is it attribute?) like in RPG games. Which is nice since you get to know very fast if you will make it or not, no need to waste 5 years. I saw (and regulators + brokers tell us) there are some degenerates that have been losing for 10 years and still continue. I saw someone on youtube that has a 20 years long "career" and all he has done is lose! For 20 years! He even describes his 20 years of failure in a video, his wife almost left him and he had many struggles. He sells robots now, trying to get some of what he lost back. He probably thinks he was "so unfortunate" it is ok to scam people. "The kid has heart", ye that's what you say about losers. Just means someone is dumb enough to insist when something is clearly not working for them. There is not much more to it, the basics that is. Then from here getting good targets takes grinding, experience? Only way I know how to is with stats, even the "not stats people" look at the past and gain experience by "working out" like PTJ did to predict 1987 crash. He isn't a quant but still looked at the past. Even Warren Buffett learned from experience and made stats, I guess his targets are something like "how expensive" with variables "market emotions" and "interest rates" but he knows when expensive is too expensive based on statistics (that he read or experienced over the decades) not based on magical fairy dust. What to do at target? Well this is a long story. So many possibilities and ifs and buts. I'm going to show 2 examples and call it a day. There is a lot of stuff on the chart, it's not very clean, looks like a "technical analyst" or day trader chart, sorry. Obviously investing takes more than drawing 2 lines, there are going to be several conditions to enter, several conditions to where to enter, several things that go into the stop, the target, etc. A board hitting its head on a keyboard can't make money. The same way I doubt a robot mindlessly buying when a stock hits a P/E of 5 would make money, investors look at cash flow, management, past revenue, book value, competition, and many other things. Simple things, but several of them (not 1 million numbers either). So once the trade is entered, and target is at 6R: And yes it does not stop at every support, sometimes it fires past target: And finally, of course: Can be good places to add (after the bounce took place)!
Education
by MrRenev
price action patterns you need to know ( part 4 ) hi my friends , i'll share with you some patterns which can help you in trading ( part 4 ) Falling Wedge appear in downtrend and it indicates that the sellers are losing momentum in the market, and the buyers are gaining momentum ( long ) you can go long after the break or the retest of the trendline . rising Wedge appear in uptrend and it indicates that the buyers are losing momentum in the market, and the sellers are gaining momentum ( short ) you can go short after the break or the retest of the trendline note : Usually we find there is a divergence in the RSI indicator and this can be used as confirmation . please support me with like and follow me for more ideas .
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by Diamond_Chart
2
When/How to move SL to BE and to profit in a running trade ?Hello everyone: Today I want to discuss a topic in Risk Management, specifically on when and how to move your STOP LOSS to BREAKEVEN or in PROFIT when you have a running profit trade/position. In an impulsive phase of the market, we want to make sure to protect our entry as well as secure profits. In this example of EURUSD, I managed to get 2 entries in, and manage it to my best ability and secure profits Trade close down for +7.9% profit Original Trade Forecast and Analysis: This is a topic that will have various answers across traders, as this is certainly up to each individual trader’s strategy, style, and management approach. So understand there is no right or wrong, “holy grail” kind of decision. It's up to you individually as a trader. I will share my management, and why I choose to go with these types of approaches, and you can certainly use them to your advantage to tweak/modify them to fit your strategy. Few things to keep in minds are: 1. Moving the SL to BE or/and in profit is a way to protect your entry, as well as secure profit. 2. Sometimes moving the SL too early may “choke” the price, and you can get stopped out for BE or small profit. Then watch the price take off in your desired direction, which can create negative emotion. 3. Whereas sometimes if you don't move SL to BE or in profit, you can watch a trade that hits 3:1 RR or more, end up reversing down, passing your entry point and to your actual SL of -1%, which can also create negative emotion. 4. No perfect scenario or management when it comes to the aspect of trading, as every trade is unique, and different outcomes may happen, since the market itself is not perfect, and can do whatever it wants to do. Now, I will explain my own management when it comes to moving SL to BE or/and in profit. Certainly this is NOT the only way, nor it will be the best way, but over the years of backtesting & chartwork have given me reassurance on these types of management ways. I will then show some real live examples on the trades that I closed down, and how I manage them as well. CADJPY - Original Trade Forecast and Analysis: GBPJPY - Original Trade Forecast and Analysis: CHFJPY - Original Trade Forecast and Analysis: NASDAQ - AUDNZD - Original Trade Forecast and Analysis: First, a general rule of thumb for me. IF the price has hit about 1:1 RR or so, and has broken past the previous recent lows, I will move my SL to BE. There is no exception in this rule. Again, I explained earlier that sometimes this will help you to protect your entry when price reverses, and sometimes it will choke the price. In this case, I would rather take a BE first, and re-look for entry again in the same position, as long as the bias and the price action is still valid on both the higher time frame and lower time frame. Second, once the entry is in some profit, say 2:1 or higher, I generally will move the SL up to about +0.5% profit or so. Just want to secure a little profit while not choking the price entirely. Third, once the entry is in 3:1 profit, then I will move my SL to +1% profit. This is where I generally will decide whether I should take full profit here, or hold the trade for a mid-long term if the higher time frame has given me the bias. Fourth, since the trade has already been in 3:1 profit or higher, generally we can expect a continuation correction to form now after the impulse phase. If it's a smaller correction and price isn't reversing up sharply right away, I will move my SL to about +1.5% profit, set my alert above the continuation correction and observe the development of the correction. This is generally a point where I can decide to hold the trade longer, or if it reverses up from the continuation correction, then exit the trade for profit. Fifth, if we start to see a possible reversal development, then I will move down my SL to the recent swing highs/lows, or just above the reversal correctional structure, and will let the trade tag me out for profit if it reverses. Any questions, comments or feedback welcome to let me know :) If you enjoy these contents, and the educational lessons are helpful, please press like, subscribe and follow for more. Jojo
Education
by jojofang0901
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Education excerpt: Relative Strength IndexEducation excerpt: Relative Strength Index General information The Relative Strength Index ( RSI ) is a momentum oscillator that was introduced by J. Welles Wilder in an article published in Commodities magazine in June 1978. The Relative Strength Index measures the velocity of directional price movement and is commonly used in conjunction with a daily bar chart. However, it can be utilized on a bar chart with any particular time frame. The concept of this oscillator is based upon an idea of an asset being oversold or overbought. Generally, tops and bottoms are indicated when the RSI goes above 70 or drops below 30. Although, failure swings above 70 or below 30 can imply possible market reversal. Similarly, divergence between the RSI and price action on the chart can signal a market turning point. Chart formations and support and resistance often show up graphically on the RSI despite the fact that they may not be apparent on the bar chart. The slope of the momentum oscillator is directly proportional to the velocity of the move. Thus, the distance traveled up or down by the RSI is proportional to the magnitude of the move. The horizontal axis represents time and the vertical axis represents distance traveled by the indicator. The RSI moves slowly when the market continues its directional movement . However, once price is at the market turning point, RSI tends to move faster. Calculation The Relative Strength Index is commonly calculated using the close price of a 14 day period. The equation for its calculation involves several components. These are: • Average up closes • Average down closes • Relative strength Relative Strength ( RS ) = (average of 14 day's closes up/average of 14 day's closes down) Relative Strength Index ( RSI ) = 100 – Calculation begins with obtaining the sum of the up closes for the previous 14 days. This sum is then divided by the number of days used in calculating the generating figure for average up closes. Similarly, the sum of the down closes for the previous 14 days is divided by the number of days used in calculating the generating figure for average down closes. After these two operations are conducted, the average up days are divided by the average down days resulting in the value of the Relative Strength ( RS ). The number 1 is then added to the value of RS . Next, 100 is divided by the new amount of RS . The resulting figure is subsequently subtracted by 100 generating the value of the Relative Strength Index ( RSI ). From this step on, the previous value of average up closes and average down closes can be used to generate the next value of the RSI . In order to calculate the next average up close, the previous value of average up closes is multiplied by 13 and the present day average up close is added to this figure. This value is then divided by 14 generating the value for the new average up closes. In similar fashion, the new average down close is calculated by multiplying the previous average down closes by 13. Today's down close is then added to the figure. The resulting figure is again divided by 14 to generate the new average down close. After that, the same steps indicated to calculate the initial RSI need to be followed. Divergence When trend is prevalent and two indexes (or index and price) are going simultaneously either up or down they exhibit positive correlation. However, when this correlation breaks and one index (or price) keeps going up while another index reverses down divergence is said to occur. Technical analyst should pay attention to this instance as it sometimes has abillity to foreshadow upcoming reversal in trend. Though, there are many instances when divergence occurs and reversal in price trend fails to materialize. For this reason some analysts like to implement concept of double divergence. Double divergence There are many instances when price continues its rise and analyst can observe oscillator or idex to fall only to see it later climb back up in tandem with price. (same applies to the opposite situation when price falls and index or oscillator starts to rise) The divergence occured but price trend remained intact. Because the divergence can be misleading, some analysts preffer to wait for the second divergence before placing their entries or exits. Disclaimer: This content serves only educational purpose.
BITSTAMP:BTCUSDEducation
by fxpremiere
Formation of consolidation according to Wyckoff (addition)Hello amateurs and professionals😎. I would like to add a few clarifications to my previous post about the Wyckoff accumulative model PS - preliminary support. The moment a large buyer appeared, who stopped the market and decided to gain a position. Volume increases and the price spread widens, signaling that the downtrend is nearing its end. SC is the maximum point of sale. Large mass sales by the public are consumed by larger professional interests at or near the bottom. Often the price forms buyout bars - it closes far from the low in SC, reflecting buying from these large interests. AR is an automatic rally that occurs when sellers begin to weaken and change sides or exit the market. A wave of purchases easily pushes prices up; this is further fueled by a short cover. The high of this rally will help determine the upper limit of the cumulative TR. ST - a retest attempt, in which the price revisits the SC area to set the position by a large player. If a bottom is to be confirmed, volume and price spread should be significantly reduced as the market approaches support in the SC area. Usually several STs are placed after SC. Nuance. False breakouts or shakes occur late in the TR and allow large players to check on stock before the mark-up campaign unfolds. The “spring” pushes the price below the low of the TR, and then reverses and closes within the TR; this action allows large players to confuse with the direction of the trend, increase liquidity and enter the market at a favorable price. However, the springs and knockout of the leads are not required elements: the accumulation diagram 1 shows a spring, and the accumulation diagram 2 shows a TR without a spring. Test. Large players check the market for supply throughout the TK (eg ST and springs) and at key points during price increases. If there is a significant supply during testing, it can be seen by volume, the market is often not ready for the markup. The spring is often followed by one or more tests; a successful test updates tops with insignificant volume. SOS - Volume appears and a major player is identified with direction. Often, an emergency signal occurs after a shake. LPS is the last point of support. Some charts may have more than one LPS despite the supposedly extreme accuracy of the term. BU - "back-up" - backups are a common building block prior to larger price increases and can take many forms, including a simple rollback or a new TR at a higher level. ------------------- Share your opinion in the comments and support the idea with Like. Thanks for your support! info taken from WyckoffAnalysis
Education
by DeGRAM
22
An Introduction To Trading Inside Bar SignalsToday’s lesson is an introduction to the inside bar signal and how to trade it. It’s really one of my favorite patterns to trade, especially on the daily chart time frame. Why, you ask? It’s simple. The inside bar pattern shows a pause or indecision in the market, and depending on the surrounding price context it formed within, this provides us with an extremely valuable clue about what a market is about to do next. The inside bar is yet another “tool” in your price action toolbox that will add to your trading strategy which when mastered will help improve your chances of long-term trading success. Let’s get started with some introductory concepts and theory on inside bars… What is An Inside Bar? An inside bar pattern is a multi-bar pattern that consists of a “mother bar” which is the first bar in the pattern, followed by the inside bar. An inside bar pattern can sometimes have multiple inside bars within the same mother bar. Here is what standard inside bars look like: As you can see by the image below, inside bars can form exactly in the middle of the mother bar or close to either the high or low, there is not an EXACT way they have to look, just as long as they are contained within high to low distance of the mother bar 4 Variations of Standard Inside Bars 1. Double (multi) inside bar The “double inside bar” consists of two inside bars within the structure of the mother bar. They are pretty common and often times you will even see 3, 4 or sometimes (rarer) even more inside bars within the same mother bar structure. These patterns signify a prolonged period of indecision in the market and they can come before very powerful breakout moves… 2. Coiling Inside Bars Coiling inside bar patterns occur when 2 or more inside bars are “coiling” up tighter and tighter like a spring, within one another. Pay special attention when you see these because they mean the market is contracting and just like a spring wound up tighter and tighter, eventually it’s going to “release” and explode into a powerful move (in many cases). 3. Fakey Pattern (inside bar false-break ) The fakey trading pattern is very important in regards to inside bars because there is an inside bar pattern within a fakey. As you can see below, a fakey is actually a false break out from an inside bar pattern. It’s literally where price initially breaks one way from an inside bar pattern, but then quickly reverses, sucking everyone out who was wrong and then charging back the other direction. Obviously, these are giving us VERY intelligent clues as to the next potential direction in price. 4. Inside Bar Pin Bar Combo Pattern As we all know, pin bars are one of the best price patterns you can trade and when it’s when you get a pin bar that is also an inside bar, that you have an inside bar pin bar combo pattern. When you combine a pin bar into an inside bar, you are getting both a “wind-up” that is going to be released and a pin bar with a tail / shadow that indicates the next potential direction of the market. Hence, an inside bar is not just a pause in the market, it’s a pause with an extra piece of confluence behind it, and as a result, a more powerful price action signal. Trading Inside Bar Patterns There are essentially two main ways we can look to trade inside bars, as with most other patterns; as a continuation signal or as a reversal pattern. Now, I prefer to trade them as continuation signals in trending markets on the daily chart, because that’s the easiest way to trade them quite frankly. However, inside bars CAN indeed be very powerful at major support and resistance levels as reversals. Let’s look at some examples: 1. Trading Inside Bars as Continuation Move s The “classic” way to trade an inside bar pattern, and the way that I love trading them the most, is within a trending market, as a continuation move. An inside bar is much easier to take in a trending market because the odds are already in your favor for trading with the trend. The inside bar will many times lead to a breakout or continuation in-line with the existing trend direction. They can provide a good structure to try to pyramid your trade into a huge win. Tip : Avoid trading inside bars at major levels until the level has cleared, because many times such inside bars will create a false break at the major level. 2. Trading Inside Bars as “Stall Patterns” / Reversals Sometimes, you can trade an inside bar as a reversal / stall pattern where price “stalls” out at a level and that leads to a reversal back the other direction. In the chart below, we can see an example of a good inside bar reversal signal. Notice that the inside bar formed at a key chart level, indicating the market was hesitating and “unsure” if it wanted to move any higher. We can see a strong downside move occurred as price broke down past the inside bar’s mother bar low.. Please note that trading inside bars as reversal patterns should ONLY be tried after you have successfully mastered trading them in-line with the daily chart trend as continuation / breakout plays, as we discussed above. Special Inside Bar Trading Tip s Here are some of my tips and tricks when trading inside bars. These are things that I learned over the years that will improve your chances of success when trading this pattern: 1. Tighter inside bar patterns and coiling inside bar patterns often lead to explosive large break out moves. This is because of the “stored energy” that took place as the market “coiled”, that energy typically gets released in the form of a strong breakout move… 2. Patterns containing smaller inside bar patterns allow tighter stop losses and great risk reward, these are the ideal candidates. 3. Be wary of patterns with both very large mother bars and large inside bars, these can often be difficult to trade due to lots of false signals and they make it more difficult to manage risk. 4. My favorite 2 patterns are – Fakey signals and – Inside bar pin bar combos. 5. We must learn to filter inside bars because the one bad thing about them is that a lot of them form across all time frames. However, with proper training and experience on the charts, you will learn to differentiate. CONCLUSION This was a basic introduction to the inside bar signal and how I trade it, I cover this pattern and much more in my advanced price action trading courses. Upon joining, some of what you will learn is: 1. More inside bar variations and how to trade them. 2. More example charts. 3. Members trading discussion forum, including inside bar discussion 4. Daily members on-going daily and weekly market commentary where we discuss potential inside bar trade setups as they form. 5. Members trading videos and articles library that includes more in-depth inside bar trading training. 6. Email coaching & Support line. 7. On-going updates for free I hope you found today’s lesson helpful and inspiring. Inside bars are truly one of the most interesting and powerful price action signals so I hope you enjoyed learning about them and that you’ll continue to do so. Please Leave A Comment Below With Your Thoughts On This Lesson… If You Have Any Questions, You can drop your question as comment or message me privately.
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Formation of consolidation according to Wyckoff Phase 1 : Stopping the previously dominant trend. The offer prevailed. Decrease in supply is indicated by preliminary support (PS) and sales climax (SC). These events are visible on the charts, where widening spreads and high volume reflect the transfer of a huge number of shares from one speculator to another. As soon as sellers weaken, an automatic rally (AR) follows, consisting of both demand for stocks and covering short positions (two types of ogrok are activated). A successful secondary test (ST) in the SC area will show a decrease in sales, as well as a narrowing spread and a decrease in volume, usually stopping at the same level as SC. If ST falls below SC, either lows renewal or consolidation formation can be expected. The SC and ST minimums and the AR maximum set the boundaries of the TR. Levels can be drawn to help see the market as shown in the two accumulation charts above. Phase 2 : In Wyckoff's analysis, Phase B acts as a “cause-building” for a new uptrend (see Wyckoff's Law # 2 - “Cause and Effect”). In Phase 2, large players accumulate relatively inexpensive stocks in anticipation of a mark-up. The accumulation process can take a relatively long time and includes buying stocks at lower prices and checking for price increases by short selling (false breakouts). Typically during phase 2 there are multiple STs as well as upward actions at the upper end of the TR. In general, as TR develops to acquire most of the remaining supply, the majority of its interests are net buyers of shares. Buying and selling impart a characteristic up and down price movement to a trading range (flat). At the beginning of phase 2, the average true range is wide and accompanied by a large volume. However, as the professionals absorb the supply, the volume of the downward swings within the TR may diminish. When it turns out that stocks are likely to be depleted, the market is ready for Phase 3. Phase 3 : The instrument goes through a critical review of the remaining supply, allowing the big players to make sure the instruments are ready for growth. As noted above, a spring is a price movement below the TR support level (set in phases 1 and 2) that quickly reverses and returns back to TR. This is an example of a false breakout. In reality, however, it marks the beginning of a new uptrend after grabbing liquidity, delaying late sellers. In Wyckoff's method, a successful test of the supply, represented by a spring (or shake out), provides an opportunity for higher expectation trading. A low volume shake test indicates that the instrument will be ready to go long, so now is a good time to enter at least a partial long position. Phase 3 : There is a constant predominance of demand over supply. This is evidenced by the promotion model (SOS) with widening price spreads and increasing volumes, as well as the reaction (LPS) to smaller spreads and reduced volumes. During phase 3, the price will advance to at least the top of the TR. The LPS in this phase is a great place to go long. Phase 5 : The instrument leaves the TR zone, growth is forming, as demand is under complete control. Shakes and more typical reactions are usually short-lived. New higher-level TRs, involving both profit-taking and consolidation by large players, can occur at any time in Phase 5. These TRs are sometimes referred to as "stepping stones" on the path to even greater ------------------- Share your opinion in the comments and support the idea with Like. Thanks for your support! info taken from WyckoffAnalysis
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by DeGRAM
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Formation of consolidation according to Wyckoff Phase 1 : Stopping the previously dominant trend. The offer prevailed. Decrease in supply is indicated by preliminary support (PS) and sales climax (SC). These events are visible on the charts, where widening spreads and high volume reflect the transfer of a huge number of shares from one speculator to another. As soon as sellers weaken, an automatic rally (AR) follows, consisting of both demand for stocks and covering short positions (two types of ogrok are activated). A successful secondary test (ST) in the SC area will show a decrease in sales, as well as a narrowing spread and a decrease in volume, usually stopping at the same level as SC. If ST falls below SC, either lows renewal or consolidation formation can be expected. The SC and ST minimums and the AR maximum set the boundaries of the TR. Levels can be drawn to help see the market as shown in the two accumulation charts above. Phase 2 : In Wyckoff's analysis, Phase B acts as a “cause-building” for a new uptrend (see Wyckoff's Law # 2 - “Cause and Effect”). In Phase 2, large players accumulate relatively inexpensive stocks in anticipation of a mark-up. The accumulation process can take a relatively long time and includes buying stocks at lower prices and checking for price increases by short selling (false breakouts). Typically during phase 2 there are multiple STs as well as upward actions at the upper end of the TR. In general, as TR develops to acquire most of the remaining supply, the majority of its interests are net buyers of shares. Buying and selling impart a characteristic up and down price movement to a trading range (flat). At the beginning of phase 2, the average true range is wide and accompanied by a large volume. However, as the professionals absorb the supply, the volume of the downward swings within the TR may diminish. When it turns out that stocks are likely to be depleted, the market is ready for Phase 3. Phase 3 : The instrument goes through a critical review of the remaining supply, allowing the big players to make sure the instruments are ready for growth. As noted above, a spring is a price movement below the TR support level (set in phases 1 and 2) that quickly reverses and returns back to TR. This is an example of a false breakout. In reality, however, it marks the beginning of a new uptrend after grabbing liquidity, delaying late sellers. In Wyckoff's method, a successful test of the supply, represented by a spring (or shake out), provides an opportunity for higher expectation trading. A low volume shake test indicates that the instrument will be ready to go long, so now is a good time to enter at least a partial long position. Phase 3 : There is a constant predominance of demand over supply. This is evidenced by the promotion model (SOS) with widening price spreads and increasing volumes, as well as the reaction (LPS) to smaller spreads and reduced volumes. During phase 3, the price will advance to at least the top of the TR. The LPS in this phase is a great place to go long. Phase 5 : The instrument leaves the TR zone, growth is forming, as demand is under complete control. Shakes and more typical reactions are usually short-lived. New higher-level TRs, involving both profit-taking and consolidation by large players, can occur at any time in Phase 5. These TRs are sometimes referred to as "stepping stones" on the path to even greater ------------------- Share your opinion in the comments and support the idea with Like. Thanks for your support! info taken from WyckoffAnalysis
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by DeGRAM
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Your Ultimate Guide to RSI DivergenceYour Ultimate Guide to RSI Divergence (Settings & Tips) Hey traders, Relative strength index is a classic technical indicator. It is frequently applied to spot a market reversal. RSI divergence is considered to be a quite reliable signal of a coming trend violation and change. Though newbie traders think that the application of the divergence is quite complicated, in practice, you can easily identify it with the following tips: 💠First of all, let's start with the settings. For the input, we will take 7/close. For the levels, we will take 80/20. Then about the preconditions: 1️⃣ Firstly, the market must trade in a trend ( bullish or bearish ) with a sequence of lower lows / lower highs ( bearish trend ) or higher highs / higher lows ( bullish trend ). 2️⃣ Secondly, RSI must reach the overbought/oversold condition (80/20 levels) with one of the higher highs/higher lows. 3️⃣ Thirdly, with a consequent market higher high / lower low, RSI must show the lower high / higher low instead. ➡️ Once all these conditions are met, you spotted RSI Divergence. A strong counter-trend movement will be expected. Also, I should say something about a time frame selection. Personally, I prefer to apply it on a daily time frame, however, I know that scalpers apply divergence on intraday time frames as well. ❗️Remember, that it is preferable to trade the divergence in a combination with some price action pattern or some other reversal signal.
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by fxpremiere
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The importance of the STOPLOSS protective orderThe importance of the STOPLOSS protective order Our protective stops are vital to managing our risk, and just a single position you open without a stop can lead to the suicide of your trading account. The uniqueness of stop orders lies in the fact that they, being pending orders, await their execution at a predetermined price. When stop orders are triggered, their important function is that they add momentum to the market and at the same time use the liquidity present in the market. 1) Many have probably heard such information as: "When entering a trade, place a protective stop just below the high / low of the price." The reason is that this level has been identified as an important support level . What else is posted in the support area? Limit orders of traders to buy, who have identified the support area and are waiting for the time to open a position when retesting the level. Is there a large number of stops under each level? It depends on the size of the timeframe and how quickly the price leaves the given zone at the time of purchase. 2) When the price gets to this level, traders are still interested in long positions, but this time the price does not bounce off that level as one would expect. It does not break it, does not make lower lows, but displays lower highs. If you were interested in going long right now, what would you do? The average trader who bounces off the support level would enter a long position with a stop just below the support level . If you had a limit order that hadn't been filled yet, I would have postponed the order. Candlesticks / Bars displays lower highs; The price does not rise as fast as one might expect; You know that just below the support area there are a lot of stop orders. 3) What happens next? The price moves downward under pressure and breaks the stops of traders who have long positions, and, as we remember, when buy stops are triggered, these are market sell orders, and they force the price to move further down. And traders, who are waiting for the opening of short positions, open them because the price breaks the support level , but then the market takes them out, “eats” them, because the price goes higher. 4) Those traders who were initially set for long positions and who were thrown out of the market by broken stops help push the price up. Now the graph looks like this: New stops are placed below the new level, in front of us is Groundhog Day. And everything that has just been played will be played over and over again ... only at different price levels. STOPLOSS is a way to limit losses when managing an open trading position or portfolio of positions. In fact, a stop loss is an order to close a position in the event of an unfavorable price movement. The trader sets a stop loss to limit his own losses and trade within his own money management rules. Find me on:
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by fxpremiere
How to use trendline to identify price action structure/patternHi everyone: Many have asked me about how to properly use trendlines to identify price action structures and patterns. So in today’s educational video, I will go over this topic in more detail. First, I use the trendline as a “frame” to identify structures and patterns, and NOT use it as a Support/Resistance. What I do is to put in the trendline for the highs and lows of the price action that can help me to pinpoint what the price is doing, what kind of a correctional structure that it is currently in. Typically after an impulse phase of the market, then we start to identify a structure/pattern by connecting the swing highs and lows. Second, as I always point out in my videos/streams, a structure/pattern needs at least 2 swing highs and lows to classify as a structure. Certainly more swing highs and lows are good, but it's not necessary. Often I get asked about the “third touch” or more. To me it's not necessary, but if price does form the third touch, I would proceed the same as the price has a second touch. Third, we are identifying the price action correctional structure, and sometimes the market is not perfect, it will not give you a textbook looking bullish flag as an example. Hence the backtesting and chartwork from each trader is important to get your mind familiarized with the market and its “imperfect” development of the price action. After identifying the impulse phase, then look to see what the market is doing. Is it falling into a consolidation ? Not much movement except sideway price action, or ascending/descending like consolidation will give you a clue on whether the price is correcting to continue, or correcting to reverse. Take a look at the educational videos I have made in the past regarding the type of correctional structures we typically see in the market. All the videos are down below. Continue to backtest and do chart work to get familiar with drawing in the structures/patterns. The more you do these, the better and easier it is for you to identify them in your trading journey. Remember, the market is not perfect, so not all the structures/patterns will be “Textbook” like on the real, live market. Learn to deal with the “imperfect” market, so you can better utilize price action analysis to your advantage. Any questions, comments or feedback welcome to let me know :) Thank you Below are all my price action structures/patterns videos on different type of corrections. Continuation and Reversal Correction Identify a correction for the next impulse move in price action analysis Impulse VS Correction Multi-time frame analysis Continuation Bull/Bear Flag Parallel Channel (Horizontal, Ascending, Descending) Reversal Ascending/Descending Channel Reversal Rising/Falling Wedge Reversal Double Top/Bottom Reversal Head & Shoulder Pattern Reversal “M” and “W” style pattern Reversal Impulse Price Action Continuation/Reversal Expanding Structure/Pattern
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by jojofang0901
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The importance of the STOPLOSS protective orderOur protective stops are vital to managing our risk, and just a single position you open without a stop can lead to the suicide of your trading account. The uniqueness of stop orders lies in the fact that they, being pending orders, await their execution at a predetermined price. When stop orders are triggered, their important function is that they add momentum to the market and at the same time use the liquidity present in the market. 1) Many have probably heard such information as: "When entering a trade, place a protective stop just below the high / low of the price." The reason is that this level has been identified as an important support level. What else is posted in the support area? Limit orders of traders to buy, who have identified the support area and are waiting for the time to open a position when retesting the level. Is there a large number of stops under each level? It depends on the size of the timeframe and how quickly the price leaves the given zone at the time of purchase. 2) When the price gets to this level, traders are still interested in long positions, but this time the price does not bounce off that level as one would expect. It does not break it, does not make lower lows, but displays lower highs. If you were interested in going long right now, what would you do? The average trader who bounces off the support level would enter a long position with a stop just below the support level. If you had a limit order that hadn't been filled yet, I would have postponed the order. Candlesticks / Bars displays lower highs; The price does not rise as fast as one might expect; You know that just below the support area there are a lot of stop orders. 3) What happens next? The price moves downward under pressure and breaks the stops of traders who have long positions, and, as we remember, when buy stops are triggered, these are market sell orders, and they force the price to move further down. And traders, who are waiting for the opening of short positions, open them because the price breaks the support level, but then the market takes them out, “eats” them, because the price goes higher. 4) Those traders who were initially set for long positions and who were thrown out of the market by broken stops help push the price up. Now the graph looks like this: New stops are placed below the new level, in front of us is Groundhog Day. And everything that has just been played will be played over and over again ... only at different price levels. STOPLOSS is a way to limit losses when managing an open trading position or portfolio of positions. In fact, a stop loss is an order to close a position in the event of an unfavorable price movement. The trader sets a stop loss to limit his own losses and trade within his own money management rules.
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by DeGRAM
7
The importance of the STOPLOSS protective orderOur protective stops are vital to managing our risk, and just a single position you open without a stop can lead to the suicide of your trading account. The uniqueness of stop orders lies in the fact that they, being pending orders, await their execution at a predetermined price. When stop orders are triggered, their important function is that they add momentum to the market and at the same time use the liquidity present in the market. 1) Many have probably heard such information as: "When entering a trade, place a protective stop just below the high / low of the price." The reason is that this level has been identified as an important support level. What else is posted in the support area? Limit orders of traders to buy, who have identified the support area and are waiting for the time to open a position when retesting the level. Is there a large number of stops under each level? It depends on the size of the timeframe and how quickly the price leaves the given zone at the time of purchase. 2) When the price gets to this level, traders are still interested in long positions, but this time the price does not bounce off that level as one would expect. It does not break it, does not make lower lows, but displays lower highs. If you were interested in going long right now, what would you do? The average trader who bounces off the support level would enter a long position with a stop just below the support level. If you had a limit order that hadn't been filled yet, I would have postponed the order. Candlesticks / Bars displays lower highs; The price does not rise as fast as one might expect; You know that just below the support area there are a lot of stop orders. 3) What happens next? The price moves downward under pressure and breaks the stops of traders who have long positions, and, as we remember, when buy stops are triggered, these are market sell orders, and they force the price to move further down. And traders, who are waiting for the opening of short positions, open them because the price breaks the support level, but then the market takes them out, “eats” them, because the price goes higher. 4) Those traders who were initially set for long positions and who were thrown out of the market by broken stops help push the price up. Now the graph looks like this: New stops are placed below the new level, in front of us is Groundhog Day. And everything that has just been played will be played over and over again ... only at different price levels. STOPLOSS is a way to limit losses when managing an open trading position or portfolio of positions. In fact, a stop loss is an order to close a position in the event of an unfavorable price movement. The trader sets a stop loss to limit his own losses and trade within his own money management rules.
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by DeGRAM
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SIMPLE PRICE ACTION STRATEGY! PART 1RULE NO 1: Use S&R Levels As Well As The SUPPLY & DEMAND ZONES. RULE NO 2: Look For BULLISH ENGULFINGS In The UP TREND TREND 2: PIN BAR CANDLE 3: BULLISH HAMMER AND Look For BEARISH ENGULFING In The DOWN TREND 2: SHOOTING STAR 3: BEARISH PIN BAR NOTE: Use These Patterns on S&R , Supply And Demand Zones Break Of Structure Etc. 3RD RULE USE 4H TIMEFRAME IF YOU WANT TO LEARN IT FROM ME ASK ME IN COMMENTS I WILL TELL YOU HOW TO UNDERSTAND MARKET STRUCTURE EASILY ! USING TOO MUCH INDICATORS CAN LEAD YOU TO A HUGE LOSS. This Is Not An Investment Advice. HOPE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND! HAVE A NICE TRADING JOURNEY !
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by SarimAaraiz
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Understanding Market StructureLets start 1) Consolidation The market enters this phase after a strong movement. Sellers control buyers, which further leads to a downward trend 2) Down trend Bearish phase - lower lows and lower highs. This is where traders want to go short on breakouts or from levels 3) Distribution Occurs after a prolonged fall in prices, when buyers gain control of prices, resulting in higher prices 4) Up trend The bull phase is where you want to be long. See to buy short breakout moves after long rallies have exhausted themselves. Attempts to rally are considered guilty until proven innocent ------------------- Share your opinion in the comments and support the idea with likes. Thank you for your support! thankyou
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by fxpremiere