Not exact matches
This is shown below on the 60 -
minute (hourly)
chart of PowerShares QQQ Trust ($ QQQ), a popular ETF
trading proxy for the Nasdaq 100 Index:
For example, many day traders are focused on
trading e-minis with a focus on either economic event - driven moves — such as GDP releases or FOMC
minutes — or purely technical
trading using
chart setups or indicators.
The futures contract
trades close to its short - term downward trend line, as the 15 -
minute chart shows:
50 years ago to
trade a stock we had to look at the papers over a long period then phone a broker, now we logon to site, look at a
chart and
trade in
minutes.
The asset's
chart has a default setting of 1 hour meaning, investors who are
trading shorter expiry of 5, 15, or 30
minutes ought to switch to the same
chart view as their preferred time frame.
For instance, when
trading 5
minute expiry times, a trader should look at the 5
minute chart, not the hourly view.
I have been
trading daily on daily (end of day & 3 / 5
minute charts for scalping.
Thanks Nial, I can honestly say that since
trading your price action stategy, it has turned my
trading around.Gone are the stochastics and macds, just clean
charts now, and I'm able to read the price action much better.I just have to now discipline myself to use longer timeframes for set ups, and 5
minute only for entry and exits.
It
trades on a one
minute chart from 9:30 am — 2:30 pm EST taking long and short signals on the Crude Oil (CL) futures and uses a $ 700 stop loss per contract.
If you sit there staring at a 5
minute chart all day, the odds of you actually not entering a
trade are extremely low.
If you are like most people, you probably have a full - time job or full - time school, or maybe even both; most people simply don't have the time to sit at their computers all day trying to
trade a 5
minute chart.
This means, looking only at the daily
chart for a while, not using your phone to
trade and only analyzing the
charts a couple of times per day for 20 to 30
minutes each.
We use a tick by tick
chart to track each
trade but look at a one
minute chart so that we can see the entire day.
I do swing
trading and intra-day
trading, but I would not EVER recommend
trading price action on less than a 15
minute chart.
I typically do not take any
trades based on the price action of a
chart less than 15
minutes; however, the 1 Hour
chart is more meaningful, the 4 Hour
chart is better, the Daily
chart is even better, etc....
It uses the hourly
chart to assess the intraday trend before
trading in the five -
minute time - frame.
The asset's
chart has a default setting of 1 hour meaning, investors who are
trading shorter expiry of 5, 15, or 30
minutes ought to switch to the same
chart view as their preferred time frame.
For instance, when
trading 5
minute expiry times, a trader should look at the 5
minute chart, not the hourly view.
These
trades last anywhere from a couple of
minutes to several weeks and the same analysis can be used on
charts with multiple time frames.
Providing fast and accurate fills,
charts and up - to - the -
minute research, Optimus will aid you in making your
trading experience easy and efficient.
Even if you look at a 5
minute chart to enter your
trades, you should be looking at much more details to determine what is going on with the stock.
You are looking at 5
minute line
chart of two days
trading, so all you are capturing is the last price
traded for every 5
minute interval over two day.
Many traders write in to me on email asking me about «missing
trade setups» on the 15
minute charts or other small time frames, if they are mainly focusing on the daily
charts and 4 hour
charts like I teach.
For instance, if you are only going to be backtesting your
trading system on the Daily
charts, there is no point in downloading 1
Minute (M1) data.
This strategy
trades on a one
minute chart from 9:30 am — 2:30 pm EST taking long and short signals on the Crude Oil (CL) futures and uses a $ 700 stop loss per contract.
That being said, I
trade them on the 15
Minute chart regularly and successfully.
Up to the
minute market news, streaming quotes, real time
charting capabilities, and user created watch lists give investors the edge when it comes to making profitable
trades.
Day traders who
trade 5
minute or less
charts are competing against very experienced traders and computers!
Thanks Nial, I can honestly say that since
trading your price action stategy, it has turned my
trading around.Gone are the stochastics and macds, just clean
charts now, and I'm able to read the price action much better.I just have to now discipline myself to use longer timeframes for set ups, and 5
minute only for entry and exits.
I have been
trading daily on daily (end of day & 3 / 5
minute charts for scalping.
You only
trade on the 15 -
minute chart and only during certain times.
In my experience, I have not had much luck
trading them on time frames lower than the 15
Minute chart.
Before i use only 5,15,30 min
charts... Nial as you wrote» If you can't dig up the self - discipline to stop looking at those 5
minute charts and eliminate them from your mind, then you probably don't have the discipline it takes to manage your risk effectively and stick to a
trading plan either» i don't even think about this hehe... but hey!
Technical
trading patterns should be used on daily, weekly and monthly time frames: A head and shoulders pattern on an intraday five
minute chart does not carry the same weight as a head and shoulders pattern on a weekly
chart.
I use the exact same methods for day
trading that I use in my swing
trades, just on a shorter time frame (usually the 5 - and 15 -
minute intra-day
charts).
In this 30 -
minute chart of 6E futures (EUR / USD), we have placed horizontal lines every 10 ticks to help us with this
trading strategy.
Inside bars can be used when
trading a trend on the 240
minute charts or the daily forex
charts, but I personally prefer to
trade inside bars on the daily
charts and I recommend all beginning traders should stick to the daily
charts until they have fully mastered and found consistent success with the inside bar setup on that time frame.
30
minutes a day is all you need if you are focusing on the daily
charts, this is of course after you have mastered an effective
trading strategy like price action.
VIX Swing is a swing
trade strategy that is used use on 60
minute charts to take long only
trades when the VIX is low.
If two points are risked in the E-mini on the five -
minute chart, the
trade only should be taken if two points of reward reasonably can be achieved.
Big white candle followed by a black candle down all day, and the other way around, there is no way to read those price actions unless
trading 15
minutes charts!
You can
trade the daily
charts, the 1
minute charts or anything in between.
They use
trading softwares and
charts, however, the
charts used are usually for longer time frames like 60 -
minute, daily and weekly
charts.
The Fibonacci extension strategy can be utilized to
trade all time frames and can be
traded from the five
minute chart, the daily
chart and weekly
chart.
The example below shows the ES 5 -
minute chart across three
trading sessions.
The strategy
trades only during the regular day session hours from 9:30 am — 2:15 pm EST on a one
minute chart.
Hi Nial, Happy anniversary, Well i have been a student of yours now for about 1 year and a half and a full member for about 6 months and i must say my progress in learning to
trade price action has been phenomenal,
trading raw price with the daily
charts has been for me the most accurate way to
trade in the market, the daily
charts seem to be the only time frame that can give you a clear insight in to price momentum, strength and potential reach, I also use the 15
minute charts for entry and exit of
trades and most of all i use the usd index to give me a clear insight in to market direction and strength, I have found that raw price analysis of different time frames in the usd index can help you to make a more accurate decision on which currency to buy or sell at any given moment.
This is 5 -
minute chart of ES futures contract, which is the main instrument Al Brooks
trades.
A good
trading platform will be easy to use, user friendly, offer you a lot of various
charts with possibility to open a lot of windows on the same
chart station and with a lot of time frames, from 1
minute to 1 month.
The Pinpoint Entry Algorithm allows us to watch our original strategy
trade and then get in at a better price on a one
minute chart.