However, the most important trend to identify is the most obvious current dominant
daily chart trend.
Notice in the chart above, the 50 and 200 period EMA's give us a good quick - view of the dominant
daily chart trend direction.
The way that I trade with the trend is to simply look for one of my high - probability price action trading strategies to form with
the daily chart trend, ideally from a «confluent level» within that trend.
Trying to trade inside bars against
a daily chart trend is very hard, especially if you're a beginner or relatively new.
I also recommend sticking to inside bars that are in - line with
the daily chart trend as continuation signals until you have fully mastered trading them that way.
I prefer inside bars with
the daily chart trend and on the daily chart as discussed above.
It can be done, but it shouldn't be tried until you are comfortable and successful trading inside bars WITH
the daily chart trend, and it should only ever be done from key chart levels.
When the market retraces back to these value areas, it means we need to pay extra close attention and look for price action signals to trade with the dominant
daily chart trend.
Please note that this should ONLY be tried after you have successfully mastered trading inside bars in - line with
the daily chart trend as continuation / breakout plays, as we discussed above.
Generally, pin bars taken with the dominant
daily chart trend are the most accurate.
In the chart image below, notice we had an existing up trend before the inside bar (s) pattern formed, and we typically like to trade inside bars with
the daily chart trend, so we were looking good.
Generally, pin bars taken with the dominant
daily chart trend are the most accurate.
Not exact matches
Nearly the same as a 50 - day MA (on a
daily chart), the 10 - week MA does a stellar job of showing you the intermediate - term
trend in relation to the longer - term
trend of a weekly
chart.
The first winning trade of this month period was an interesting fakey pattern that formed on the
daily chart of the S&P 500 within the recent runaway
trend this market was in just before all the recent volatility set in.
However, the most time - tested and trusted way for determining a market's
trend is simply to look at the
daily charts and analyze the market's price action.
Inside bars are common on the
daily chart in a very strong / runaway
trend because the market will make a brief pause after its most recent move before shooting higher (uptrend) or lower again (downtrend).
For this reason, I always scan through a line
chart on the
daily and weekly in an attempt to identify a market that is beginning to
trend or is already
trending.
You are going to want to apply the 8 and 21
daily chart exponential moving averages (emas) because price will often pull back to this dynamic value or support / resistance area before moving on with the
trend again.
The following
daily chart of GBP / JPY shows that pin bars taken with the dominant
trend can be very accurate.
The
daily GBP / JPY
chart below demonstrates how a large, well formed pin bar can tip off traders to longer - term changes in
trend direction.
The
daily chart also gives us a view that suggests that XRP was likely to close (as at 5 March) above $ 1.04329 (descending
trend - line resistance on the
daily chart), signaling a bullish breakout on the
charts.
In the following
daily USD / JPY
chart we can see an ideal pin bar formation that resulted in a serious move and
trend reversal.
The
daily USD / JPY
chart below demonstrates how a large, well formed pin bar can tip off traders to longer - term changes in
trend direction.
We can see in this
daily chart of GBP / USD below a beautiful pin far formed at a previous support / resistance level with the up
trend and also at a Fibonacci 61.8 retrace level.
Although the
daily chart is useful for seeing short - term
trends, trade setups on the monthly timeframe can be more explosive, especially when they align with bullish price action on the weekly and
daily chart intervals.
In the
daily chart of USD / CAD below we can see multiple pin bars formed at the top of a range bound market that was most recently in a large down
trend.
Friday i traded gbp - usd, eur - jpy and gbp - jpy too because if u check the
daily chart u can se one more price action set up in the main
trend direction (i trade price action only with
trend, never counter
trend).
In the event of high volatility, rather than gentle consolidation, the
daily charts above may help you keep the dominant
trend and «big picture» in your mind.
However, it is also important to look for confirmation of intermediate - term
trend reversal on the shorter - term
daily chart interval.
The EURUSD has been
trending higher since mid-April and over the last week we have seen it pull back to support between the 8 and 21
daily chart exponential moving averages (a dynamic value / support area).
The following
daily chart of Powershares Nasdaq Trust ($ QQQ), as an ETF proxy for the Nasdaq 100 Index, shows that the price action in this ETF has been contained by a relatively tight ascending
trend channel (annotated by the red lines) since forming its «swing low» support level on June 4.
The shorter - term
daily chart of $ KOL below shows the 50 - day MA (teal line) starting to
trend higher over the past few months and the 20 - day EMA has now crossed above the 50 - day MA and is pointing higher.
As swing traders, we base most of our detailed entry and exit points on the
daily chart patterns, but we always assess the longer - term weekly
chart patterns to look for confirmation of
trend.
Netflix's
daily chart details the drop back down to the key retracement levels, which included a move through a rising
trend line drawn off the April and June lows, reinforced by the rising 50 day moving average.
But, suffice it say, if you don't understand the key levels and how to find and trade
trends on the
daily chart, you are never going to make money on any time frame under the
daily.
the
trend is your friend... trying to counter trade a
daily chart is very brave but probably not healthy..
Combining both weekly and
daily charts when trading high growth stocks makes
trend following much clearer.
Bigger
charts: A
trend seen on a five minute
chart does not carry anywhere near as much weight as a
chart that is based on
daily, weekly or monthly price action.
One thing we can do is just quickly go to the
daily chart and we can see that the price is generally
trending higher.
The
daily chart always take priority, especially in an established
trend.
I trade in the direction of the
trend on the
daily chart so my biggest risks and losses come from big whips saw reversal days.
Pin bars can be taken counter
trend as well, as long as they are very well defined and protrude significantly from the surrounding price bars, indicating a strong rejection has occurred, and preferably only on the
daily chart time frame.
I have hitherto traded H4, H1, using some indicators to confirm my trades, and using Weekly and
Daily charts for major
trends (this improved my win rate significantly) and using M5 and M1 to find entry points.
If we zoom out on the
daily chart again, we can see the technical picture for gold looks very bullish now that we are above that 1300 resistance, and until prices collapse back below that support, we can assume prices are contained higher and will continue
trending higher.
You are going to want to apply the 8 and 21
daily chart exponential moving averages (emas) because price will often pull back to this dynamic value or support / resistance area before moving on with the
trend again.
Inside bars are common on the
daily chart in a very strong / runaway
trend because the market will make a brief pause after its most recent move before shooting higher (uptrend) or lower again (downtrend).
Here's an example of the EURAUD
daily chart recently that shows just how consistent both down
trends and up
trends can be in this market... note how the volatility and speed of these
trends were about the same:
The setup in the video formed on the AUDJPY on the
daily chart, it was an inside bar setup that formed with the existing
trend.
FSLR Big Picture — MACD Basic Trade The FSLR is
trending up according to its
daily chart.
I'm following your advice as a newbie, to trade only on
daily charts and with the obvious
trend.