Forex trading success is all about discipline, decide what times you are going to check the charts each day
for price action setups and stick to it.
In this video we are using the 50 day ema dynamic resistance area along with the pre-mapped resistance areas that I drew on this chart to watch for confluent areas to trade from and to watch
for price action setups to form near.
After you've removed all the indicators and other unnecessary variables from your charts, you can begin drawing in the key chart levels and looking
for price action setups to trade from.
Event areas are horizontal lines that can be very high - probability areas to watch
for price action setups forming near.
Another excellent way to trade horizontal lines in the market is to simply watch
for price action setups forming near the boundaries of a range - bound market.
They simply use their price action chart reading skills to determine the most logical and probable near - term market direction and then look
for price action setups that agree with it.
The technique is to look
for price action setups that form near the moving averages and place your stop loss just below the low / high of the price action setup, which will likely be on the opposite side of the moving average from the direction we are trading.
Note: These same principles apply in a down trending market but we would be looking
for price action setups from resistance rather than support.
If you take my simplified approach to analyzing and trading the markets with price action on higher time frames, you'll be able to quickly scan the markets
for your price action setups, you'll save a lot of time and money by not over-trading and hopefully increase your win rate.
I talk a lot about trading Forex like a sniper and not a machine gunner; well, waiting
for price action setups to form at confluent points in the market is HOW you trade like a sniper.
Ordinarily, the ideal stop placement
for the price action setup is just above the high of the setup's tail or the low of the setup's tail, as we discussed above.
So, here's a very simple strategy for you; wait for a key level to break, then wait for price to retrace back to it and look
for a price action setup entry trigger to form near the breakout level in the direction of the initial breakout.
Ordinarily, the ideal stop placement
for the price action setup is just above the high of the setup's tail or the low of the setup's tail, as we discussed above.
So, here's a very simple strategy for you; wait for a key level to break, then wait for price to retrace back to it and look
for a price action setup entry trigger to form near the breakout level in the direction of the initial breakout.
Ideally you want to wait
for a price action setup to form at a key level after the market has pulled back a bit, a good example of this would be if your initial position moved in your favor and then pulled back to around 50 % of the way back to your entry and then formed a pin bar at a key level, or some other price action setup at a key level; this would be a logical spot to add to a position by averaging in.
Not exact matches
For this
setup to remain constructive, the
price action should hold above the 40 - week MA and the higher «swing low.»
There are different factors of confluence that we can watch
for, but in the chart below I am showing you
price action setups that formed at key support and resistance levels in the market; support and resistance are each a factor of confluence.
This tutorial is going to show you how to
setup the MT4 platform
for optimal
price action trading, thus we won't be discussing any of the automated «robot trading» / expert advisor functions of the platform as they are not a part of the
price action trading strategies that I trade and teach.
Next, we need to get our charts
setup for optimal
price action trading.
All of these
setups were valid examples of my
price action trading edge, two of them happened to be winners and one happened to be a loser, but there was NO WAY we could have known
for sure WHICH ONE would lose and which one would win before they came off.
There are other stop loss placements
for my various
setups taught in my advanced
price action course.
though am still a newbie in forex and those around me have told me not to look
for any indicator
setup but instead learn to trade using
price action and i can say that your site is still the one that i know that has done justice to that.
There are other pin bar stop loss placements discussed in my
price action trading course but they are more advanced, the stop loss placement below is considered the «classic» stop loss placement
for a pin bar
setup.
For further explanation and on - going market analysis on pin bar
setups please check out my forex
price action trading course and live member's forum.
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.
As with all swing trade
setups, it is crucial to wait
for the
price action to confirm this analysis before entering the trade.
Indeed, a big portion of my trading theory revolves around waiting patiently
for an obvious
price action setup to form at a key chart level as the market retraces back to it.
Thus, at this time many
price action setups form and we also can see a clear picture of who won the battle between bulls and bears
for that day.
You really don't have to take my word
for it though, check out some of my free forex videos, forex strategies, or follow my free daily forex trading commentary if you would like to see
for yourself just how powerful forex candlestick charts combined with my
price action setups can be.
This is where patience really needs to come in and wait
for the
setups that offer decent confluence and solid
price action at the same time.
The point here is that we never really know
for sure which trades will work and which will not, and while we generally do not want to sell into support or buy into resistance, sometimes if there is a very obvious
price action setup with the trend, you have to take a stab since your edge is present.
As an end - of - day Forex trader you can live your life exactly as you are now, but instead of spending 30 minutes watching television at night, you can simply analyze the markets according to your trading plan and look
for price action trading
setups.
As you can see from the examples above, the idea with this trade entry «trick» is that we are reading the
price action in a market and when we find a trade
setup and have a view on the market, we can then fine - tune our entry and this then gives us options
for stop loss placement and targets.
• Looking
for levels — Match a signal up to a level; if you find an obvious
price action setup the next thing you'll do is see if it lines up with any obvious level (s).
But what I am trying to do when I find a high probability
setup is zoom into smaller time frames like the 1 hour to look
for price action.
This damage is a result of not having the discipline to wait
for high - probability
setups to appear, and not being able to properly read a market's
price action to determine whether or not it's trending.
My primary mission as a
price action trader is to watch
for obvious
price action setups that form after a market retraces back to a confluent level in the market.
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As a
price action trader, I know that a daily pin bar
setup is much stronger than a 30 minute pin bar
setup; therefore, because I have this knowledge I simply prefer to wait patiently
for the perfect daily pin bar
setup rather than frazzle my nerves and lose money trying to catch a rare high - quality 30 minute bar
setup.
3) Look
for price action signals that have formed at confluent levels in the market, make sure to trade only very obvious and confluent
setups: — You have to know exactly what
price action strategies you are looking
for before you build your trading plan.
There are other pin bar stop loss placements discussed in my
price action trading course but they are more advanced, the stop loss placement below is considered the «classic» stop loss placement
for a pin bar
setup.
With NinjaTrader ™'s Market Analyzer, you scan
for potential
price action trading
setups across a universe of instruments.
This is the safest and most logical stop placement
for this type of «bottom picking»
price action trade
setup.
For the month of Feb 2011 I traded price action setups and got 8 wins, 8 losses, for a net profit of 245 pi
For the month of Feb 2011 I traded
price action setups and got 8 wins, 8 losses,
for a net profit of 245 pi
for a net profit of 245 pips.
Below is a
Price Action Forex Trading Strategies Video Tutorial — Looking at the GBPJPY 4 Hour chart, I talk about using the 3 step filter process
for finding Forex trades with a strong confluent «hot point» which produces high probability forex trades, and good risk reward trade
setups.
I simply use my ability to read and interpret the overall market structure to find high - probability
price action setups, and I watch
for these obvious
price action setups forming at key chart levels.
In today's lesson, I am going to give you some examples of recent
price action trade
setups that provided the potential
for a nice profit, and then I'll explain to you how you could have secured that profit.
If you are a
price action trader you know what
setups you are looking
for each day in the market.
Being patient and waiting
for only the «best»
price action setups will greatly improve not only your win rate but also your confidence, because when you are trading with a high accuracy you are naturally going to boost your confidence.
Once you have decided on the time period you have available
for market analysis you then will need to decide on how much time you want to devote to scanning
for price action trade
setups and (or)
for monitoring any previous open positions you may have.