In other words, you need to preserve your trading capital for high -
probability price action setups, rather than blowing it on random gambles in the market.
Price action helps you develop this trading instinct because learning to spot and trade high -
probability price action setups allows you to recognize and anticipate market patterns and movements with a high degree of accuracy.
No matter what trading strategy or system you are currently using or end up using; knowing how to spot high -
probability price action setups will make that strategy much more effective.
• Once you learn to spot simple high -
probability price action setups, you can begin putting the odds in your favor to catch powerful moves like this one in silver.
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.
We often see high -
probability price action setups forming at the boundary of a trading range.
Once you have mastered the price action strategies that I teach, you can very quickly conclude from your trading checklist or trading plan whether or not various elements of a high -
probability price action setup are present and if the confluence requirements are met.
Not exact matches
When you have a strong entry method, like
price action setups, combined with an understanding of risk to reward scenarios you begin to think in
probabilities.
The point to take away from the above two charts, and the main point of this article, is that trading
price action setups from confluent points in the market is the best thing you can do to improve the
probability of your trades.
These targets are
price action setups, and you should think of them as higher - value on the higher time frames, because in reality the higher the time frame the higher -
probability the
setup becomes.
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.
Then, if we see a
price action signal there, we know we are seeing a
setup form in a very high -
probability area on the chart.
A
price action «
setup» is a
price pattern that provides a trader with a high -
probability entry into the market.
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.
2) Because of number 1 above, higher time frames naturally give us higher -
probability price action trade
setups.
Proper
price action at a proper static area combined with a dynamic area can be a nice lower risk higher
probability setup.
Fortunately, trading with simple
price action setups allows us to trade in any market condition, so we can still find high -
probability trade
setups even in range - bound market conditions.
Being patient while trading with
price action goes something like this: you see what looks like a decent pin bar formation but it is going against a rather strong trend, because you know that this
setup has a much lower
probability of working out than a pin bar
setup with a strongly trending market, you sit on your hands and pass it up, don't think anymore about it, even if it works out it does not matter because you just exercised patience, and you will be rewarded for it the more you use it.
Inside bars are one of my favorite
price action setups to trade with; they are a high -
probability trading strategy that provides traders with a good risk reward ratio since they typically require smaller stop losses than other
setups.
Event areas are horizontal lines that can be very high -
probability areas to watch for
price action setups forming near.
The way that I trade and the way I teach my members to trade is essentially to look for high - quality / high -
probability price action trade
setups and to sit on your hands when none are present, in other words, quality over quantity.
I believe
price action trade
setups have a much higher
probability of working out in our favor when we look for them at these confluent key levels in the market.
In trading, there will typically be a limited number of high -
probability / obvious
price action setups each month, so if you don't have the patience to only trade those obvious
setups, you're going to end up getting more losing trades (weeds) than winning trades (vegetables).
There really is no need to try and trade from 25 different
price patterns, the Forex market moves in a relatively predictable fashion most of the time, so all we need is a handful of effective
price action entry
setups to give us a good chance at finding and entering high -
probability trades.
So, learn to trade according to these facts and not in conflict with them, we can do this by simply learning to read the
price action that the market produces for us and only trading when our high -
probability price action trading
setups are present.
You've got to remind yourself that each trade
setup is just another execution of your edge, and if you have mastered your
price action trading strategies and follow your plan religiously, you will have a high -
probability edge to trade with.
Thus by learning to read the simple
price action of the markets we can find patterns and
setups, and predict
price movement with a high enough
probability to profit; simple works.
Once you have this figure defined you then wait patiently for a high
probability trade signal like a
price action setup, once your desired
setup forms in the market you then need to start thinking about risk, not reward just yet.