Swing or position traders are generally looking to trade with the near -
term daily chart momentum and typically enter anywhere from 2 to 10 trades per month, on average.
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.
Here's a closer look at recent price action on the shorter -
term daily chart:
However, it is also important to look for confirmation of intermediate - term trend reversal on the shorter -
term daily chart interval.
Zooming in to the shorter -
term daily chart interval below, we see that $ TAN broke out above a month - long base of consolidation yesterday (February 13), but closed near its intraday low.
Zooming into the shorter -
term daily chart of $ USO, we see that the ETF broke out above resistance of its short - term downtrend line (from the April 2 high) just two days ago and is holding the breakout:
Drilling down to the shorter -
term daily chart interval below, notice how the volume was heaviest on the decline from the top of the head to the bottom of the right shoulder.
Dropping down to the shorter -
term daily chart, the consolidation of the past six weeks is more apparent.
Drilling down to the short -
term daily chart interval, the cup and handle pattern can be more easily seen.
Zooming into the shorter -
term daily chart of $ LULU (below), notice the stock has recently touched the lower channel support of a short to intermediate - term rising channel:
Dropping down to the shorter -
term daily chart interval, we also see a tight base of consolidation trading around the 50 - day moving average, with two higher lows in early and late December.
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.
As shown on the
daily chart below, notice that EWH has been neatly holding near -
term support of its 20 - day exponential moving average, and is now poised for a breakout to a fresh 52 - week high:
The weekly
chart below shows the long -
term uptrend in TMF, while the
daily chart that follows shows the potential breakout above the intermediate -
term downtrend line.
On the weekly
chart of $ FXI below, notice the price has just clipped intermediate -
term support of its 10 - week moving average, which is basically the same as the 50 - day moving average on a
daily chart: The -LSB-...]
Although not shown on the weekly
chart above, the
daily chart of the NASDAQ shows the index in danger of breaking near -
term support of its 3 - day low.
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 USD / JPY
chart below demonstrates how a large, well formed pin bar can tip off traders to longer -
term changes in trend direction.
Since a weekly
chart is a longer -
term interval than a
daily chart, the formation of this shooting star pattern on the weekly
chart is more important than if the the same pattern occurred on a
daily chart:
# 1 Breakout from Downtrend Channel: As you can see from the
daily chart of PZZA below, the stock was within a short -
term downtrend channel for the past year.
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 evidenced by the
daily charts of QQQ and SPY above, both of these ETFs, and by extension the broad market, have a considerable number of both near -
term support and resistance levels.
Otherwise the
daily moving averages are a bit down in the weekly
chart so they do not contribute with any support in the short
term.
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.
Once a person has decided that sticking to a healthy diet
chart on a
daily basis is their main goal, they will not unnecessarily fret over their progress in
terms of weight loss.
Moving averages yeah i find them useless on lower time frames as well but on 4 hr and
daily chart for long
term trades they so far have worked.
The recent uptrend on the
daily AUD / JPY
chart was in no way a very long -
term one, running from late November 2017 through early January 2018.
• Trading inconsistently — All trading signals are stronger and clearer on
daily charts than on time frames below, thus it makes your trading more effective and consistent over the long -
term due to the increased reliability of the signals.
Traders who jump around from the 5 minute
chart to the 30 minute
chart and back again, are naturally less likely to have a consistent and smooth long -
term equity curve than those traders who put their focus mainly on the
daily charts.
2) short
term bottom is in as the trend reversal in overnight futures showed that it hit the 200dma on the
daily chart.
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 USD / JPY
chart below demonstrates how a large, well formed pin bar can tip off traders to longer -
term changes in trend direction.
In
terms of EMA's, i may place these on the
daily chart, and this helps me find «dynamic support / resistance».
As a result, we are looking to buy after a pullback this week, we would look to buy near 1325.00 near -
term support to 1306.00 key support or the 21 day ema, on a 1 hr 4 hr or
daily chart buy signal.
Watch the 21 day ema and 2770 - 2830 short
term support area for 1 hr, 4 hr or
daily chart buy signals.
B) look at
daily 13,34,89 SMA of the
chart of the underlying to figure out the mid
term trend.
Next, zoom out on your
chart to get an overall view of longer -
term trend and draw the levels on the
daily chart, you can also do this on the weekly
chart too if you want.
When I first
charted the Dow Jones Industrial Average, aka DJIA (ticker: $ DJI) this morning I looked at the three month
daily chart to see how bad the short
term looked.
We can watch any short -
term upside retraces for price action sell signals on the 1 hour, 4 hour or
daily chart, to join the downtrend, targeting support down near 1.2000 area.
The Nymex crude oil futures market is in a six - week - old downtrend on the
daily bar
chart and the bears have the overall near -
term technical advantage.
One of the best methods to remove the «noise» of near -
term volatility is to stretch a
chart to multiple years and switch the bars to weekly instead of
daily.
After glancing in a few Forex Trading
Charts, you may recognize that there are few or little price gaps or there are also times where there are not especially on the charts having longer terms such as 3 - hour, 4 - hour or daily c
Charts, you may recognize that there are few or little price gaps or there are also times where there are not especially on the
charts having longer terms such as 3 - hour, 4 - hour or daily c
charts having longer
terms such as 3 - hour, 4 - hour or
daily chartscharts.
Gold struggled last week up near long -
term resistance at 1365.00 area (a resistance target we discussed back in our January 8th commentary), and we are a seeing a pull back begin on the
daily chart below.
Charting Today provides you signals to take advantage of the
daily volatility in the forex markets to achieve long -
term success.
Here's an example of a false - break in the EURUSD
daily chart that led to a top in the market and started a long -
term downtrend:
I am a long
term trader, I only trade
daily and weekly
charts.
If we look at a
daily chart, the picture is potentially shaping up well for bulls, with one resistance point lingering in the short -
term.
If your goal is long -
term consistent profitability, I suggest you focus your analysis on trading the
daily charts in forex.
Daily Chart — The market holds a current short -
term bullish structure that is trading in a consolidated zone.
Daily Chart — Price action seems to be in a short -
term bullish trend with a classical setup.