In the short - term, we could look to buy on another retrace lower, to near the low of the aforementioned pin bar (2610 area), or we could
wait for another price action confirmation buy signal whilst the market remains above the major support at 2530.
I always wondered how i could day trade and keep my day job, i actually thought of quitting my job to concentrate on Trading but your articles have really changed the way i view the markets, I just relax and
wait for price action signals.
You can easily identify support and resistance levels and watch for price to pull back to them and then either enter blindly or
wait for a price action confirmation signal to enter and «fade» the recent market direction into the level.
As with all swing trade setups, it is crucial to
wait for the price action to confirm this analysis before entering the trade.
At that point, we merely needed to
wait for the price action within the base to tighten up, and form a buyable «handle,» which subsequently occurred between September 7 - 14.
However, I quickly realized these carelessly timed trade entries resulted in losing trades a vast majority of the time because I was not
waiting for the price action of the stock to confirm itself by actually trading through the exact resistance level.
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.
However, had you missed that entry or been
waiting for a price action signal to «confirm» your entry, a clear fakey buy signal formed on October 15th, just a couple weeks later.
In the short - term, we could look to buy on another retrace lower, to near the low of the aforementioned pin bar (2610 area), or we could
wait for another price action confirmation buy signal whilst the market remains above the major support at 2530.
So from here, the best potential trades will likely be to buy gold if prices pull back towards that 1295 - 1300 major level... we would either
wait for a price action buy signal, or we could just blindly jump in.
I always wondered how i could day trade and keep my day job, i actually thought of quitting my job to concentrate on Trading but your articles have really changed the way i view the markets, I just relax and
wait for price action signals.
Once you've drawn your key support and resistance levels (which should always be the first step), you simply
wait for a price action signal to develop.
Once a confluent area has been identified,
wait for a price action signal to trade in the direction of the prevailing trend
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
Rather than chasing the
price action, we decided to patiently
wait for a pullback or other low - risk buy entry to develop.
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.
Sideways
price action is also known as a «correction by time,» so we patiently
waited on the sidelines
for the ideal time to buy.
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.
In a world of thin plotting,
price - gouging, and trade -
waiting, two cartoonists are here to fly the flag
for two - fisted
action and page - turning thrills!
If we really stick to our predefined edge,
price action trading in my case, we will naturally be
waiting for our edge to form more than we will actually be trading.
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.
They wouldn't
wait for the stock
price to reach $ 30, but would take this
action much earlier.
I bought the EURUSD on a retrace «level trade», I do not advise traders trade based purely on levels; this is a good example of why you should
wait for confirmation from
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.
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.
As a «regressive»
price action trader, we are looking to buy or sell from value within the trend...
waiting for the inevitable pullback and then pouncing on an obvious
price action signal if one forms.
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.
I have patience now and will
wait for that perfect
price action trade.
Indeed, trading
price action setups from horizontal levels is the «core» component of my trading theory and strategy, and if you were to take away only one thing from my website it would be that you can learn to trade the market effectively by simply drawing the core levels on your charts and
waiting for obvious
price action signals to form around them.
When
price is obviously bouncing back and forth between a horizontal support and resistance level, we can
wait for price to hit one of the boundaries of the range and then watch
for price action signals forming there.
If the EURUSD has been bouncing back and forth in a 300 pip range, I'll
wait for confirming
price action before considering an entry.
In fact, I don't always
wait for confirming
price action either.
When in doubt,
wait for more
price action to unfold.
The more conservative route is to
wait for a retrace back to support and then look
for a
price action trading strategy to get long from that support and trade in - line with the dominant uptrend in this market.
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.
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.
As a
price action trader, our job is to analyze the
price action and have the discipline to not trade during the choppy (meaningless)
price action and
wait for the 20 % or so market conditions that are worth trading.
Been
price action trading
for only 2 months and already «saved» a lot through
waiting — and hence made profits.
But hey, what do I know — the most likely course of
action will probably be the good old junior resource stock standby: Management will bury their heads in the (mineral) sand,
wait for the share
price to totally collapse, and then they'll finally launch a massively dilutive placing...
If you do obtain and learn a
price action method, you then have to commit to it as I said above, and part of committing to it means actually FOLLOWING it by
WAITING for the signals to appear.
The best way to avoid this trap is to simply
wait until there is a clear close outside of the trading range on the daily chart, and then you can begin to look
for price action trading signals in the direction of the breakout.
We view this increased volatility as a potential to make money if we
wait for the proper
price action signals and use them properly.
Price Action Tracker detected a bullish false - breakout pattern and suggested to
wait for a break of 0.7741 to confirm bullish sentiment.
So, this means when you are flat the market and planning your trades and
waiting for the perfect forex
price action setup to form, it's the most objective and effective you will be in regards to analyzing the market.
Price Action Tracker does the job
for me, once it has spotted a high probability trading opportunities, I just place my Buy / Sell order and
wait to see if it triggers, it is that easy, see few examples below:
Once again, we are
waiting for a clear
price action buy signal to get long this week.
Price Action Tracker detected a bearish false - breakout pattern and suggested to
wait for a break of 1.3506 to confirm bearish sentiment.
Just like a lion in the wild as a
price action trader you sit and
wait for your perfect
price setup to form and then pounce on it.
Well, there is one huge piece of the
price action trading puzzle that if missing, can cause you to feel this way even if you are
waiting patiently
for what you feel are «good»
price action setups.
Anyhow, there were no major developments on German coalition negotiations, which likely contributed to the lull in the euro's
price action as traders
waited for actionable news.