You might not be comfortable
with pure price action analysis.
So, forget about the confusing haphazard mess that indicators leave all over your charts and let this article open your eyes to the power and simplicity of trading
with pure price action.
Let's actually dissect two of the more popular indicators out there; Stochastic and MACD, and then compare them to trading
with pure price action.
I suggest you stick
with pure price action trading strategies, like the ones I teach and trade, but whatever method you end up using, you will trade it better by understanding the price dynamics occurring on the chart below it.
Not exact matches
Here is an example of
pure price action trading in the GBPUSD
with some of my favorite
price action setups:
Note: I do not recommend
pure price action trading
with these signals, although some traders are very successful
with this approach.
As I mentioned earlier, I do not recommend
pure price action trading
with the hanging man as an entry signal.
I would also not recommending
pure price action with this signal, because it just doesn't work out often enough on its own.
Here is an example of
pure price action trading in the GBPUSD
with some of my favorite
price action setups:
Steve Nison recommends trading candlestick patterns using western technical indicators, although many
price action traders do well
with pure naked charts.
Cool trading, looks the most
pure form of
price action, they traded
with only
price and nothing else, not only no indicators but also no charts.
Now let's look at the same chart
with no indicators at all, there is nothing but
pure price action and a couple of horizontal lines drawn in to show significant support and resistance levels.
Now compare the above chart to the exact same chart below
with nothing but
pure price action setups and support and resistance levels marked.
I understand the appeal of
pure price action trading, but I haven't had much success
with it myself.
A chart
with just
pure price action and the key support and The same chart full of some popular indicators: resistance levels drawn in:
If you've been following me for a while now you know that I focus primarily on trading off
pure price action,
with a couple of moving averages sprinkled in sometimes.