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CANDLESTICK PATTERN TRADING | Engulfing Candle 📚 Hey traders, In this post, we will discuss a classic candlestick pattern formation each trader must know - the engulfing candle. Key properties of this pattern: 🔑 Engulfing candle is a reversal pattern. 🔑 Engulfing candle can be bullish or bearish. ❗️Also, remember that this candle demonstrates the highest accuracy when it is formed on a key level (support or resistance). ⬆️Bullish Engulfing Candle usually forms after a strong bearish impulse. Weakening, the market keeps going lower forming bearish candles. However, at some moment, instead of forming a new bearish candle the market reverses. The price forms a bullish candle that engulfs the range of the previous bearish candle and closes above its opening price. Such a candle we call a bullish engulfing candle. The main feature of this pattern is the fact that its total range (distance from the wick high to wick low) & body range (distance from body open to body close) exceed the ranges of a previous bearish candle. Being formed on a key support level or within a demand zone it signifies a highly probable pullback or even a trend reversal. ⬇️Bearish Engulfing Candle usually forms after a strong bullish move. Reaching an overbought condition, the market keeps going higher forming bullish candles. However, at some moment, instead of forming a new bullish candle the market goes in the opposite direction. The price forms a bearish candle that engulfs the range of the previous bullish candle and closes below its opening price. Such a candle we call a bearish engulfing candle. The main feature of this pattern is the fact that its total range (distance from the wick high to wick low) & body range (distance from body open to body close) exceed the ranges of a previous bullish candle. Being formed on a key resistance level or within a supply zone it signifies a highly probable pullback or even a trend reversal. 📝Engulfing candle can be applied for scalping lower time frames, for intraday trading, or even for swing trading. Personally, I apply this candle on daily/4h time frames as one of the confirmations of the strength of the structure level that I spotted. Do you trade engulfing candle? ❤️Please, support this idea with like and comment!❤️
COINBASE:BTCUSDEducation
by VasilyTrader
11
WHAT IS MARGIN? Traders must know this📚 ✅Significant investments are required to gain access to foreign exchange markets. Not everyone who wants to try their luck in the world of trading has such funds. However, thanks to brokers that act as intermediaries and provide loans to traders, trading has become available to everyone. Thus, the essence of margin trading is to conclude transactions in financial markets with the use of borrowed funds provided by a broker. 🟢The second name of margin trading is trading with leverage. Leverage is the ratio of your deposit to the amount of the working lot. To obtain this kind of credit, the trader's account must also have his funds. The minimum of the initial deposit is different and depends on the requirements of a particular broker. 🟢The margin on the stock and foreign exchange market is a pledge that is blocked by the broker on the trader's trading account during the opening of the transaction. In margin trading, the broker can issue a loan both in cash and in the form of securities. Margin is usually expressed as a percentage, showing what proportion of own funds must be deposited to open a position on a particular instrument. For example, a margin requirement of 20% means the possibility of opening a transaction with financial instruments if there is a fifth of their total value on the account. And the margin requirement of 50% allows you to open positions for a certain amount, having 50% of it on deposit. ❗️Margin trading allows a trader to sell the market, entering short positions in case of forecasting a decline in the price of a particular instrument. Let's consider the principle of opening a short position on the example of stocks. ❗️Expecting a decrease in the price of Vesta shares, a trader takes ten shares from a broker on credit and sells them on the stock exchange at the current price. After the predicted price drop, he buys ten shares at a lower cost. By returning them to the broker, the trader remains in profit. The lower the stock price falls, the more profit the trader will get. ⚠️The above transactions are actually carried out much easier. Technically, a trader does not need to sell securities and subsequently buy them again. To do this, you only need to instruct the broker to open a short position. If the trader's forecast turns out to be correct and the forecast price decreases, the trader will close the deal, fixing the profit. Otherwise, if the price increases, the trader will receive a loss. ❤️ Please, support our work with like & comment! ❤️
OANDA:XAUUSDEducation
by SignalProvider
16
Trading on Financial Markets | Your Guide to Trade Planning 📝 Hey traders, In this post, we will discuss 6 crucial things in your trade planning and the main elements of trade results assessment. 1 - Before you open a trading position, make sure that you analyzed the chart. You should identify a market trend and spot major key levels. 2 - Once the chart is analyzed, you should identify the safest trading areas for your strategy (preferably the zones of supply and demand). You should patiently wait until one of these zones is tested. 3 - Once the zone is reached, you should look for a confirmation. You can either look for a reversal candlestick/price action pattern, some fundamental trigger, or some indicator. The point is that you should rely on a trigger that is backtested and that proved its accuracy. 4 - Getting your confirmation, you should have a precise entry strategy. Some traders prefer aggressive entries on spot while others are waiting for a retest of some major/minor level. 5 - You must set a stop loss. Remember that your stop-loss defines the point where you become wrong in your predictions. Be extremely careful on that step and give the market some space for fluctuations. 6- Know your exact target level(s). Know the point where you start protection of your position, where you start profit-taking. Be very strict and don't let your greed and fear intervene. Only then a trading position is opened. No matter what will be the end result of your trade, you should assess it: 1 - You should journal the trade outlining its end result, trading instrument, and your entry reason. 2 - Note any peculiar thing about this trade that you noticed. 3 - Record your gain/loss percentage. 4 - Identify whether any mistake was made and if so, learn from that. Here is your minimum plan to follow. Of course, as you mature in trading your trade assessment plan will be more sophisticated. Do not underestimate its importance and treat it as the main element of your trading routine. Do you plan your trades like that? ❤️Please, support this idea with like and comment!❤️
Education
by VasilyTrader
27
TRADING PSYCHOLOGY | Common Traps You Must Know 🧠💭💫 Hey traders, Trading psychology plays a very important role in a learning curve of a trader. In this post, we will discuss common biases and traps that every struggling trader is occasionally facing. ⚓️Anchoring Bias People rely too much on a reference point from the past when making a decision for the future - they are "anchored" to the past. Imagine you spotted a great trading opportunity & made a nice profit. Encountering a similar setup in the future you trade it again. It turns out that you lose. Next time - same thing. The setup that initially brought you nice cash refuses to work. Even though the probabilities indicate that the identified pattern produces negative long-term returns, you keep taking that because you are "anchored" to the initial winner. 🙅‍♂️Loss Aversion This is when people go to great lengths to avoid losses because the pain of loss is twice as the pleasure received from a win. You see a great trading setup. You are 100% sure that it will play out. You open a trade and guess what? The market goes in the opposite direction. You can't believe that you are wrong. Instead, you decide to hold your position just a bit more adjusting your stop loss. And again, the market refuses to go in the direction that you projected. It is a vicious cycle that most of the time leads to substantial losses. ✅Confirmation Bias The confirmation trap is when traders seek out the information that validates their opinions and ignores any theory that invalidates them. You spotted a great long opportunity on GBPUSD. Checking the ideas of other traders on TradingView you consider only the ones that confirm your predictions completely ignoring the opposite ones. 👑Superiority Trap Many traders have lost large sums of money in the past simply because they have fallen prey to the mentality of overconfidence. Imagine that you caught a winning streak. You feel like the king of the world. You spend less and less time and reflection on each consequent trading decision that you make, you lose your focus. At some moment the reality kicks in and your gains evaporate. 🐮Herding As a trader, you should execute your own analysis & avoid the temptation to blindly follow the majority. Analyzing a EURUSD chart you make a conclusion that the market is bearish. However, then you see that 90% of the traders are very bullish on TradingView. Instead of following your own analysis, you decide to join the herd. These biases are common and most of the time we fall prey to them unconsciously. The more you self-reflect, the more you analyze your thoughts and actions, it would be easier for you to avoid them. Have your ever fallen prey to these traps? ❤️Please, support this idea with like and comment!❤️
OANDA:XAUUSDEducation
by VasilyTrader
25
Your Success Formula | What Drives a Big Change 🏔️ Hey traders, There’s a well-known Chinese proverb that says, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” The one thing that prevents you from attaining your goal is hidden in your psyche, deep inside your soul. People usually look for shortcuts and want to accomplish their goals in one night. But the thing about long-term goals is that they can not be accomplished in a single day! It’s not like they require one huge, monumental effort to be achieved. The only way you’re going to accomplish something really big and ambitious – the kind of goal that will transform your life forever – is by consistently taking one small step at a time in the direction of your dreams. The importance of small incremental steps should be recognized by everyone, life is full of challenges, ups, and downs, but one should not lose hope or give up during the process. Failure should be considered as a learning point, an opportunity for growth. Be ready for a journey of thousand miles this year. Be ready to meet the chaos and unknown. That is the only way to evolve and be better. Remember that nothing is impossible to achieve unless you decide to do it at all costs. Do you agree with this quote? ❤️Please, support this idea with like and comment!❤️
COINBASE:BTCUSDEducation
by VasilyTrader
21
Jasmy Trading Plan and EducationHello Traders, Today I wanted to discuss being prepared prior to making a trade. It is quite often I see people asking what to buy but, rarer that people are interested in when to buy or what to do after. Finding a good asset is only half of the battle, knowing when to buy and where to take profits are just as important as what to buy. Here I have put together a trading plan for the asset Jasmy. What I first noticed about this asset was, the potential declining channel as labeled on the chart. A declining channel is generally a bullish indication that market participants have been selling and buying in a manor that presents this bullish consolidation. Once I have identified market structure on a higher timeframe as I have in this daily chart, I find it helpful to zoom in on smaller time frames and check my indicators for signs that prove my theory as well as signs that disprove my theory as to keep an unbiased opinion, making for a better decision with my potential investment. Step 1: Labeled in White Let the chart tell the story, not your emotions! One thing I will often look for is bullish divergence on both the MACD (which my favorite is finding it on the histogram as this seems to be the most accurate to read imo) and the RSI. Other things I will look for is a cross or impending cross of the MACD line over the signal line on the MACD indicator as well as a cross of the signal line over the zero line on the histogram. If you notice on the chart I have labeled both of these for you with arrows pointing to the histogram as well as the MACD line crossing up giving a bullish signal to buy. You can also see the blue line indicating the bullish divergence that I drew on the MACD Histogram which are the green and red vertical bars also labeled on the and pointed out on the MACD indicator. Lastly the oversold RSI bouncing off of the 20 line. These are a few indications that the downtrend may be completed and that the declining channel may be breaking upward. Here is a labeling of the MACD for further understanding of the indicator. Step 2: Labeled In Yellow Now lets get to the structure breakout. As you can see, I have clearly labeled the declining channel and placed an area of breakout shown with a green arrow pointing to it so you can easily identify the price action coming out of the channel. What you want to look for is exactly what is happening now with the current days price action popping out into the small channel that is labeled in green. This is a good buy area. Step 3: Labeled in Green Now you will need to set your target. First you will take your measuring tool out from the measurement tool section and measure the length of the top to the bottom of the channel. You can also just draw a line from the top to the bottom of the channel. After you do this, right click and make a clone of the measurement. Now, it is important to find the breakout of the channel and place the bottom of the clone where the price action breaks out. Since we already have price action in the breakout area you can place the measurement at that area. Step 4: Labeled in Teal Now it is time to find the best entry points for your trade. I generally enter with 50% of my allocated trade amount at first. My allocated amount is generally 3%-%5 of my overall holding amount in that account. I enter with half as sometimes you will see a false breakout that will come back in the channel and you are able to enter with a better position before the actual breakout. With this I like to add another buy box at the bottom of the channel just in case the price action gives me this opportunity. If a clear breakout and retest present itself I will enter the other 50% of my position. Step 5: Labeled in Pink Place your stop loss underneath the last swing low before the bullish breakout of the channel.
Long
by Savvythe1
3
Risk Management Basics | Retest Trading 💡 Hey traders, Being breakout traders we have two options for trade entries: when the breakout is confirmed we can either open a trading position aggressively once the candle closes above/below the structure or we can be conservative and wait for a retest of the broken structure first. What is peculiar about the second option is the fact that the majority of pro traders prefer the retest entries. In this article, we will discuss the pros and cons of retest trading. ✔️First, let's discuss whether the retest is guaranteed. NO. How often do we see that? Around 50-55% of the time. Does it mean that 45-50% of breakout trades will be missed? YES. The main disadvantage of retest trading is that a lot of trading opportunities will be missed. Occasionally the breakout triggers a strong market rally not letting the price return back to the broken structure. So what is the point to wait for a retest then? Why let the market go without us in case if there is no retest? ✔️Most of the time the breakout candle closes quite far from a broken level. Opening the trading position once the candle closes and setting a stop loss below/above the broken structure, one can get a very big stop loss. Such a big stop that its pip value exceeds or equals the potential return. 🖼️In the picture, I drew a classic channel breakout trade. The aggressive trader opened a long position as the candle closed above the channel's resistance. His stop loss is lying below the lower low of the channel. Analyzing his risk to reward ratio, we can see that his reward equals his risk. On the right side is the position of the conservative trader. His stop loss in lying on the same level. However, instead of opening a trading position on a breakout candle, he decided to wait for a retest of the broken resistance of the channel. Just a slight adjustment of his entry-level gives him a completely different risk to reward ratio. ❗️Patience pays in trading. Missing some trades a retest trader will outperform the aggressive trader in the long run. Trading is about weighting your potential gains & losses. Paying commissions and swaps for every trade, it is much better for us to trade less but pick the setups that give us a decent potential reward. What type of trading do you prefer? ❤️Please, support this idea with like and comment!❤️
Education
by VasilyTrader
30
What you trade is just as important as how you trade!Hey Traders! WOW! What a Monday! Excellent moves in the markets today at the US open, I don't want to sound like I am bragging, but we kinda prepared ourselves very well for today by working our asses off on creating our watchlist, we knew what could be moving and we made sure that they focused on the best setups, setups that had the highest rewards and the lowest risks! Aside from a big miss on WTI, we aced EURUSD, NASDAQ, DAX and EURJPY. Preparation of a watchlist is vital for us day traders and we make sure to invest time into creating our day trading watchlists! This video explains a little better what we did to make today a BIG SUCCESS for ourselves and our members!
OANDA:WTICOUSDEducation
by PrimedGroup
2
TRIPLE TOP PATTERN. Tips on how to trade it 📚 🟢The triple top is a very powerful reversal pattern. Visually, it represents three consecutive peaks approximately equal in height. Formally, it can be considered as a special case of the head and shoulders formation, whose head height is approximately equal to the shoulders. Moreover, the differences between them are purely academic, since, from a practical point of view, both of them indicate a change in the uptrend to a downtrend. ✅The pattern reflects three consecutive unsuccessful attempts to break through a certain resistance level. At the same time, each subsequent unsuccessful attempt indicates a weakening of the bulls and increases the likelihood of a future reversal. ❗️To correctly identify the pattern, the analyst should pay attention to the following conditions. 1️⃣The formation of a triple top should be preceded by a solid upward (bullish) trend, which should last at least a month, and preferably several months. 2️⃣Three consecutive tops must be clearly expressed and be approximately the same height. Through their maxima, the upper resistance level is built. The maxima should differ from each other by no more than 1-2%. 3️⃣ The lower support level is built through the minimum of the retracement after the first and second peaks depending on which of them will be lower. 4️⃣ As the triple top forms, there should be a gradual decline in trade volumes. At the same time, a local increase in trading volumes in the area of a top formation is considered acceptable. This is a confirmation of the gradual weakening of bull pressure on the market and a sign of an approaching trend reversal. 5️⃣ The triple top gives its final confirmation only after breaking through the lower support level after the formation of the third top. The breakout should be accompanied by a significant increase in trading volumes, and the appearance of price gaps on the chart is also desirable. After breaking through, the support level becomes the resistance level, in the area in which subsequent corrective price movements are possible. 6️⃣ To determine the goal of the price movement, it is necessary to measure the distance between the lower support level and the maximum point of the triple top. Then this distance should be projected from a broken support level to the downside. 7️⃣ The reliability of the patterns directly depends on the duration of the period during which it was formed. It should be at least several months. ⚠️In technical analysis, the triple top is one of the most difficult to recognize and "insidious" figures for an investor. Until the third top is formed, this figure looks like a classic double top. Also, three consecutive peaks of approximately equal height are characteristic of the ascending triangle and rectangle patterns, which are trend continuation formations. Thus, the final confirmation of the triple top is received only after a consequent breakout of the lower support level, which should be accompanied by a sharp increase in trading volumes. Do you trade triple top?🤔 ❤️ Please, support our work with like & comment! ❤️
Education
by SignalProvider
9
WHY 95% OF TRADERS FAIL | Top 6 Mistakes to Avoid 🙅‍♂️🙅‍♀️ Hey traders, That is the absolute fact: 95% of traders will fail. Working with hundreds of struggling traders from different parts of the world, studying their trades & following their reasoning I found a lot of commonalities. In this post, we will discuss the top 6 mistakes to avoid to succeed in trading. 🤖 Rather than studying the market structure, rather than learning price action, many traders are looking for a "secret indicator". The one that will accurately indicate when to buy or sell the market. Failing to find the one, they start looking for a set of indicators giving them magic profit formula. At some stage, they stop analyzing the chart at all. They become obsessed with the indicators. Remember, naked chart analysis always goes first. The indicator is the tool in your toolbox that is applied as one of the confirmations. 💫 The expectations & mindset play a very important role here as well. Many people come in trading with a desire to become rich quick. To buy a subscription to some signal service promising them thousands of pips monthly and quite their 9:5 job. Or to watch a couple of educational videos about trading and after a couple of days of practicing become a whale of Wallstreet making thousands of dollars with a single trade. Such a mindset is completely wrong. Instead, you must realize that trading is extremely hard. It will take many years and a lot of blown trading accounts before you get how to trade properly. Moreover, even once you mature, you won't make millions of dollars. Professional trading is simply about winning slightly more than you lose and then living on a margin. 📉 Poor risk management is the primary reason for blown trading accounts. And here I am not talking about some "advanced" risk management techniques. Many traders simply trade with oversized lots. Having high leverage & 1000$ deposit at hand the one can simply open a trading position with 1 standard lot and be kicked in by a spread. Or they open a trading position without a stop loss. Being wrong in their predictions instead of closing a losing position they keep holding it. And while the market keeps going against them they pray the God for a market reversal. At some moment they get the margin call. You must learn to calculate a lot size for all your trades. Instead of risking a huge portion of your trading account, learn to set a stop loss and risk no more than 1% of your deposit. 📝 Lastly, discipline plays a crucial role in your success in trading. Once you developed a trading strategy & backtested that you must learn to follow its rules no matter what. Usually, once traders catch a losing streak they start changing their rules, they start adjusting their trading strategy. Remember that losses are inevitable. The only correct way to stay afloat is to be consistent and don't break the rules. Avoiding these common mistakes your chances to succeed in trading will increase dramatically. I wish you be among 5% of traders who made it. Did you make these mistakes? ❤️Please, support this idea with like and comment!❤️
COINBASE:BTCUSDEducation
by VasilyTrader
30
COMPOUND INTEREST. Time is on your side📚 ❗️As it turned out, not all traders are familiar with such an important concept as compound interest. Meanwhile, the use of compound interest in trading can be a very effective tool for making a profit. In short, compound interest is the accrual of interest on interest, and if in detail, then read on. ✅The formula for calculating compound interest has the form: Compound percentage = (P (1 + g)^ n) – P, where P – the amount originally invested; r – interest rate; n is the investment period. Let's say you invested an amount of $ 10,000, every year the interest received is added to the principal amount, and new interest is accrued for a larger amount. If the investment period is 5 years, and the interest rate is 10% per annum, then after the specified period, taking into account the compound interest, you will receive a profit in the amount of: (10000(1+0.10)^5)-10000=6105.1$ And without taking into account the compound interest, the profit for the same period will be: 10000*5*0,10-10000=5000$ As you can see, using compound interest (or in other words reinvesting profits) brought additional income in the amount of: 6105.1-5000 = 1105.1 $. ✅It seems that the figures presented above are not impressive, but the use of compound interest in trading can truly work wonders. In what way? Let's take another look at the compound interest formula described above. It is obvious from the formula that you can increase profit by increasing any of its components. Let's not touch the amount originally invested, but play with the value of the investment period and the interest rate. To begin with, let's imagine that we will reinvest the profit not every year, but every month. Then the investment period will be 12 *5 = 60 months. The interest rate corresponding to this investment period will be equal to: 10%/12=0.833%. Let's substitute these values into the formula for calculating the compound percentage: (10000(1+0.00833)^60)-10000=6449,8$ As you can see, under the same conditions, but with monthly reinvestment of profits, the income will already be $ 6449.8- $6105.1 =$344.7 more. Well, if the trader's income is not 0.833% per month, but, for example, 5% monthly, then under the same conditions and for the same period, the profit will already be: (10000(1+0.05)^60)-10000=176791,86$ Felt the difference, impressive, isn't it? And what if you reinvest profits not monthly, but daily? Let's figure it out. With an average yield of 5% per month, the average daily yield will be 5%/21= 0.238% (here 21 is the number of working days in a month). The investment period will be 5*360=1800 days. Let's substitute the data into the compound interest formula: (10000(1+0.00238)^1800)-10000=711617,5$ This is already 711617.5-176791.86 = 534826 $ more than with monthly reinvestment of profits. More than half a million dollars (and this with an initial investment of only ten thousand)! That's impressive. That's what compound interest is in action. ⚠️This is about theory. In practice, it is impossible to achieve a constant percentage of profit every day. Some days a trader inevitably ends up with a loss, some with a profit, and the size of these losses and profits is always different. So it is unlikely to substitute the value of the percentage of profit per day in the above formula. However, the very essence of compound interest, clearly shown above in figures, gives the trader a fairly powerful tool for earning. A trader can and should use compound interest when creating his own money management system. ❤️ Please, support our work with like & comment! ❤️
OANDA:XAUUSDEducation
by UnitedSignals
6
Why Do You Need a Trading Journal? 📝 Hey traders, 📖 Trading Journal is a crucial element in your trading education. Even though the majority tends to neglect it, in fact, it is considered to be the essential part of a daily routine of a professional trader. In this post, we will discuss why you should keep a trading journal & how it enhances your trading performance. Let's start with the obvious: ✍️ Trading journal is applied for recording your trading positions: winning and losing ones. With that, you can monitor your current performance, identify the mistakes that were made and examine your decisions. ❌ Analyzing the errors you learn your weaknesses & the situations when it is preferable not to trade. You adjust your trading strategy accordingly in order to avoid similar mistakes in future. 💪 Examining the winning trades you learn about your strengths. You identify the trading instruments, the trading setups where your strategy reaches the highest accuracy. ⚖️ Working with the numbers you can measure your investing exposure and calculate your account drawdowns. You can analyze your losing streaks & your long-term/mid-term/short-term account statistics. 📈 Analyzing the figures you can measure your progress over time by comparing your current results with the old ones. 😡 Keeping the record of your emotions, you can measure & quantify the psychological element of your trading. You may calculate the percentage of emotional decisions being made and their effect. 🌟 Consistent journaling makes you disciplined. It teaches you to strictly follow the rules of your trading plan & constantly learn from your mistakes in order to hasten the path towards a more disciplined and profitable trading career. A trading journal should be simple and tailored to your specific trading style and the goals you would like to achieve. I hope that my words will inspire you to keep a trading journal! Do you have the one already? ❤️Please, support this idea with like and comment!❤️
OANDA:XAUUSDEducation
by VasilyTrader
102
How to trade levels? How to play price? How I made 30x in 2 yrs!In this video: I draw out a hypothetical initial investment. I should how you can multiply your net profit by trading out and back in along the way to your final projected target. This video is all about trading levels, a strategy I have developed from years of experience that has helped my to multiply my crypto profits exponentially. I have 30x'ed my initial cash reserves over the period of 2 years. I think you can too. I am going to show you how I did this.
COINBASE:UMAUSDEducation
by stewdamus
4
FIBONACCI TOOL common reversal levels📊 ❗️Fibonacci levels are one of the most popular tools for analysis. These are price levels that are located in certain parts of the movement corresponding to the mathematical Fibonacci numbers. 🟢What are Fibonacci numbers? In the XIII century, the famous scientist Leonardo of Pisa lived in the Republic of Pisa – the first major medieval mathematician in Europe. On the cover of one of his most famous works was attributed filius Bonacci (son of Bonacci). Hence the nickname Fibonacci. The Fibonacci numbers are a sequence of numbers derived from Leonardo's experiment on rabbits. The Pisan mathematician decided to find out how many pairs of rabbits will be in a fenced pen a year after the start of breeding (provided that there will be only one pair in the pen in the first month). In the third month, the cuts began to multiply recurrently – each subsequent number was equal to the sum of the previous two (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, etc.). If any number from the sequence is divided by the previous one, you get a number tending to 1.61803398875… This number is the "golden ratio". In algebra, such a number is called the Greek letter phi. When dividing any number from the sequence by the following, the inverse of phi 0.618 is obtained. When dividing any number from the sequence by the number following one, 0.382 is obtained. In this form, Fibonacci numbers are much more familiar to traders. 🔴Correction levels Correction (retracement) - movement against an existing trend. The correction "absorbs" part of the trend movement. Of the Fibonacci numbers, 38.2 are mainly used for correction levels (from the previous trend movement), 50%, 61,8%, 78,6%. Correction levels are based on candle wicks, in other words, on their maximum or minimum points. To build a correction level, you need to find a trend. Fibo levels can be asymmetrical, so it is especially important to pay attention to where the beginning and end of the wave on which the level is being built are located. On a downtrend, 0% at the bottom, 100% at the top. When ascending, the opposite is true. The most significant correction level is 61.8. When a breakdown of this level occurs, a new trend in the opposite direction usually begins. After that, it is necessary to build a new corrective level. Correction pattern – movement between minor correction levels. After such a move, the price usually moves to the key level of 61.8. 4 patterns are depending on which levels of correction the price concerns. ⚠️Even if the skills of analyzing the state of the market by Fibonacci levels will not be a big advantage in trading, then in any case it is a great (and to some extent integral) experience of technical analysis. Fibo levels can be combined with a footprint, deltas, and other tools. The trader will understand only in practice if it is possible to benefit from this or not. ❤️ Please, support our work with like & comment! ❤️
BITSTAMP:BTCUSDEducation
by SignalProvider
23
CUP & HANDLE. How the pattern works☕️ ✅This pattern is not as popular among traders as "Head and Shoulders", "Double Top" and other classic patterns of technical analysis. However, this does not mean that it is not so effective. In fact, the "Cup & Handle" pattern is in no way inferior to the above patterns in its reliability and, if used correctly, can bring considerable benefits to the trader. ✅Below we will look at how the "Cup & handle" is formed, what are the signs of authenticity of the formed pattern, and the trading strategy for it. ⚠️How the "Cup & Handle" formation is formed The formation of this pattern occurs on an uptrend and is a sure sign of its continuation (subject to the conditions of authenticity of the pattern). In essence, it is a cup - an uptrend correction. The price reaches a strong resistance level, cannot overcome it, and smoothly rolls back, forming the left wall of the cup. Then it smoothly unfolds along the bottom and rises to test the level again. Having reached the level, it rolls back down again. This rollback should be much smaller than the previous one, and it forms a handle. The handle of the cup is very often formed in the form of a "Flag" pattern. The "Cup & handle" pattern is considered fully formed when the price, having formed a "handle", returns up and breaks through the resistance level from which the pattern formation began ⚠️Confirmation of the truth of the "Cup & handle" pattern There are several conditions, without which the formed pattern cannot be considered true. These are the conditions: 1️⃣To begin with, as mentioned above, for the formation of this pattern, it is necessary to have an uptrend. Without a trend, there is no point in looking for this formation on the price chart, because even if you find a drawing of an ideal cup with a handle, it will be just a drawing that has no meaning. 2️⃣The depth of the forming cup should not exceed 2/3 of the height of the previous uptrend. The optimal depth of the cup is within 1/3 - 2/3 of this value. The depth of the forming handle should not exceed a value equal to ½ of the depth of the cup. 3️⃣The most reliable is the "Cup & Handle" pattern formed on daily or weekly timeframes. Of course, it can also be formed on hourly charts, but where the probability of its triggering is somewhat lower. 4️⃣The "Cup & handle" pattern should be confirmed by the indicators of the volume indicator. Volumes should grow at a time when the price is moving in the direction of an uptrend and fall when it decreases. Also, a sharp surge in volume should accompany the moment of breaking through the price level at the end of the formation of the figure. 🟢Trading strategy based on the "Cup & handle" The entry into the position is carried out after the completion of the formation of the figure. It is recommended to wait for the price to close above the resistance line. To do this, you must constantly monitor the schedule in anticipation of the right moment. There is also a strategy for opening a position on a pending order, in which case there is no need to sit and wait for the completion of the figure. A pending order is placed at a level slightly above the resistance level (approximately 10 points) and is triggered if the figure is completed. The target level for this pattern is the height of the cup, laid up from the resistance level. Therefore, we set the profit-taking level of TAKE PROFIT either at the target level or 10-15 points below it. As for the STOP LOSS limit order, it should be placed at the level of the bottom of the handle (or slightly lower). ❗️In conclusion, I will say once again how important it is to correctly identify the "Cup and Handle" formation before you start trading on it. Carefully re-read the rules confirming this pattern. Try not to mess with the patterns formed on small timeframes. Take your time, be patient, and remember that the absence of open positions can also be considered an excellent position. ❤️ Please, support our work with like & comment! ❤️
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by UnitedSignals
11
Three Steps to Become A PROFESSIONAL TRADER 👨‍💻👩‍💻 Hey traders, The road to consistently profitable trading is hard and dangerous. This path can be split into three main milestones. Each of those requires discipline, time & patience. 📚The first step is your trading education. Starting with a basic understanding of what are the financial markets & how they work and finishing with the sophisticated techniques of risk management, so many things must be learned. In the beginning you will be most likely paralyzed by the complexity of the whole system. Even the choice of a trading education provider is not that simple taking into consideration the sheer amount number sources that could be found on the internet. It is highly advisable for you to accompany your trading education with demo account trading so that you could apply what you’ve learned in practice. 💸It is imperative to invest in your education, while simultaneously saving up for your first(but not last) real trading account. Spending your money on education & then saving in order to build your first trading account, a sufficient amount of money is required. Be prepared for failures. Be prepared to blow your first and second trading account & fund it again. Be prepared that the majority of premium educational sources won't meet your expectations. I don't know any trader who succeeded in trading without investing a huge amount of money in that. 👨‍💻With the money being invested & with the knowledge gained, you must practice on a real account. You must choose the trading strategy that is appealing to you and start trading with that. Quite soon you will realize that theoretical knowledge has nothing in common with real market conditions. You will change trading strategies one after another until you finally find the one that truly makes sense to you. Then you will spend a couple of years playing with that, learning the rules & constantly polishing your trading plan. 🏁At some moment you will stop losing. At some moment your trading account will start growing steadily and you will become a consistently profitable trader. As the market conditions change constantly. You must be vigilant & learn to survive in a changing environment. Education, active investing & practice are required from you to keep being afloat. I hope that this article will help you to build realistic expectations concerning trading. If you are ready to learn a lot, invest money & practice many years not making a dime, then one day you will definitely make it. Do you agree with my thoughts? ❤️Please, support this idea with like and comment!❤️
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by VasilyTrader
38
DEVELOPING YOUR TRADING PLAN | Your Whys and Hows 📝 Hey traders, To trade the market profitably you need to have a plan. A set of rules & conditions to rely on each and every time when you are searching for a trading opportunity. A trading plan of a professional trader is very sophisticated. It consists of various different elements. The precision there is pushed to the limits. In this article, we will discuss a trading plan of a newbie trader. A trader who just completed a basic educational course and looks for a trading strategy to trade with. The proposed trading plan will be based on very very essential elements that must be included in any trading plan. 💱Know what you trade. Know exactly what market are you focused on and which trading instruments are on your radar. For example, being a stock trader, you can not follow all the world stocks, you should narrow down your list and specify that. ⌛Know what time frame you analyze. There are multiple styles of trading. Trading style can be defined by a trading time frame. Trading setups taken on a daily time frame are dramatically different from setups spotted on 1-hour time frame. 📈Know exactly the desired market conditions. There are two main states of a market: The market can be in a trend and the market can consolidate. Depending on the state of the market the trader can look for trend-following opportunities; trade the ranging market or look for reversal counter-trading setups. 💸 Know your desired risks. The max amount of active trading positions, risk percentage per a single transaction, max allowable drawdown. All these numbers must be considered & calculated precisely. 💡Know your entry reasons. There are thousands of different reasons to open a trading position. However, they can be easily sorted by various categories. Three universally accepted categories of entry conditions are: patterns, indicators, fundamental news. The trader must strictly know in advance the conditions that he is looking for to open a trading position. 🛑Specify your stop placement rules. Losses are inevitable and must be strictly controlled. As with the entry reasons, there are a lot of different stop placement techniques. You must know exactly what do you rely on to place your stop wisely. 3 most common stop placement techniques are: pip-based, structure-based and indicator-based. 🟢Know your targets. Opening a trading position and catching a rally the trader must have strict rules for profit-protection/profit-taking. The two most common ways of profit protection are take profit levels based on fixed levels/pip numbers & trailing stop. All these elements must be strictly included in your trading plan. If at least one of them is missing, don't trade. With time, as you mature, you will have more and more elements & conditions in your trading plan. That will make your trading more precise & consistent. Do you have a trading plan? ❤️Please, support this idea with like and comment!❤️
COINBASE:BTCUSDEducation
by VasilyTrader
59
SUPPORT & RESISTANCE. Explanation For Newbies👨‍🏫 ✅Support and resistance levels are the price areas on the chart where the price has ever changed its direction. This place always attracts traders, because near the levels there are obvious places for setting stop losses and entering into a deal. Also, there are always limited orders of large buyers or sellers near the levels. ❇️We can say that the level is a price area in the market where traders consider the price to be overstated or undervalued, depending on the current market dynamics. Therefore, it is always important to pay attention to the key levels at which support and resistance have reversed roles or there has been a strong rebound in the price. ⚠️What is the support level? 🟢In theory, the support level is an area below the current market price where participants will make purchases and there are high chances to keep this area under pressure from sellers. At the time of the test of the support level, prices are repelled and begin to rise, therefore, the pressure from sellers decreases, since they cannot gain a foothold under the level to continue moving down. We can say that the buyers, in this case, were stronger. 🟢As a rule, such levels can be determined in advance on price charts. These can be both daily and hourly charts. However, experienced traders identify higher time intervals as more important. For example, the support level on the daily chart will be much stronger than the support area on the five-minute timeframe. 🟢On a daily time interval, prices can test support for weeks before bears can push the price lower. On a five-minute chart, sometimes one test is enough to gain a foothold below and move to the next level. 🟢Also, with the breakout of the support level, we can state the completion of the development of the upward movement. If prices are rising, and after the test of the support level, we constantly observe a rebound and a continuation of the rise. In this case, we can talk about the continuation of the upward trend. If at some point we observe a breakout of the support level, then we can think about the end of the upward trend on the chart. ⚠️What is the resistance level? 🔴The resistance level is the opposite of the support area. If the support is below the current market price, then the resistance area is above the current market price. Thus, resistance indicates an area where the pressure from sellers is much higher than the pressure from buyers, prices are repelled and a drop occurs. Therefore, at the moment of testing a strong resistance level, prices quickly push off and begin to move in the opposite direction. 🔴With the development of a downward trend, resistance levels represent a place for conservative selling in the direction of the current trend. Recall that the basic rule is to sell on resistance and buy near the support area. Therefore, if the trend goes down, then a correction occurs, after which prices test resistance. In this case, the buyers' strength runs out and there is a decline in the direction of the current trend. ❗️The ability to correctly draw support and resistance levels is one of the basic skills that every trader should have. Levels are also the basis for trading strategies and the right risk-to-profit ratio. ❤️ Please, support our work with like & comment! ❤️
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by SignalProvider
15