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HOW DO YOU KNOW THE TREND IS ENDINGIdentify the current market pattern, and set yourself up for success! There are only 2 categories of price action, trends and ranges. Identifying a trend pattern is that it sets you up with an expectation about what comes next. When the market is in an up-trending pattern, expect that a higher high is coming. The nature of a trend is to make progress in one direction, so you can always expect a higher high is coming in an up-trend. "What about when the trend ends? It won't make higher highs forever." How do you know the trend is ending? It has to do with the passage of time, like everything else in charting price action. When the market fails to make a higher high (or a lower low) for 20 bars or more, the trend may be losing steam. Either way, when the trend stops making progress, it stops behaving like a trend so you can start expecting the next pattern is on the way. There are many ways to trade a trend, but you'll always be more successful when you get in the habit of anticipating what comes next. If it doesn't happen, that's just as useful. When a trend stops acting like a trend, you know it's time to change your mindset for the range patterns.
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BEST ICHIMOKU STRATEGY FOR QUICK PROFITSStep #1 Wait for the Price to Break and close above the Ichimoku Cloud . Ichimoku cloud trading requires the price to trade above the Cloud. This is because it's a bullish signal and potentially the beginning of a new up-trend. The cloud is built to highlight support and resistance levels. It highlights several layers deep because support and resistance is not a single line drawn in the sand. It is several layers deep. So, when we break above or below the Ichimoku Cloud , it signals a deep shift in the market sentiment. A high probability trade setup requires more layers of confluence before pulling the trigger. This brings us to our next requirement for a high probability trade setup. Step #2 Wait for the Crossover: The Conversion Line needs to break above the Base Line. The price breakout above the Cloud needs is followed by the crossover of the Conversion Line above the Base Line. Once these two conditions are fulfilled, we can look to enter a trade. The Ichimoku Cloud indicator is a very complex technical indicator. The indicator is even used as a moving average crossover strategy. Now, we’re going to lay down a very simple entry technique for the Ichimoku Kinko Hyo trading system. Step #3 Buy after the crossover at the opening of the next candle. Ideally, any long trades using the Ichimoku strategy are taken when the price is trading above the Cloud. Our team at TGS website has adopted a more conservative approach. We added an extra factor of confluence before pulling the trigger on a trade. So, after the crossover we buy at the opening of the next candle. Step #4 Place protective stop loss below the breakout candle The ideal location to hide our protective stop loss is below the low of the breakout candle. This trading technique accomplishes two major things. Here is an example of master candle setup. First, it’s significantly lowering the risk of losing big money. Second, it helps us trade with the market order flow. Since this is a swing trading strategy, we’re looking to capture as much as possible from this presumably new trend. We’ll be looking to trail our stop loss level below the Cloud or exit the position once a new crossover happens in the opposite direction. The next logical thing we need to establish for the Ichimoku trading system is where to take profits. Step #5 Take Profit when the Conversion Line crosses below the Base Line We only need one simple condition to be satisfied for our take profit strategy. When the conversion line crosses below the base line we want to take profits and exit our trade. Alternatively, you can wait until the price breaks below the Cloud, but this means risking to lose some parts of your profits. In order to gain more sometimes you have to be willing to lose some. Note** the above was an example of a BUY trade using the advanced Ichimoku trading strategies. Use the same rules for a SELL trade – but in reverse.
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TURNING PRO CHALLENGE TRADING STRATEGYEURUSD - PRO CHALLENGE TRADING STRATEGY WEEKLY CHART Current Price at Weekly Sup/Res level of 1.1300 DAY CHART Previous Evening Star candle patterns created Bearish moves Watch for current Day candle to close Bearish to complete a 3rd Evening Star Pattern Previous day candle was a Bearish Pin Bar These candle patterns will confirm a Bearish continuation move short 1H CHART Add Standard Pivot Point indicator Price is returning down to Weekly S/R level and current Pivot level This created my 1st Sell Take Profit zone where I will close 1/2 of my trade Watching for Price to break below these two support levels 2nd Sell Stop @ 1.1280 Finale Take Profit close all trades @ 1.1235 Find SL
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EU - NU - AU 4H Range Bullish TradesDon't trade all three (EU, NU, AU) of these USD pairs Watch this pair (AU) to make the move back bullish to ma's If it does it confirms other two trades EXIT - If AU falls back below range bottom - EXIT. Market may not have timing right for bullish move yet If market isn't ready on first move then be ready to enter long again on second or third bullish move attempt NZDUSD 4H Long Trade Buy Stop @ .6753 1st Buy Take Profit @ .6789 2nd Buy Take Profit @ .6810 SL below swing low
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Best Ichimoku Strategy for Quick ProfitsStep #1 Wait for the Price to Break and close above the Ichimoku Cloud. Ichimoku cloud trading requires the price to trade above the Cloud. This is because it's a bullish signal and potentially the beginning of a new up-trend. The cloud is built to highlight support and resistance levels. It highlights several layers deep because support and resistance is not a single line drawn in the sand. It is several layers deep. So, when we break above or below the Ichimoku Cloud, it signals a deep shift in the market sentiment. A high probability trade setup requires more layers of confluence before pulling the trigger. This brings us to our next requirement for a high probability trade setup. Step #2 Wait for the Crossover: The Conversion Line needs to break above the Base Line. The price breakout above the Cloud needs is followed by the crossover of the Conversion Line above the Base Line. Once these two conditions are fulfilled, we can look to enter a trade. The Ichimoku Cloud indicator is a very complex technical indicator. The indicator is even used as a moving average crossover strategy. Now, we’re going to lay down a very simple entry technique for the Ichimoku Kinko Hyo trading system. Step #3 Buy after the crossover at the opening of the next candle. Ideally, any long trades using the Ichimoku strategy are taken when the price is trading above the Cloud. Our team at TGS website has adopted a more conservative approach. We added an extra factor of confluence before pulling the trigger on a trade. So, after the crossover we buy at the opening of the next candle. Step #4 Place protective stop loss below the breakout candle The ideal location to hide our protective stop loss is below the low of the breakout candle. This trading technique accomplishes two major things. Here is an example of master candle setup. First, it’s significantly lowering the risk of losing big money. Second, it helps us trade with the market order flow. Since this is a swing trading strategy, we’re looking to capture as much as possible from this presumably new trend. We’ll be looking to trail our stop loss level below the Cloud or exit the position once a new crossover happens in the opposite direction. The next logical thing we need to establish for the Ichimoku trading system is where to take profits. Step #5 Take Profit when the Conversion Line crosses below the Base Line We only need one simple condition to be satisfied for our take profit strategy. When the conversion line crosses below the base line we want to take profits and exit our trade. Alternatively, you can wait until the price breaks below the Cloud, but this means risking to lose some parts of your profits. In order to gain more sometimes you have to be willing to lose some. Note** the above was an example of a BUY trade using the advanced Ichimoku trading strategies. Use the same rules for a SELL trade – but in reverse.
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MACD TREND FOLLOWING STRATEGYEURUSD 30M CHART This strategy is a setup for a Long continuation trade (Rules for A Buy Trade) Step #1: Wait for the MACD lines to develop a higher high followed by a lower high swing point. This is an unorthodox approach to technical analysis. But, we at Trading Strategy Guides.com are different. We don’t mind doing uncomfortable things if that’s what it takes to succeed in this business. The first rule of thumb to recognize a swing high on the MACD indicator is to look at the price chart if the respective currency pair is doing a swing high the same as the MACD indicator does. A higher high is the highest swing price point on a chart and must be higher than all previous swing high points. While a lower high happens when the swing point is lower than the previous swing high point. Step #2: Connect the MACD line swing points that you have identified in Step #1 with a trendline This step is quite simple, right? At this point, we really ignored the histogram because much of the information contained by the histogram is already showing up by the moving averages. Look at the price action now and compare it to our MACD trendline we drew early. We can clearly notice that the MACD contains the price action much better and reflects the trend much clear. But, at this point, we’re still not done with the MACD indicator, which brings us to the critical part of our MACD Trend Following Strategy. Step #3: Wait for the MACD line to break above the trendline. (Entry at the market price as soon as the MACD line breaks above) When the MACD line (the blue line) crosses the signal line (the orange line) it’s an early signal that a bullish trend might start. However, if trading would be that easy we would all be millionaires, right? And that’s the reason why our MACD Trend Following Strategy is so unique. We’re not only waiting for the MACD moving averages to cross over but we also have our other criteria for the price action to break aka the trend line we drew early. This is a clever way to filter out the false signals, but you have to be equipped with the right mindset and have patience until all the piece of the puzzle come together. If you were to trade just based on the MACD crossover over time you’ll lose money because that’s not a reliable strategy. But if you use the MACD indicator along with other cafeterias such what this strategy tells you to do, you will find great trade entries on a consistent basis. Step #4: Use Protective Stop Loss Order. (Place the SL below the most recent swing low) Now, that you already know how to enter a trade at this point you have to learn how to manage risk and where to place the SL. After all, a trader is basically a risk manager. You want to place your stop loss below the most recent low, like in the figure below. But make sure you add a buffer of 5-10 pips away from the low, to protect yourself from possible false breakouts. Did you notice? The MACD Trend Following Strategy triggered the buy signal right at the start of a new trend and what is most important the timing is more than perfection. We bought EUR/USD the same day the bullish trend started. Now, what this has to do with the SL? Basically, a good entry price means a smaller stop loss and ultimately it means you’ll lose a lot less comparing it with the profit potential, so a positive risk to reward ratio. Step #5: You determine your Take Profit or when the MACD crossover happens in the opposite direction of our entry Knowing when to take profit is as important as knowing when to enter a trade. However, we want to make sure we don’t use the same trading technique as for our entry order. When the MACD line (the blue line) crosses the signal line (the orange line) we want to close the position and take full profits. Before taking profits, it’s important to wait for the candle close – either the 4h or the daily candle – depending on the time frame you trade so you make sure the MACD crossover actually happens. Note** The above was an example of a buy trade using the MACD Trend Following Strategy. Use the exact same rules – but in reverse – for a sell trade.
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