What do you look out for when analyzing price action with Open-High-Low-Close (OHLC) bars or candlesticks? Do you focus on the bar range (High minus Low)? In this WR7 tutorial, you’ll learn a powerful approach to make use of expanding bar range to improve your trading. The bar range within a period is a volatility measure. […]
4 Effective Ways to Trade a Channel
Price channels are helpful indicators for maintaining focus. Unlike many other trading indicators, they plot directly over price action. Instead of distracting you from the price action, channels offer a useful framework for analyzing market movement. There are many flavors of price channels out there. But their recipe boils down to two ingredients: A representative […]
Trading Psychology Crash Course
The market is crashing. It is volatile and uncertain. Many traders are focusing on how to take advantage of the market in such exceptional circumstances. But I recommend taking this opportunity to take a hard look at trading psychology. Swinging prices lead to highly-charged emotions in the market. There is no better time to remind […]
Candlestick Patterns With A Moving Average
Candlestick patterns have little value without the right price action context. If you’ve been studying candlestick formations, you must have heard this principle many times over. You cannot trade patterns in a vacuum. But what do we mean by context? It is an overall technical assessment that encompasses: The market’s trend Support and resistance structure […]
Hikkake Trade Setup
Hikkake means to trap, trick, or ensnare. Dan Chesler discussed this candlestick trading setup in the Active Trader Magazine in April 2004 (“Trading False Moves with the Hikkake pattern”). Primarily, this price pattern seeks to identify inside bar breakouts and profit from their failures. An inside bar is a price bar that is entirely within the […]
Jjrvat’s Price Action Trading Approach
A price action trading approach is not as specific as a setup or strategy. But it is far more useful because it offers market perspectives that will empower you to form your own strategy. In this article, you’ll learn about a scalp trading approach imparted by jjrvat on Elite Trader, a popular trading forum, back in […]
