Psychology Psychology, like anything in life, plays a big role on how humans function. It affects the way we think, act, talk, and so on but when it comes to trading it affects us, oddly enough, in only one way and that’s through our emotions. Any experienced (or shall I say inexperienced) trader knows and understands the waves of overwhelming emotions that...
This chart show a beautiful example of what I describe as "spreading the trade" when it come to money management. OANDA:EURNZD
Its likely for the #BTC and other coins to #down #trend or at least keep sideway for sometime. As a trend following trader, We should not be looking for the dip to buy as it wont be a low risk entry point, espcially when #volume could be a misleading parameter for lower timeframes. Entry: With some #technical #analysis grounds, proper #entry should be made...
I explore the use of common sense with indicators and add caution on not getting ripped off.
I'm showing another way with trend-following that I'm experimenting with. I invite all traders to get involved, so some back testing on paper-trading accounts and see if we can work this thing. Let's share and grow together.
I'm exploring the psychological torture of managing equity gains - mostly in trend-following. I shall not go into methods. I wish to distinguish trend-following from trend-continuation trading. Those who do not know the difference can read up on the net, or start here . At the outset traders will have watched their positions move into much positive equity in a...
Shooting Star Candlestick Pattern Definition: When the price highly increases during a day, but decreases to what it was at the beginning of the day or even lower, a considerable bearish retracement is occurred. The candlestick of this price action in the daily time frame is a Shooting Star. The Shooting Star in the daily time frame is a very strong signal for...
Conditions of a Perfect Shooting Star: Body is short. The height of the candlestick (the difference between high and low price) is tall enough and it's more than the Daily ATR(264). The taller the Candlestick is, the stronger the Shooting Star. The upper shadow (also known as upper wick or tail is the distance between the high price and the close or open...
Weak Hammer (Example): The chart shows the price of Bitcoin vs. US Dollar. In 02/02/2018, as it says, buyers couldn't raise the price above the day open price, the D1 candle seems a Hammer with bearish body. So the final result wasn't clear and the next day, sellers could pullback the price. (Consider the red thick arrow)
Weak hammer: For having successful and steady transactions, Simple detection of market patterns is not enough. But with a deeper look, we should calculate the success possibility of each pattern. One of the determining power Parameters of hammer stick is about Descending or ascending that the body can be. Thus, if the body of hammer is ascending, Possibility of...
Hammer, The first sign of the beginning Ascending wave: Hammer shows that the war between buyers and sellers, at the beginning of the day sellers could create significant reduction in price, with their high investments. But when the price had come to the lowest extent of it, many of buyers have entered with more investments than sellers. And again they could...
Conditions of a Perfect Hammer: . Body height must be short. . The total height of the candle must be taller than the Daily ATR-264. The taller the candle is, the stronger the Hammer is. . The lower shadow’s length should be very tall. It is better to be over 75 percent of the Daily ATR-264. . The upper shadow does not exist, or if it does, it is very small. It...
Hammer Candle Stick Definition If there was a large drop in price in the middle of the day, but before the day ended it increased to what it was at the beginning of the day and even more, a significant upward return occurred. The candlestick of this change (move) will be a Hammer in a daily time frame. A Hammer formation on the daily time frame is a very strong...
One of the strongest setups are the ones that are being formed by the dual time frame momentum. By using multiple time frames you will be able to create a high probability setup. Key rule is: Large/High time frame for trend and Small/Low time frame for your entry. Personally I mostly I like to hold short term positions, so I use the daily time frame for the trend...