Articles on institutional positioning, options flow, price action, and the neuroscience of trading.
One of the most challenging aspects for traders is finding and entry point into the market, particularly when looking for reversals or rejections. However this is not as complicated as it seems for there is a tool which is exceptional at helping traders find intraday entries for reversals – Pivot Points. What are Pivot Points?…
In the current environment with the Euro getting punished across the board against every major currency and likely even the Iraqi Dinar, as traders we want to be taking advantage of these environments by getting short and staying short. However, there are times when the short term moves day traders like to take advantage of…
Reversals are one of the most common elements in markets traders are wanting to either know of to avoid or confirm their trade. The clues to whether a reversal is in play are hidden in the price action and easily found. These key elements are found in rejections which show up in the price action…
The Breakout-Retest Trade Here is a simple price action strategy anyone can trade on almost any time frame. This forex breakout strategy is based upon a simple price action formation called the Breakout-Retest formation. The key element involves price breaking a major high or low with a very impulsive move. The impulsive move suggests commitment…
Effective Trailing Stops One of the most common questions I get from traders is how to trail a trade.There are several solutions and one of them is to have two targets whereby the 1st one gets easily hit and then you move the stop to BE (breakeven) to reduce the risk.However, trades can often go…
One of the most difficult challenges for traders is finding forex entries and exits. It’s an important question that needs to be answered and can determine if you are; 1. getting in at the correct location 2. can have your risk defined and as minimal as possible 3. have a clear location to take profit…
We have gone over one method to use the 20ema for getting into trends after they have materialized and gotten underway. In this article, we will talk about another common setup trends often form giving us as traders another method to get into trends. The EMA Failure – With Trend Setup As mentioned before, trends…
One of the amazing things about the Ichimoku Cloud trading strategy is the actual Cloud or ‘Kumo’ which is something unique wherein nothing like it was created before and nothing sense has come after. The Ichimoku Cloud or Kumo is designed to represent support or resistance but in a different form the western world…
Using the Ichimoku Cloud to discover Reversals One of the amazing things about the Ichimoku Cloud is the actual Cloud or ‘Kumo’ which is something unique wherein nothing like it was created before and nothing sense has come after.The Ichimoku Cloud or Kumo is designed to represent support or resistance but in a different form…