Strategy Create a zone from the order block which created break of market structure on 1D timeframe Wait for it to be tested on 4H timezone => which will create new 4H order block Trade the retest of that 4H order block Color coding & icon use Green boxes : 1D order block zone Yellow boxes : 4H order block zone Tick icon : Trade won on 4H Cross icon : Trade...
Many new traders do not have trust in their strategy. This could be due to a number of reasons, lets delve deeper.
I’m Markus Heitkoetter and I’ve been an active trader for over 20 years. I often see people who start trading and expect their accounts to explode, based on promises and hype they see in ads and e-mails. They start trading and realize it doesn’t work this way. The purpose of these articles is to show you the trading strategies and tools that I personally use to...
Let's imagine you decided to become a trader. You are very motivated guy, study technical and fundamental analysis every day. Three months later you have learned a lot of information, know all about indicators and chart patterns. Using these knowledges you developed your personal trading strategy, backtested it and decided that it's profit and accuracy are...
I’m Markus Heitkoetter and I’ve been an active trader for over 20 years. I often see people who start trading and expect their accounts to explode, based on promises and hype they see in ads and e-mails. They start trading and realize it doesn’t work this way. The purpose of these articles is to show you the trading strategies and tools that I personally use to...
Hello traders Before I log off for the day (I'm in UK and heading to bed!) I wanted to share an idea on having a trading plan with an 'EDGE' but also having the trading psychology to stick with a trading plan. I'm lucky enough along with our fellow traders to run a script that has given us an 'EDGE' in the markets. This has enabled us to trade freely...
When you start trading, you need to go into it like you would if you were getting ready to start a business. Too often, I see new ‘traders’ who open their account and before ever mapping out any goals, a strategy, a trading plan, or anything, they’re already putting money into the markets… …and for me, this isn’t trading, this is gambling. So in this...
Hey guys! Hope this analysis finds you having an incredible week, and ready for an even better weekend! Please kindly like this chart if you found this content helpful! Ok let's dive in! Lockheed Martin is still officially in a bear market. It is still 30% away from its all time high, with the technicals on the weekly indicating very tough days ahead for LMT...
I’m Markus Heitkoetter and I’ve been an active trader for over 20 years. I often see people who start trading and expect their accounts to explode, based on promises and hype they see in ads and e-mails. They start trading and realize it doesn’t work this way. The purpose of these articles is to show you the trading strategies and tools that I personally use to...
Why one cannot be completely bullish or completely bearish? The stock market consists of two major players. Some people are long traders they bet the stock price will go higher. They buy low and sell at a high price to make a profit. Some long traders buy the stock at a high price and sell at an even higher price. Some long traders look for bargain...
Sunzi begins by establishing the importance of strategy. Although the word bing has been translated as "war" in most works in the west, once you approach the original Chinese manuscripts and the sense of Sunzi's work, you immediately come to understand that he was not talking about warefare, instead, Sunzi wants us to appreciate how important it is to develop...
Hello, dear subscribers! Today we are going to talk about the popular 3EMA scalping strategy which is usually used on the 1-min timeframe, but we can demonstrate it only on the 15-min chart because of restrictions. Step 1 First of all we should define that the market is in short, medium and long term uptrend. The 200EMA shows the long, 100EMA - medium and 50EMA...
The ratio call spread for debit is the same strategy as ratio call spread credit. But now, the upper and lower strike price are farther apart. This change, give different mathematical results as you can see on the chart. If you didn’t read the previous post, please do. In the chart we see a ratio spread of 2:1, in this case, the options that were sold are now...
A ratio call spread is a neutral strategy in which we buy several calls at a lower strike and sells more calls at a higher strike. In a ratio call spread with credit, there is no downside risk. The ratio spread that we see on the chart has a ratio of 2:1. We can see from the chart the non-linear behavior of options. Inputs: MA (Mastercard) Credit received -> 3.1...
Iron Condor - a spread with limited risk and limited profit, using four different striking prices but the same expiration date. The position is a combination of puts and calls all of which are Out of the money. The maximum profit is realized between the two inner strikes, and the maximum loss is realized outside of the higher and lower strikes. This strategy is...
In the chart, you see the strangle strategy when sold, I will show what will happen if the implied volatility changes, you can see this strategy being bought in the next post. You can come back to this post and watch how things play out. As a rule of thumb, strategies are sold when implied volatility is relatively high and bought when implied volatility is ...
STRAT 11 : Basic premise As price continues in a trend, more and more traders keep piling into the same direction, hoping that the trend will continue and they will make money. However, at some point, the trend sharply reverses, breaking the market structure in opposite direction and trapping a whole bunch of retail traders in the direction of trend which just...
A Market Probe Versus A Shadow A market probe is a way for the bulls and bears to measure the market desire to advance further in the current trend direction or not. A shadow is a rejection of the price reached; therefore, a reversal is more likely to follow with a shadow. The question that I ask myself when I see a candlestick shadow is, "Is that a shadow or...