Talking Points
- Identify the trend to form a trading bias using 6 months of price data.
- Time your entries, and wait patiently for trading opportunities.
- Managing risk is an important step in trading the Daily Chart, plan accordingly.
1. Find the Trend
The first tip for trading a daily chart is finding the trend! One of the benefits of trading the daily chart lies in the long drawn out moves of the Forex market. One way to identify the trend is to look at half a year’s worth of price data, or roughly 180 periods, and then identify the swing highs and lows created by price action. While this number of periods can be moved up or down to your liking, having a reference will keep you from looking at too much price data which substantially increases the difficulty of finding the trend.
Below is an example of a 6 month trend on the EURAUD. Going back and referencing this price data on a daily chart allows us to identify market direction, while creating a trading bias. If the trend is up, daily chart traders will wait patiently and look for opportunities to buy the market. At no point should we consider trading against the trend. Follow indicator HARAMI
Learn Forex – EURAUD 1866 Pip Daily Trend
2. Remain Patient
Why go through all the pains of finding a trend, and having a market trading plan
if you aren’t going to use it? Daily chart traders need to avoid the
bug of having to be in the market now. This can be incredibly difficult
especially if you are watching markets on a daily basis. Remember that
trading with Daily Candles may only yield one or two appropriate
positions on a single currency pair for a whole year. This means staying
out of the market and keeping your trading capital free until an
opportunity emerges.
The easiest way to remain patient is to keep a trading journal and join a trading community. In my experience this allows you to hold yourself accountable for following your trading strategy. For instance if you are trading with CCI on a daily chart, such as the example below, your trading journal should only show two entries! If your report is showing something different, it is time to reevaluate your trading plan.
Learn Forex – EURAUD CCI Entries
3. Use Larger Stops and Less Leverage
Traders that are trading on a daily chart should be aware of the larger intraday swings of the market. The main focus for this is to avoid being taken out of the market prematurely. One indicator a trader can use for this is ATR (Average True Range). ATR can help you find the average movements for a pair for a given period of time. Once this value is found, you can use a multiple of ATR to go about setting the Risk/Reward level of your choosing.Remember, using larger stops doesn’t mean you have to put more capital at risk. One frame of reference is to never risk more than 1% of your account balance on any one trade. Using this rule traders can still trade conservatively even on a daily chart by limiting their leverage. Even if you are trading with a large or small account balance, if you are having problems with this consider using smaller lot sizes.
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