Mark Holstead held a really useful webinar on trend trading strategies. These provide opportunities to enter into a trade on trending days. In general he recommends fairly wide stops. Here are the 10 he went through (in the order of strategies I’m most likely to use), assume long trades and a 2:1 R/R. 1st Pull… Continue reading Trend Trading Strategies
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Trade Triggers
In the A Deep Dive into Gap Trading Strategies webinar by Mark Holstead he has a section on trade triggers which is an area I really need to work on. A trigger is the candle that signals a good point to place the trade. At the moment I mostly wait for the price to get… Continue reading Trade Triggers
Testing a Few Strategies
I want an effective strategy to use for scalping. Since the Forex pairs are the most volatile and likely to give more quick trades, I’m going to be testing: They’ll probably be on the 5 minute chart but I’ll also look at the 15 and 1 minute charts to see which is best. I’ll be… Continue reading Testing a Few Strategies