Forex Price Action

Hello and welcome Evanp90,

okay so like everything: Try and keep it simple. I know you will see people with 1,000 lines on their chart but the idea of price action is to keep the chart clean so we can see and read price!

You only ever need two lines on your chart at any one time. They are one above price at the closest resistance and the on below at closest support. Think of it this way: Why have 10 different lines on your chart? They have to break either the closest support or resistance first. As price does break levels you can re analyse and remark your charts.

Please let me know if this doesn’t make sense…

Okay so here is the chart from above on USDCHF. You will see two lines. One for resistance and one for support. Price is now sitting on support and a bounce higher would not suprise. If price does go higher then the resistance marked will come into play. If this support breaks I will look again and mark the next support level. See chart:


Safe trading,

Johnathon

Hi guys,

GBP/CHF H4:

What do you think of this?


PS: my TPs (take profits) at the next support levels: around 1.44440 & 1.43970

I’d like to see a bigger signal and played from a swing high.

Dudest!!! And I thought you were really coming along… Yes it may work out but…

Okay so indtead of me always pointing out why trades people are putting up are not A+ I want to ask you to please look at this setup and give me the 2 main reasons this is not a good trade??? This will help you I think…

Partial profit and move stop to break even


Well done. As I said I don’t watch this pair as too exotic for myself. Can you tell me how you are playing as I can’t see the levels etc? And what sought of RR are you aiming for?

Good luck!!

Johnathon

( i feel that’s still a compliment…even though i know what’s coming next… :slight_smile:

Yes it may work out but…

Okay so instead of me always pointing out why trades people are putting up are not A+ I want to ask you to please look at this setup and give me the 2 main reasons this is not a good trade??? This will help you I think…

On further thinking, not A+ because:

  1. Pullback has not yet happened after support was broken (had it formed on a swing high following a pullback as Bryce said, that would have been better.

  2. Can’t think of a #2 honestly

Hahah okay so you know I only want to help right?

And as always just because this is not A+ does not mean it will not work out! I am not saying it will not work, i am saying over time they lose more than they win.

Okay for me:

  • Way to small compared to previous candles. Very small and indecisive,
  • Not formed at a swing high but rather a low. Trading from a low will mean you are trading into support and we must trade away from these levels.

Make sense?


I will copy paste what I wrote in another forum as I have no time to elaborate regarding R:R.

The risk reward is not an issue if you identify correctly the FCL. Simply because 90% of the time a valid SPA price action setup will give you the chance, at least to break even, at the relevant FCL. Anyway, the only thing you can control is your capital exposure(risk) therefore, do this right and let the market to manage your profit(reward).

I will add more to the subject when my time allows me…

Yes, bless you man!

And as always just because this is not A+ does not mean it will not work out! I am not saying it will not work, i am saying over time they lose more than they win.

True, you have proved this in the past. And thanks for reminding us again ( lesson: average setups lose more than they win over time

Okay for me:

  • Way to small compared to previous candles. Very small and indecisive,
  • Not formed at a swing high but rather a low. Trading from a low will mean you are trading into support and we must trade away from these levels.

Make sense?


@Way to small compared to previous candles: you’ve told me that before (!), wonder why i keep forgetting it => big & obvious it should be, right?

@Not formed at a swing high: makes sense. I think i’m understanding better why we look for pullbacks => because they create swing highs (in this context)

Thanks bro.

Hey that’s kool I was just asking out of interest, thats all.

Do you have your own thread for people to follow your type of trading? and how you go about things?

Regards,

Johnathon

morning all,

could we consider this as a good setup?

eurusd 4H



is this a good support?

no, it wasn’t…

Hi dnagolf,
Not seeing any setup. My EUR/USD charts look like this:

Daily:


H4:


The setup referred to was the tiny pin before the big down bar. Very small not at a swing low and not at the recent support.

Would have been much better if it formed at a low and not a high, if it stuck out and was obvious and was at support.

See my chart for support level:


Johnathon

Nice BIG PA on AUSSIES! I missed it as I was at work :31:


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Oh, Johno the pin prior to the huge BEEB DID NOT interest me.

Guess I must be learning. lol

Yes the BEEB was rather large and obvious! Nice post and yes your are getting there. Next after you have learned exactly what makes A+ comes the hard bit and managing trades to maximise profit whilst protecting capital.

Johnathon

I used to struggle in that regard with MM, never quiet sure exactly where to get out, how much to get out, when to move to
BE ect.

After reading your course on MM, id be the only one to blame if I dont stick to those rules. I can honestly say its brilliant!

Hello Johnathon,

I still don’t quiet understand the difference between engulfing bars, inside bars, and 2 bars reversal.

i do understand with the engulfing bars, but not with inside bars n 2 bars reversal, coz they are like pretty much the same with engulfing bars.

Could you give me a little bit explanation with examples?

Don’t be to rush to answer my question, I know my questions sounds like silly and very basic, maybe i’m the only one who ask this in this thread hahha… an maybe it’s a little bit to late after so much pages in this thread…

Sorry and thanks before Johnathon :slight_smile:

Robert.

Hello,

please go over and watch and read all the free videos and articles here: [B]Price Action videos[/B]. These have examples of live trades.

After that you can go through the first 5 - 10 pages of this thread that has trade examples as well.

If after you have gone away and looked at these things and still don’t understand please just let me know and I will help you out with some charts etc

Safe trading,

Johnathon