Working 12 hour days it’s hard to follow my trades and the charts until I’m home any tips on how to do this more efficiently? Thanks
- Trade higher time frames.
- make sure you set a SL
- set price alerts
- Get as much screen time @ hm as possible.
- Have an execution plan for all contingencies prior to opening a position.
- Use a combination of market orders to execute your trade setup
- Detach yourself emotionaly from trade to trade outcome
If you do these things you pretty much never have to “check” on your trade while at work.
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Learn to swing trade. Use weekly charts for bias/direction. Daily or 4H to enter. Or maybe End Of Day.
Buy a robot that can help you open your trades. Robots work with set parameters, which is according to a trading strategy. You can also use Pending orders to trade while you are at work
@PanchoVilla84 , is right on the money!
Go with a higher time frames. I’m a 9-5r and it has worked out well for me.
I find if I sit in front of the screen I start to overthink. This results in over trading, and poor decision-making.
The daily charts slow everything down, allows you to think things out, make sure the trade you considering according to your strategy.
And it doesn’t become a focus of every hour of the day. I will check charts in the morning maybe at lunch if I’m home, and in the evening around 6 EST.
Take the @PanchoVilla84 advice to heart and you will dramatically increase your odds of success.
KC
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Thank you for your comments will implement these this week
I feel you brother. 
Although I think it’s important to begin with analyzing how much time you can really allot to forex, and maybe create your own strategy from there. 
If you don’t mind what exactly are you doing for something like 12 hours daily ? I understand all the tips here, but you really may need some additional time just for … trade to full potential, at least at start, so maybe switch to usual 9 to 5 job for some time.
Trade the 1D and 1W time frames so you only have to look at the charts at the end of the day.
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You could try like this guy and do the daily charts… NoNonsenseForex on YouTube/Twitter/Podbean/itunes
You Can try too copytrading.
You just need to have a VPS tous run your platform 24/24!
Thanks for all the comments guys I’m actually finding trading the daily much better I am waiting for the trades to come.to me alot more then just going on lower timeframes for entries just getting used to the fact my stops are larger than before but my rewards are also much better thanks again
This is a great channel.for any one else needed good info there’s lots of crap on YouTube but this is a good one anyone else have any other channels they recommend?
You could go for a macro trade instead of micro. Do note this means your trades will likely be long term and you must be properly money managed . .
Placing a stop has an implicit agreement between you and the market. When it reaches this price you will get out. Watching it go there will have no bearing on whether or not it hits the stop loss.
You must accept the risk, the chance that the stop loss will be triggered.
If you do this there’s no reason to watch, that’s the illusion of control. You have no control.
Your goal should be to improve your skills in entering and find the right exits (TP and SL)
If you keep adjusting things on the fly you end up always with the idea that you can modify it later so you persist in making poor entry and exit decisions.
In addition:
Mark Douglas, Trading in the zone is a good read for all traders
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Follow your trades on a mobile device and/or only keep long-term trades that don’t require a lot of oversight.
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Bingo!
This is a great idea!
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Swing trading, That is the answer. Trade the 4H charts.
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Bingo!
This is a another great idea!