Price Action & Patterns strategies
Price action strategies read the candles and the levels themselves rather than indicators: where moves started, where they stalled and how price behaves when it returns. They depend on judgement, which makes writing the rules down precisely all the more important.
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- Price Action & PatternsPopular, untestedSupply and demand zonesMark the quiet base a strong move started from, then trade the first return to that zone.Day trading, Swing tradingIntermediate
- Price Action & PatternsTested, mixedPin bar reversalAt a key level, a candle with a long wick and a small body shows rejection: trade the break of its high (or low).Day trading, Swing tradingBeginner
- Price Action & PatternsTested, mixedEngulfing candle reversalAfter a decline, a green candle whose body swallows the previous red body signals buyers taking over: buy at its close.Day trading, Swing tradingBeginner
- Price Action & PatternsTested, mixedDouble top and double bottomTwo lows at about the same price with a peak between them: a close above that peak (the neckline) completes the pattern and targets its height higher.Swing tradingBeginner
- Price Action & PatternsTested, mixedHead and shouldersThree peaks with the middle one highest: a close below the neckline sells, targeting the head's height below it.Swing tradingIntermediate
- Price Action & PatternsPopular, untestedBull flagAfter a fast rise (the pole), a small orderly dip (the flag); a close above the flag continues the move by about the pole's height.Day trading, Swing tradingBeginner
- Price Action & PatternsPopular, untestedFibonacci golden pocketAfter a clean move, buy a pullback into the 61.8 to 65% Fibonacci retracement zone, with the stop below 78.6% and the old high as the target.Day trading, Swing tradingIntermediate
- Price Action & PatternsPopular, untestedMarket structure shiftWhen a downtrend's last lower high is broken, wait for the first higher low and buy as it turns up.Day trading, Swing tradingIntermediate