Most retail Forex traders open a single timeframe—usually the 1-hour or 15-minute chart—look at the last few candlesticks, and immediately try to predict where price is headed next. This narrow focus is why the vast majority of retail traders struggle to achieve consistent profitability. Looking at a single timeframe in isolation completely ignores the larger...
AUDJPY Forex is giving traders a very good example of why looking exclusively at lower timeframes can create a completely distorted view of the market. The intraday Forex charts are rallying, price action is bullish, and anyone concentrating only on those charts could easily assume the move started there. It didn’t. The lower timeframes are...
One of the biggest mistakes traders make when they learn to trade Forex is assuming that the timeframe they trade is the only timeframe that matters. Open a 15-minute chart, find a nice setup, click the button and hope the market behaves. Very scientific. NZDJPY Forex is currently providing a great example of why that...
One of the biggest mistakes traders make when they learn to trade Forex is believing that the timeframe they use for entries is the only timeframe that matters. An intraday Forex trader may spend hours analyzing a 15-minute or one-hour chart while completely ignoring what is happening on the daily and weekly timeframes. USDCAD is...
Discover why EUR/CAD is dropping to new lows and why shorting EUR/CAD is looking so strong. In this Forex analysis breakdown, we conduct multi-timeframe price action analysis using weekly, daily, 4-hour, and 1-hour timeframes to identify major supply levels and market imbalances. Learn how to trade EUR/CAD using rule-based supply and demand strategy without getting...
Have you ever opened a position on a 5-minute or 15-minute chart, watched it move immediately into profit, only to have the market violently reverse and hit your stop loss? You aren’t a bad trader. You are simply trading the wrong timeframe. Most retail market participants fail because they are trapped in lower-timeframe market noise....
Look, I watched you try to short the Japanese Yen last week, and frankly, it was embarrassing. If you are going to treat your trading account like a charity donation to institutional hedge funds, at least get a tax receipt for it. If you are tired of watching your stop-losses get hunted like sport, congratulations....
How to Trade Stocks, Forex and Cryptocurrencies (Without Overcomplicating Everything) Let’s get something straight from the beginning. If you’re trying to learn how to trade stocks, how to trade forex, or how to trade crypto by stacking indicators like it’s a Christmas tree… you’re already making it harder than it needs to be. Markets are...
Why the Japanese Yen Is the Centre of Attention Right Now If you trade forex intraday or forex swing setups, the Japanese yen is one of the most important currencies to watch right now. Not because of some dramatic headline, and not because the financial media has suddenly discovered a new reason to panic, which...
When you look at the EURUSD Forex pair only on the intraday chart, it’s easy to get faked out. A small rally looks like a “reversal”, a green candle feels like the start of a trend. But zoom out to the quarterly chart and the story changes. Around 1.17, EURUSD has a strong supply level...