Simple Day Trading Market Cycle Drills #5: Channels
  1. Intro
  2. Goal
  3. Drill Instructions
  4. Conclusion

Intro

  • This is part of a series on learning the MARKET CYCLE. Many traders contacted me asking for ways to improve this part of their price action reading.
  • Like nature, the market rarely moves straight lines – whether vertical or horizontal.
  • In the first drill we used simple shapes to define the market as moving or still.
  • Now we add more detail with angles which will change how we enter.

Goal

  • See rarity of breakouts.
  • See how common channels are – so therefore how important it is to trade channels correctly.

Drill Instructions

  1. Colour spikes up and down (Down red, Up green for example)
  2. Now add channels – try a different colour for bull and bear channels
  3. Where there is a BULL channel and a BEAR channel – then change that part into a trading range bow.
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  • Notice how the LEAST COMMON structure is a BREAKOUT
  • Notice how the MOST COMMON structure is a CHANNEL

Conclusion

  • Try adjusting your entries this week.
  • When you think it is a BREAKOUT, trade it like a channel.
  • When you think it is a channel, trade it like a trading range.

I hope you enjoyed that drill! Please let me know in the comments if you found that valuable.

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I’m Tim

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I’m a Aussie day trader and I post trading tips, practice drills, and indicators that helped my trading get to a professional level.

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