Understanding Price Action Model 5

Oct 12, 2024

Lecture Notes on Price Action Model 5

Introduction

  • Focus: Price Action Model 5 - Session Day Trading Model
  • Deals with intraday volatility expansions
  • Higher time frame liquidity draws for directional bias
  • Setup: Intraday volatility expansions
  • Pattern: Session swings with utilization of Power 3

Key Elements of the Model

  • Directional Bias: Anticipating the movement direction (e.g., British Pound expected to move down to 130.54-130.55)
  • Trading Sessions: Focus on trading individual sessions, not entire daily or weekly ranges
    • London Open Kill Zone
    • New York Open Kill Zone
  • Preferred Days: Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday for trading
  • Flexibility: Can be used with other models for gap filling

Trading Strategy

  • Intraday Volatility Expansions: Look for bullish or bearish scenarios within sessions
  • Session Range: Seen as a candle range
    • Bullish Scenario: Target rejection block above market or buy-sell liquidity pool
    • Bearish Scenario: Target equal lows or sell-stop liquidity pool

Understanding Liquidity

  • Daily Chart: Highlights probable liquidity draw
  • Liquidity Pools: Consider previous highs/lows or intraday highs/lows for targets
  • Standard Deviation: Use deviations to anticipate expansions

Tools and Techniques

  • Central Bank Dealers Range: Use when range is clear and discernible, not trending, and above 15 pips
  • Asian Range: Ideal above 20 pips, do not use if more than 40 pips
  • Flout: Use when other ranges are not favorable; expand on range in multiples of 50%

Additional Insights

  • Open Float and Time: Logical liquidity pools coupled with time of day
  • Standard Deviation Expansions: Coupled with short-term liquidity pools for better accuracy
  • Confluences: Combine time, standard deviation, and liquidity markers

Practical Application

  • Example Used: British Pound vs. U.S. Dollar
    • Tuesday Setup: Trading the bearish order block
    • Volatility Expansion: Using deviation levels to determine trading points
    • Time of Day Considerations: Focus on kill zones for entry/exit

Important Considerations

  • Trading Precision: Mask your trading precision to avoid broker issues
  • Accuracy: Ideal to show around 70% accuracy to avoid raising red flags
  • Confluence with Standard Deviation: Check overlaps with previous day's deviations for insights

Conclusion

  • The model blends liquidity concepts with time and deviations to forecast intraday movements.
  • Important to understand and practice using the framework for session trading and managing trades efficiently.

Caution

  • Do not share specific chart setups publicly; maintain proprietary strategies to ensure continued efficacy.