Lecture Notes: Successful Forex Trading with Daily Candle Strategy
Introduction
- Focus on using one daily candle for successful forex trading.
- Emphasizes the transformation and profitability this strategy offers.
- Response to viewer questions and an upgrade from a previous video.
Understanding Daily Candles
- Bullish Candle Characteristics:
- Opens, makes a low, trades up, makes a high, and closes.
- Indicates buyers are in control.
- Bearish Candle Characteristics:
- Opens, makes a high, trades down, makes a low, and closes.
- Indicates sellers are in control.
AMD Principle
- Accumulation, Manipulation, Distribution (AMD):
- Accumulation: Retail traders accumulate orders at market open.
- Manipulation: Institutional traders make false moves to mislead retail traders.
- Distribution: Market moves in the opposite direction, taking out stop losses.
Strategy Overview
- Daily Candle Theory: Understanding market maker manipulations.
- Candle Range Theory: Explained in a separate video.
Trading Strategy Details
- Bullish Scenario:
- Mark candle close and take trades from the intersection of the previous day's close and current day's shadow.
- Entry confirmation through change of character and return to order block.
- Stop-loss placed a few pips below the entry zone.
- Bearish Scenario:
- Similar strategy using previous high and current shadow for entry.
- Look for market pullback for entry confirmation.
Trading Rules
- Trade between 9 AM and 3 PM London time (4 AM to 10 AM New York time).
- Mark zones before the trading window opens.
- Utilize smart money entry confirmation or reversal patterns (e.g., double top, head and shoulders).
- Stop-loss set outside refined or unrefined zones.
- Take profit aligned with the high/low of the current day's candle.
Example Scenarios
- Bullish Entry: Enter at demand zone intersection, stop-loss slightly below, take profit at high before pullback.
- Bearish Entry: Enter at supply zone intersection, stop-loss slightly above, take profit at low before pullback.
Questions and Clarifications
- No wick on the current day’s candle: Look for demand/supply zones below/above previous day’s close.
- Inconsistent candle trends: No trade if previous and current day candles are not similarly bullish or bearish.
- Ranging market conditions: Prefer trend continuation when last two days show consistent direction.
- No pullback occurrence: Wait for the next trading day or look at other currency pairs.
- Price exceeding previous day’s high/low: Avoid trading as it might indicate a trend reversal.
Conclusion
- Encouragement to engage with the channel by liking, sharing, and subscribing.
- Information on a mentorship program offered for deeper learning and support.
Additional Resources
- References to previous videos for deeper insights into specific theories and strategies.
- Invitation to join a free telegram channel for further learning.
Note: This strategy is focused on daily candles and requires understanding of market behaviors and patterns.