Hey Guys!
Here's a simple explanation of Price Action Trading!
In its very essence, Price Action Trading is about letting price tell you where it's headed in the future. No indicators or fundamental analysis. Just price alone will do. But in order to know what price is telling you, you must first learn "how to read price". Think of this as a language. Just like how you're reading this post and understanding my intent through the English language. A price action trader must learn the "Language of Price" before interpreting what price is telling you in terms of where it's headed in the future.
Once the language of price is mastered, a price action trader simply reads what price is telling him/her in terms of the future direction of price and makes trading decision accordingly. So, if price is telling you that it will go up in the future, you buy (or abort depending on the situation). Sell, if that's what price is telling you, and most importantly stay out of the market when price is telling you there is no bias in future long or short strength.
Take this EUR/USD Short Trade that I'm currently holding positions in: If you follow my weekly forecasts you'll know that I took 2 short trades last year in which I still have 20% in at the current moment.
Initially, when I entered these trades last year, the weekly chart's price was telling me, " Yo Ken! There's more short strength than long strength between these 2 major pivots....Just Letting you know!" (shown on the chart.)
So in other words, "Price" was telling me that it will reach the Main Target Pivot Low before reaching the Main Stop Loss Pivot High.
So, as price pulled back to the Main Stop Loss Level, I listened to "Mr. Price" and took 2 Short Entries with the risk parameters shown on the chart. Then after entry, the lower time frames were consistently telling me, " Hey Ken!There's abundant short strength in this pair! I'm headin' do---wn! "So I took out 80% of the Position at the Main Target. (Just for discipline's sake) and kept 20% in. (Hey!Why not right?)
Then from November of 2021 to the current, on each bounce long, price was telling me yet again, " I'm still headed down Ken, Just letting you know.....", so I'm currently still holding 20% of the short position.
In this way, by learning the "Language of Price", a price action trader reads what price is telling him/her and makes trading decision accordingly. There is no concept of price being wrong or right.
Thus If price does not go in the expected direction. To a price action trader, it is not "the price" that is at fault; nor is it some other Technical or Fundamental element's fault. The blame is always on the misinterpretation of price by the price action trader. For in price action trading, "Price is always Right".
Have a great day guys!
Ken
Here's a simple explanation of Price Action Trading!
In its very essence, Price Action Trading is about letting price tell you where it's headed in the future. No indicators or fundamental analysis. Just price alone will do. But in order to know what price is telling you, you must first learn "how to read price". Think of this as a language. Just like how you're reading this post and understanding my intent through the English language. A price action trader must learn the "Language of Price" before interpreting what price is telling you in terms of where it's headed in the future.
Once the language of price is mastered, a price action trader simply reads what price is telling him/her in terms of the future direction of price and makes trading decision accordingly. So, if price is telling you that it will go up in the future, you buy (or abort depending on the situation). Sell, if that's what price is telling you, and most importantly stay out of the market when price is telling you there is no bias in future long or short strength.
Take this EUR/USD Short Trade that I'm currently holding positions in: If you follow my weekly forecasts you'll know that I took 2 short trades last year in which I still have 20% in at the current moment.
Initially, when I entered these trades last year, the weekly chart's price was telling me, " Yo Ken! There's more short strength than long strength between these 2 major pivots....Just Letting you know!" (shown on the chart.)
So in other words, "Price" was telling me that it will reach the Main Target Pivot Low before reaching the Main Stop Loss Pivot High.
So, as price pulled back to the Main Stop Loss Level, I listened to "Mr. Price" and took 2 Short Entries with the risk parameters shown on the chart. Then after entry, the lower time frames were consistently telling me, " Hey Ken!There's abundant short strength in this pair! I'm headin' do---wn! "So I took out 80% of the Position at the Main Target. (Just for discipline's sake) and kept 20% in. (Hey!Why not right?)
Then from November of 2021 to the current, on each bounce long, price was telling me yet again, " I'm still headed down Ken, Just letting you know.....", so I'm currently still holding 20% of the short position.
In this way, by learning the "Language of Price", a price action trader reads what price is telling him/her and makes trading decision accordingly. There is no concept of price being wrong or right.
Thus If price does not go in the expected direction. To a price action trader, it is not "the price" that is at fault; nor is it some other Technical or Fundamental element's fault. The blame is always on the misinterpretation of price by the price action trader. For in price action trading, "Price is always Right".
Have a great day guys!
Ken
Forex Trader/Forex Trading Education/Weekly Forex Forecasts and Midweek Forex Analysis