Mr. X marked 1500 as a strong support in HDFC Bank. Next day, stock opened at 1510, came down and hit 1500.
ABC went long in the stock. A few minutes later, stop got triggered. What went wrong here?
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Common price action trading mistakes that cost me lakhs of rupees:
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1. Front running the market based on my analysis:
Any analysis we do should be proved by market as correct before we jump into a trade.
How?
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Mr. X marked 1500 as a strong support in HDFC Bank. Next day, stock opened at 1510, came down and hit 1500.
ABC went long in the stock. A few minutes later, stop got triggered. What went wrong here?
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At supports and resistances marked by a trader (you), wait for market to show the stock is actually taking support/resistance at those levels.
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Essentially, on a lower TF, check for bullish price action at support, bearish price action at resistance before you enter the trade.
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If you are a price action based trader, the most important guiding principle for you is:
1. Higher the timeframe, more accurate and reliable the technical analysis
2. But big moves start on small timeframes first.
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The key is to balance these two principles and have a structure where you analyze markets on a TF and trade on a TF which complement each other.
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If you are a day trader, do not pick stocks on 15 mins TF and trade on 15 mins. Switch your analysis to hourly TF/daily TF.
It will help avoid choppiness in the markets to a large extent.
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A divergence is a signal for a potential reversal which MAY occur, but not a confirmation.
Just taking reversal bets on divergence will sooner or later burn big holes in your pocket.
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Every divergence does not mean reversal and every reversal does not come with divergence.
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Some people use RSI, MACD, Stoch RSI all on one chart.
On a minute basis, even though these oscillators have their own differences, fundamentally on a broader perspective, they have the same purpose.
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So, pick one oscillator and do not clutter your chart and minds in live markets.
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This could get a bit unpopular but I like to put the truth out:
Bullish candle patterns work well in bull markets and bearish patterns work well in bear markets.
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