Forex Trading - Capturing The Sweetest Part Of A Multiple Day Swing


by Peter Lim - Date: 2007-02-04 - Word Count: 395 Share This!

When we talk about forex trading, a picture of frenzy trading at breakneck speed is conjured in the minds of many who are not forex traders. While it is true that you can trade a currency pair within split seconds, there is a trade setup that capitalise on the shorter swings of the currencies over a 3 day period.

Such swings do not occur daily. On average, within a month, there might be some 2, 3 or sometimes 4 times when they do occur.

The 3 day swing is characterised by a sudden explosive one day breakout in an explosive manner.

If you are using a technical indicator, you can track such a breakout by a breach of the upper bollinger band at a point of constriction of the bollinger band.

Once this outbreak has been identified, the next question is this: "Will the uptrend which resulted in this breakout be sustained? Will it continue to go up?"

This is a very important question, because this is the component of this system that acts to filter out whipsaws or false signals which are unsustainable.

The key to this is to attach a certain price amount where if the price has jumped up and increased beyond that fixed amount, then you can confidently say the chances of an sustained outbreak is greater than normal.

The identification of a trade entry is crucial to your trading success.

If the breakout amount is too small to be qualified as that caused by a sustainable uptrend, it is important not to take the trade. This is because the forex trader must not be excited and let emotions take hold, and read too much into a possible trade where there is clearly no confirmed trade setup as the crucial filter amount has not been met.

Once you have determined that the uptrend has occurred and is sustainable, you can enter a trade. Once again, there are fixed techniques where you should be entering the trade, and when you should exit, and in the process capture the sweetest part of the move and convert it to pips! In all, such a trade will occur over a period of 2 or 3 days, as a swing trade.

Identifying such a swing trade when it outbreaks can be very profitable. All it needs it trade management to see to the complete success of the trade and to exit at the most suitable time.


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Peter Lim is a Certified Financial Planner. To learn more about forex trading based on capturing this specialised short swing and how you can make a consistent 5 figure income trading forex as an additional income stream, check out the author's blog at http://1forex-trading.blogspot.com

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