In the last article, we looked into Momentum Uptrend strategy. We saw step by step guide to implement the strategy, some other important points which need to be taken care of and then implemented strategy on historic chart as an example, you can read that here
So, most of the traders love trends either it is be uptrend or downtrend, making money out of trend is easy and if you managed to get involved at early stage of trend then it is very profitable but there is one drawback for trend traders, according to the study (unknown) it is found that any asset can be in the trend for at most 30% of the time, sounds boring isn't it? Nah, actually it's really fun if you know how to use swing trading. So in this article we will look into swing trading strategy, discuss some key points and we will see analysis of historic chart.
So let's dive in !!
What Is Swing/Range Trading?
So the definition is,'A trading strategy that seeks to identify and capitalize on coins trading in price channels'. I don't know who & why defined this non understandable definition. So forget it and let me explain what this means in details.
When a particular coin with strong support and resistance keeps ranging between that price channel, a trader can take advantage of that swinging nature of coins and buy at support and sell at resistance and also open short position if trader is okay to take that extra risk. Many institutional traders like Wall Street traders loves range trading and hate sudden breaks like which happens in trends.
What indicators can be used for this strategy?
Identifying proper support & resistance is the most important aspect of this strategy but there are few technical indicators which can be used to get price confirmations & increase the accuracy.
The list of technical indicators includes Relative Strength Index (RSI), stochastic oscillator and commodity channel index (CCI). A trader can use these indicators to confirm the oversold as well as the overbought condition when the price is swinging between the range.
Steps to implement strategy
Step 1: Find the coins with neutral chart in short & medium term and in uptrend in long term scale.
Step 2: Identify strong support and resistance & connect them to horizontal trendlines to form zones.
Step 3: Buy at support & sell at resistance
Step 4: For more confirmations a trader can use Relative Strength Index (RSI) to see whether the coin is overbought or oversold.
So this is it, just follow those four steps properly and you are ready to become a swing trader, congratulations!!
Important things to consider
Make sure you pick the coin with neutral chart in short-medium term and probably a uptrend in long term, high market cap coins always fits perfect in this scenario (at the time of writing this article XRP, BNB & CEL tokens are on my list)
Take your time to learn identifying strong support and resistance zones and also give some time to market to confirm your predicted zones, don't hurry.
Longer timeframes like 4 hour or one day chart are suitable for most of the strategies, so work on them instead of shorter timeframes.
Try out everything in demo, practice and then enter the market.
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Example : Historic Chart Analysis
Now as you get the idea how this strategy works let's see how it was implemented on historic chart of EOS
Now from point 1,3 & 2,4 a trader can see a strong resistance and support zone respectively is established. Now the trader can easily put limit order to open positions when the price touches to support and close positions when price touches resistance.
A future or options trader can use this strategy to go with short positions but there is risk of resistance break, if trader is okay to take that risk and manage his/her risk-reward ration properly then this strategy can be very profitable. To minimize this risk and confirm the price bounces a trader can use some of the technical indicators like the RSI is used here in the chart below
EOS Chart Analysis With Indicator - Image
Here a trader can confirm the overbought or oversold condition using Relative Strength Index (RSI) to be more sure on opening positions and make most out of the trade.
This is all from my side on Swing/Range trading, hope you guys found it helpful and informative. See you in the next article or in comments 😊
[This is my republished article, originally published on other platform]