Swing Trading using the 4-hour chart

Part 1: Introduction to Swing Trading

Swing trading is too fast for investors and too slow for day traders. It takes place on a timeframe in which you will find very few professionals traders.

Swing traders usually use 4-hour charts. This period falls exactly between that of the investor and the day trader. As a swing trader, you are prone to sit on the fence, and that's good, because here you are almost alone.

This eBook describes the swing trading method of the Heikin Ashi Trader. It is ideal for individual investors...

Swing Trading using the 4-hour chart

Part 3: Where Do I Put My Stop?

In the third part of the series on "Swing Trading using the 4-hour chart," the Heikin Ashi Trader treats the question on where the stop should be. Once a trader stops introducing stops, he will discover that his hit rate will worsen. However, by doing this he gains full control of the trade management. Stops are therefore not unavoidable, but remain an integral part of a trading system that is profit-oriented.

Well understood stops are downright the actual instrument that makes profit possible....

Swing Trading with the 4-hour chart

Part 2: Trade the Fake

In the second part of the series "Swing Trading using the 4-hour chart" the HeikinAshi Trader speaks about the phenomenon of stop fishing and Fakeouts as well as the many deceptions that major players and algorithms stage in today's financial markets. These often seem more the rule than the exception.

But these circumstances are what a clever swing trader can exploit by turning the tables. Instead of falling for the many tricks of the Smart Money, he can learn how to identify their tracks in the chart....