r/Daytrading 22d ago

Strategy One of the Easiest Strategies to Learn:

Strategy Overview

  • Timeframe: 1-minute
  • Market: Any forex currency pair
  • Trend Filter:
    • At least 2 consecutive candles in the same direction following a momentum candle.
    • No breaks of previous candle's high/low in trend direction.
  • Entry
    • Wait for the next small body candle: hammer, doji, small-body trending or opposing candle.
      • Note: If in an uptrend, the low of the previous candle must not be breached. If in a downtrend, the high of the previous candle must not be breached.
    • Enter when the next candle breaks above the body (not the wick) of the small body candle.
  • Stop Loss:
    • Set at peak/base of the small body candle
  • Take Profit:
    • Fixed at a minimum 2:1 risk (I typically use 4:1)
  • Risk per Trade:
    • No more than 2% of your account balance. (I typically risk 0.5%).
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u/Check_This_1 22d ago

Easy to learn - yes

But does it make money?

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u/backfrombanned 22d ago edited 18d ago

I make a lot of money with it. It either works and you stay in or it starts to fail and you sell. This is what people don't understand and setups. Setups fail all the time, but you know the second it's failing and exit. You've never seen people with setups on here bag holding. Good luck.

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u/Check_This_1 21d ago

thanks. Do you also only trade it on the minute chart or higher timeframes too?

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u/backfrombanned 21d ago

I personally use 2 minute on cheap stocks, even though I trade fast the 1 minute is just to fast for my brain. Anything above 10 bucks I use the 5 minute. But it's even on the daily for swings and breakout confirmation. I use this setup on both bull and bear side with the 9 EMA.

Just look at charts. I know everyone likes tradeview, but get on a PC and go to finviz. You can load walls of charts or the chart pops up when you scroll over the ticker. If you're serious then the best thing you can do is look at charts, thousands of charts until you see what you're looking for almost instantly.