Price Action

- Market Structure

- Executing Structure change - Bullish/Bearish Candles - Entry confirmations

1. Market Structure There is no definitive way to look at structure, it is something that is really dependent upon individual strategy/system. I don't take so-called "HTF" trades. I approach the market daily, finding it most useful to track market structure by anchoring it to each individual day. Doing this removes a lot of higher time frame noise, since i am 98% of the time in and out of a trade within the same day, I want to solely focus on that trend. note - using range chart or non time-based charts can allow for a much cleaner view of that structure. example ↓

2. Structure change executing through structure change requires 3 things: - clean pivot for price to move and revert from - acceptance - either below a HL or above a LH - internal level to execute the reversal from in reference to "a clean pivot", this means the pivot should not be a poor high/low, if it is, then that just increases the likelihood that the pivot can be revisited. I would also prefer to see spikes in volume & liquidations that these pivots. acceptance - has price seen multiple closes above/below either the HL or LH, as mentioned previously, you can use time-based candles for this but I find it cleaner through range charts, none the less you want to see acceptance to be able to warrant looking for that structure shift trade. internal level - after confirming a structural shift, the entry can be based on: internal fibs, a volume profile pull, or an anchored vwap from the new pivot. find an entry point at an internal level with your invalidation firmly above the new pivot that price is shifting away from. example ↓

3. Bullish/Bearish Candles where price both stops out traders and tricks the other side to enter offers the opportunity to trap traders whilst also leaving others behind. these setups offer a much more aggressive execution as there is no structure change occurring for entry, but they do require much more diligent following of: - volume - liquidations - open interest - delta you want to see spikes in volume and liquidations, with open interest and delta indicating potential trapped traders, depending on the direction.

4. Entry Confirmations Some things I look for before executing: relative volume - how is the volume of this potential pivot in relation to any other similar pivot formed today/within the past 2 days. round number liquidity - has price front ran a round number, if yes I look for price to NOT reverse yet and wait for at least the round number to be taken out.