8. Master Class [2] Flashcards
Good traders cut their losses, great traders..
change direction
To understand the developing patterns, what must you take into account?
Where you are coming from
When MM tap previous pools of liquidity, where has that liquidity come from?
Trapping retail traders and pinging their stop losses
When MM tap previous pools of liquidity, you see vector candles opposite each other. When the pool has been fully tapped what happens?
A short period of pullback and consolidation at the end of the zone, followed by another vector move away
What is the game of trading about?
Trapping
After a volatile session, what often happens during the conversation between Asia and UK/EU sessions?
A move back away from the Asian session and towards the moving averages
What are we looking to see when looking at all the candlesticks?
Intention
New York sessions usually bring what?
One or two reversals
Price pushing out of a zone consists of 5 things, which are?
- stop loss hunt
- release the liquidity
- push through any whole numbers
- 3 vector candles do the push out of the zone
- retrace
When analysing build-up for the current developing price action, how far do you want to go back and analyse?
2 days, maybe 3
What analysing previous action, what are you looking for?
The behaviour that happened during and between the preceeding sessions
(Did they build longs, shorts, release liquidity, etc.)
What is the main tool for trapping retail traders?
Standard candlestick patterns
About 2 hours in, a good explanation of candlesticks as understood by retail..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udc6YJTWY94