This bollinger band strategy is a continuation trading strategy that also uses the 20 period moving average of the bands for trend direction.  Bollinger bands are a good measure of volatility of the instrument you are trading and we can use this to form the basis of a swing trading system for Forex or any other […]

There is no best moving average crossover strategy for swing trading regardless of what anybody tells you. All we can do as swing traders is put the odds in our favor by using a few technical indicators as well as price action.  We need an edge and even a small edge can build your trading […]

Channel trading is simply trading price action within the confines of a trading channel.  Trading channels, in theory, encompass the current volatility in price action and anything outside the norm of current volatility may be considered an extreme move. In this swing trading strategy, we are not looking to trade price extremes but are trading […]

The Bollinger band indicator is a great way to measure the volatility of any trading instrument.  Using an upper band and lower band set X standard deviations (generally 2) away from the center moving average ( generally the 20 period), we can see when an instrument is at an extreme price as well as when […]

Never be mislead by the terms “simple Forex trading strategy” thinking that it means easy.  There is nothing easy about trading but that does not mean you can’t have a simple trading strategy for Forex, Futures, Stocks, or any market and one that works if you follow the rules. Many things work in trading.  There […]

Using Bollinger Bands with Stochastics as a swing trading strategy is a smart play considering how powerful these two trading indicators can be. With Bollinger Bands, we are able to judge the volatility of the market and know when the instrument is too far extended or when the market is in consolidation.  When price travels […]