Always Draw Correct Trendlines

For new forex traders, learning forex trading is like building a new car from scratch without an instruction manual. Many of you acquire quality parts like brakes, wheels, motors, seats, steering wheels etc.

To become a successful trader you need right parts with right instructions to put them together. After all, a part such as a $2.00 gasket can bring your car to a screeching halt.

Currency trading is very different from trading stocks. Companies can file for bankruptcies like Enron or go completely out of business taking their share value to zero. But in case of currencies there is no threat of a country going bankrupt.

Trade balances and budget deficits play a role in determining the price of a currency. What can happen is that trade balances and foreign capital inflows can cause severe economic pressures on a currency! This can create dramatic changes between the currency values relative to other currencies. When that happens, it can be an incredible financial opportunity for savvy, educated currency traders.

Learning how to spot a trend that can last from a few hours, several days or several months can create an enormous financial return for the skilled and educated trader. You need to learn how to find the current trend before you enter the markets.

Learn to always trade in the direction of the market. Fighting a trend is like swimming against the current and getting drowned. Traders make many mistakes and the biggest one is trading in the wrong direction.

Suppose you are an active trader. You should have the trading software that has the moving trend line indicator. If not then, you will need to learn the skill of drawing correct Trendlines. An incorrectly drawn trendline can be the difference between making and losing money in a trade.

There are three types of trendlines that you should learn how to draw. 1) An Inner Trendline. 2) An Outer Trendline. 3) A Long Term Trendline. These three trendlines form on all time frames. In both uptrends and downtrends! You will need them in your trading.

Draw a straight line connecting support levels without penetrating bodies or wicks of a candle in any uptrend. Correctly drawn trendlines can predict future levels of potential support in an uptrend as well as future levels of resistance in a downtrend.

You find and draw inner uptrendlines by finding the last two levels of support and drawing the line from left to right. Similarly draw the outer uptrend line by starting at the far left of the chart and moving to the right connecting the majority of the support levels with a straight line.

Draw the outer term trendline by going on a larger time frame and connect the levels of support starting from the far left of the chart moving forward. In a downtrend, the market reacts the same way as an uptrend but in an opposite direction. That means all the rules are the same but in the opposite direction. Instead of a support level, use the resistance level to draw trendlines in a downtrend.

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