Momentum Trading aims to focus on capitalising the overall trend of the underlying asset by getting the most out of the entire move resulting in great percentage gain.
Content Overview
Momentum Trading
Momentum Trading vs Scalping
Scalping
- Aim to get small % return within a short period of time
- 10-30 trades per day
- Hold time from seconds to minutes
- Get out immediately if the trade doesn't work. The trade must work now.
- Stressful, 1 min candles.
- Potential bigger losses than winners.
- Bigger capital needed to see returns.
- Level 2 & Time and sales are important.
Momentum Trading
- Aim to get big % return with the entire momentum move. Usually more than 100% for a full move.
- 2-5 trades per day
- Hold time from 15 mins to hours or even 1-2 days.
- Allow time to work by using starter size and add upon confirmation. Focus on overall trends.
- Less stressful. Using 15 min candles.
- Potential big winners and small losers. Proven method scaling, sizing with momentum trading.
- Small capital needed to see returns.
- Level 2 & Time and sales are not essentials.
Benefits of Momentum Trading
300-500% potential gain by day trading momentum.
No need for huge capital to get started.
Aim at high quality setups with 2-3 trades per day.
15 min candles strategy allow patients and time for trades.
Sizing and scaling allows big winners and small lowers.
Learn how data and stats help improve your edge of momentum trading.
Technical
Analysis
Price Action
Learn how to read naked chart & how to take entries based off simple price actions
Candlesticks Reading
Ability to spot momentum by accurately analysing candlesticks
Trendlines
Learn how to leverage on trendlines to take trades & spot reversal
Chart Patterns
Learn to read technical setups & how to use them in your trading
Technical Indicators
Learn how to set up, use and the best indicators for momentum trading.
Timeframes
Learn the 15 min strategy & how to do top-down analysis
Tools
Learn how to leverage on tools, data and platforms to your advantage and add to your trading edge.
Options Flow
Monitoring Smart Money and learn how to be on the right side of the trade.
Scanners
Learn how to automate strategies and be alerted real-time for trade ideas
Quant Earnings
Learn how to use past data to your advantage and not gamble on earnings
Backtesting
Learning how to backtest correctly to find seasonalities to increase your odds and edge
Sizing, Scaling & Risk Management
Learn how to size and scale correctly with big winners and small losers
Sizing & Scaling
Hedging
Risk Management
Trading Checklist
Trading Calendar
Trading Process
Building a Watchlist
Step-by-step to create an effective watchlist.
Building a Pre-Market Plan
Strategy to capture movers and stocks that has momentum.
Sizing & Scaling Strategy
Step-by-step strategy to build your own plan.
Trading Confirmations
How to spot A+ Setups.
Trading Psychology
Best practices and how to manage trades without emotions with a process in place.
Account Building
Learn how to effectively grow an account