r/swingtrading

Swing traders: how do you find and validate a genuine edge?

Panic selling isn't a discipline problem, it's proof you never wrote an exit rule

Everyone talks about panic selling like it's a character flaw. I think that's backwards. You panic because you're sitting in a trade with no written exit, so every red candle becomes a decision, and decisions made while losing money are …

CPI finally came in cool 3.5% headline, core 2.6% and gold ripped $70 in one candle on the print

CPI came in cool. headline fell 0.4% on the month, dragging the annual rate down to 3.5% vs the 3.8% expected. core was flat for the month with the annual easing to 2.6%, also under the 2.8-2.9% consensus. after months …

How to predict breakout?

Hey guys. I am new to the market, been only 6 months, i tried swing afew times have been lucky till now. I buy om the uptrend and when it has strong fundamental. Now what I wanna learn is how …

Gold's weekly box broke down to 4000, then CPI shoved it right back inside — anyone else reading this as a failed breakdown?

Been watching gold on the daily/4H and I'm genuinely a little torn, so throwing this out to people who actually hold overnight and think in days not minutes. For most of last week gold was dead in a box, roughly …

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Do many of you swing traders use your brokerage platform for other software for technical analysis?

I have a paid version of Trading View right now, and I'm thinking of either pairing it or switching to think or swim or International Brokers platform. But I'm wondering if we're doing swing trading, he's highly technical analysis-oriented platforms …

Any Swing Traders Experiencing Failed Setups Lately? What Am I Missing?

I've been noticing that a lot of swing setups lately aren't respecting the previous day's volume or candle structure. Even stocks that look technically sound are failing to follow through after entry. For those of you who take delivery-based swing …

What are your thoughts on SIMO?

Looking at SIMO as a potential swing trade. What do you think of the overall setup?

control risk and you'll be just fine

I mainly use 1:1RR and in rare cases a 1:2RR but it's all dynamic. Having a set risk per trade and a set risk to reward for every single trade didn't work that well for me, highly recommend on trying …