Compression is the term every trader should understand. Reading the price is most important in the technical analysis of forex trading. Like if the price is changing at a fast rate then you must know the reason behind it. If you are a technical analyst you should use only technical tools. Like why the price is forming big bullish candlesticks at a certain zone or why the price is forming small candlesticks at a certain zone? You must know the reason behind it.
What’s Compression in forex? There are only two reasons for the movement of price. One is demand and another one is supply. The price will go up when there is demand. The price will go down when there is supply. What will happen when there’s no demand left but only supply? What will happen when there’s no supply left but only demand? Bullish movement
Compression pattern forex When the price is moving slowly up as well as consuming all the demand on the way then there will be no demand left until the origin of this pattern. As there is no demand so large amount of supply will cause the price to come straight to the origin of this pattern without any hindrance. This pattern is the main reason behind a large bearish candle or big price movement in a very short interval of time. This is called compression in the forex.
How to trade compression in forex? This topic will be different for different traders. As every trader has its own strategy to trade forex. Only the top 1% are winners because they are unique from others. So don’t copy strategies but try to make your own strategy. You can use a compression pattern in your existing strategy to increase the risk-reward ratio or winning rate or increase your take program level or modify the stop loss level. It depends on you only. For your help, I have mapped you a simple trend line breakout strategy with a compression pattern above.
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