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THE CANDLESTICK TRADING BIBLE
Trading pin bars in range-bound markets
We can say that a market is ranging when prices don’t make any higher
high and higher low and start trading horizontally between a definable
level of support and a definable level of resistance.
Once i see that the market changes its behavior, i have to change my
tactics and adopt a trading strategy that fits this new market condition.
To
confirm a ranging market, i have to look for
at least two touches of
support level, and two
touches of resistance level, and once i have
identified the range, then it becomes very simple to trade it by going
long when prices reaches the support
level and going short when
prices approach the resistance level.
See below an example of a range-bound market:
As you see, as prices approach the key support or resistance level, we
have an opportunity to buy or sell the market; we need just to wait for
a clear price action setup such as a pin bar candlestick.
Look at the illustration below: