How to confirm pin bar signals using technical indicators
Using technical indicators to confirm your entries will increase your
probability of the trade being profitable, i’am not telling you that you
have to focus on indicators to generate signals, because this will never
work for you, but if you can combine your price action strategies with
the right indicators, you will be able to filter your signals and trade the
best setups.
One of the best indicators that i use to confirm my entries when i
examine a range-bound market is the Bollinger bands indicator.
This technical trading tool was developed by John Bollinger to measure
a market’s volatility.
The strategy is very simple, we will combine horizontal support and
resistance with the upper and lower Bollinger bands false breakout, if
prices are rejected from major key levels and from the bands, this is a
confirmation that the market will bounce from these levels.
See an example below:
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If you look at the chart above, you will notice how the Bollinger bands
act as a dynamic support and resistance, when the market approaches
the upper or the lower bands, prices bounce strongly.
So if we see that a pin bar is rejected from a horizontal key level and
from bands, this is a clear confirmation to buy or sell the market.
This confirmation strategy is very simple, and it will help you decide
whether to take a trade or ignore it, because trading is all about
emotions, and sometimes, you will spot a nice pin bar signal in a range
bound market, but you will find it difficult to make a decision.
What you have to do in this case is simple, just put your Bollinger bands
on your chart, and if you see that the signal is rejected from horizontal
levels and from the bands, don’t over thinking about what you should
do next.
Just execute your trade, place your stop loss and profit target then stay
away and let the market do the work for you.
See another illustration below:
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