A Powerful

Day Trading Strategy For

Futures And Forex Markets

Markus Heitkoetter

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Agenda

• How To Configure Your Charts

– The Three (3) Best Indicators
– The Best Timeframe

• A Powerful Day Trading Strategy

– When to enter
– Where to place your stop loss
– When to take profits

All trading involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for every investor.
 Very Important Disclaimer!

Futures and options trading has large potential rewards,

but also large potential risk. You must be aware of the risks
and be willing to accept them in order to invest
in the futures and options markets.
Don't trade with money you can't afford to lose.
This workshop is neither a solicitation
nor an offer to Buy/Sell futures or options.
No representation is being made that any account will or is
likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those
discussed in this workshop.
The past performance of any trading system or methodology
is not necessarily indicative of future results.

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How To Set Up Your Charts

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My Chart Setup

Î My charts are different!

Î Many traders are losing money

Î If you do what most traders do,

you probably lose money, too.

Î I believe that my unique chart setup

is giving me an edge in the markets.
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3 Ways To Look At Charts

1. Time based
z Example: 5 min Charts

2. Volume based
z Example: 133 Tick (Trade) Chart

My Experience:
At least 90% of traders are using
these kind of charts

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“My Edge”

Volatility Based Charts

a.k.a. Range Bars

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What IS A Range Bar

Fixed length, e.g. 20 ticks

Next bar forms when the market moves
21 ticks from the high or low

20 ticks

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Advantages of Range Bars

You KNOW where the high will be

You KNOW where the low will be
You KNOW where the bar will close
You KNOW where the next bar will open

20 ticks

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Eliminating Noise

15 min chart

16 Tick Range
Bars

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The Three Best Indicators

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 The Simple Strategy

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Strategy Overview

• Strategy for TRENDING markets (trend-

following)

• Used to capture move in direction of

underlying trend

• Profit objective is greater than stop

loss…only 50% winning percentage is
needed!
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Trend Rules

Determine direction of market with MACD…

Bullish Conditions:
MACD > Signal Line > Zero Line

Bearish Conditions:
MACD < Signal Line < Zero Line

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Entry Rules

Actual entry based on Bollinger Bands…

LONG = Buy Stop order 1 tick above high of

bar with bar closing at or near Upper
Bollinger Band

SHORT = Sell Stop order 1 tick below low of

bar with bar closing at or near Lower
Bollinger Band
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Exit Rules

Profit Target and Stop Loss calculated using

“Average Daily Range – ADR”

ADR = (daily high – daily low…last 7 days)/7

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Exit Rules

3 ways to exit…

1.Profit Target = 15% of the ADR

1.Stop Loss = 10% of the ADR

1.Change of direction = MACD crossover

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Exit Rules

E-mini S&P example with 15 point ADR…

Profit Target = 15 x .15 = 2.25 pts ($112.50)

Stop Loss = 15 x .10 = 1.50 pts ($75.00)

OR MACD crossover

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Here's What We Covered

• How To Configure Your Charts

– The Three (3) Best Indicators
– The Best Timeframe

• A Powerful Day Trading Strategy

– When to enter
– Where to place your stop loss
– When to take profits

All trading involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for every investor.