{"id":4839,"date":"2010-12-06T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2010-12-06T10:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/club.ino.com\/trading\/?p=4839"},"modified":"2010-12-03T17:52:42","modified_gmt":"2010-12-03T21:52:42","slug":"my-most-profitable-swing-trading-setup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwtest.ino.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/my-most-profitable-swing-trading-setup\/","title":{"rendered":"My Most Profitable Swing Trading Setup"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Its easy to over-think a trade or completely miss profitable trades because you are looking for complex setups. We here at the INO.com like to keep things as simple and profitable as possible. Today we have asked Brian Heyliger of SixFigureTrader.com<\/a> to share one of his favorite setups with us, its simple and effective. Be sure to comment and let us know what you think.<\/p>\n

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For you swing trade traders out there, I like to share with you my most valuable setup in emini S&P 500.<\/p>\n

The setup is fresh in my mind because just last week my subscribers and I used the setup to take a 28-point profit in the S&P 500.<\/p>\n

I call it the \u2018box trade.\u2019<\/p>\n

As with many things in trading, the more simple, the better. I live by that principle both in my personal life and in my trading career as well. And I think you\u2019ll be hard pressed to find a more simple trading setup than my \u2018box trade.\u2019 So whether you\u2019re new to trading, or you\u2019ve been trading for years, this setup is right for you.<\/p>\n

To fully understand the methodology behind the setup, you first need to understand how markets work. And what I\u2019m about to tell you is true of all markets.<\/p>\n

Markets trend and they consolidate, they expand and contract. It\u2019s just the nature off all markets, and it has been for as long as man began trading goods.<\/p>\n

When a market is trending (or expanding) it is making new highs and new lows. It\u2019s at times like this volatility is a at a premium, and traders stand to make a good deal of money on the bigger moves. However, trending markets only occur a small percentage of the time. The rest of the time, markets consolidate. And it\u2019s during this consolidation time as traders we must be prepared to catch the next big move.<\/p>\n

In the S&P 500, these big moves normally occur after it\u2019s been consolidating in a range for at least two weeks - this forms the box. See below:<\/p>\n

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That movement back and forth forms the box, and we need to pay very close attention to where the market trades, and where it closes.<\/p>\n

For this setup to be valid, the S&P 500 much touch both the top, and the bottom of the box at least twice while consolidating in the range. As you can see here, the range of this box was approximately 30 points from 1170 - 1200. And the price action \u2018kissed\u2019 both the top and the bottom of the box on more than one occasion. It was a text book box trade:<\/p>\n

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Now, after this occurs, it\u2019s our job to watch for the break.<\/p>\n

Usually within a few weeks the break will occur - the market will stop consolidating, and begin trending. However, there really isn\u2019t a way to know which way the market will break, so we wait.<\/p>\n

The direction of the break really doesn\u2019t matter, because we can take either side and profit. So we wait for the break to occur and then take the trade.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s when you take a position: after the S&P closes either above the top of the box, or below the bottom of the box, the trade is on. If we break to the upside, we go long. If we break to the downside, get short, and that\u2019s it.<\/p>\n

In this case the S&P 500 broke to the upside:<\/p>\n

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Once the break occurs, you can expect the market to move a distance equal to the height of the box - in this case 30-points (1200-1170 - 30 points).<\/p>\n

Once you\u2019re in the trade, the only other thing you need to watch is your stop loss. And I close out the trade if the market ever closes back inside the box - because that would invalidate the break.<\/p>\n

And there you have it my \u2018box trade.\u2019 This trade works 75% of the time, and occurs about 3-4 times per year.<\/p>\n

As I mentioned earlier I use the setup to trade the S&P 500 emini. However, the beauty of the setup is that you can use it to trade any instrument that tracks the movement of the S&P 500 - So if don\u2019t trade futures, you can trade ETF\u2019s like SPY, SSO, and the like... Just remember to watch the action of the emini futures contract for the signal to take the trade.<\/p>\n

So the next time you feel the market is range bound, pull up a daily chart, and see if the emini is forming a box. If it is, there may be a profitable trade right around the corner...<\/p>\n

Good Trading,
\nBrian Heyliger
\nSixFigureTrader.com<\/p>\n

P.S. Brian just shared with us one of the setups he uses as for swing trading, but Brian makes the majority of this money as a day trader. To learn more about how Brian day trades the futures markets you may want to take his FREE 7-Day Professional Traders e-Course. To learn more click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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