I felt this was a thread I needed to post as I get many DMs unsure of how, and when to take profit.
Taking profit is very important and without doing it you don’t make money .. Simple as that ‼️
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Now taking profit will be something unique to different people. Reason being is some people are investors (Holding assets for years) .. Or some people are traders and will take profit depending on whether they are swing trading or scalping ‼️
So to keep it simple I am just going to go over different techniques or when to take profit. And these can be applied to different strategies and time frames .. So let’s begin legends
TAKING PROFIT AT RESISTANCE
This is the simplest way to take profit and applies if you are in a long or spot position. Before I go into detail you must understand what a Resistance or Supply zone is.
This is a level overhead of price action and is where sellers are dominant
So to take profit I would simply place my sell orders and take profit targets in the resistance zone. Please see the image below for an example
TAKING PROFIT AT SUPPORT
Taking profit at support is relevant to traders who are shorting price action. A short position is where you are looking for the price to depreciate rather than appreciate on a given asset
Those who Short will want to take profit at the Demand / Support zone. Similar to a resistance zone, but this is where buyers will be dominant as opposed to sellers in a resistance zone. I would place take profits in the demand / support zone cluster
Below is an example of where we can see support and resistance on #Bitcoin and when we consider each cluster as support or resistance
Now most of you know I work a lot with Elliott wave and I use Fibonacci retracement and extensions in conjunction with this. Retracements assist with short profit taking .. And extensions help with long or spot profit taking
So to take profit using Retracements I look for the golden pocket (0.618) as a rule of thumb. And for extensions I like to take profit on the wave 3 of the impulse wave. This will be the 1.618 and the 2.618 Fibonacci extension
There is more to it, but this is the general idea
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So let's start with the definition .. Market structure is simply price action and we can determine whether an asset is Bullish or Bearish based off the market structure
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1# - 2 Types of Market structure
- Bullish Trend : This is demonstrated by a series of higher highs and higher lows
- Bearish Trend - This is demonstrated by a series of lower highs and lower lows
2# - Bullish Trend
So a bullish trend is a series of higher highs and higher lows. Once a higher high is printed (Which means that price has appreciated past the prior high in the trend), we then need to look for a higher low to safely enter a long