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Hey hey: what's up what's up my friend so in today's training Ryan, I'm gon na share with you the power of line chance, you'll discover you know what is line chance and how it really works. The hidden benefits right of line charts that nobody tells you and finally, I will also discuss about when to use line charts when not to use it, how to use it and why so much much more right to be covered in today's training. But if this is the first time you're watching this video, please hit the thumbs up button and subscribe to my youtube channel. This way, you'll always be updated.

Whenever I publish a new video so good, let's get started so first thing: first, okay, so this is a typical chart that you are probably familiar with right. It's what we call candlestick chart! Okay, and you can see that candlestick Chan right. It is a! It can be overwhelming to a new trader. You know if all these lines flying up and down different colors, okay, so line chart pretty much right, fix this simplicity out of it, okay, so for a line chart right.

What I want to do is that, if you are using trading view, just go to this icon over here click and go to line, and this whole thing right, it changes into a line. Chart, okay and the beauty of line chart is that it removes a lot of the data points that you seen earlier right so for candlestick pattern right, you have the open, the high the low and a close for a typical line chart. We only deal with the closing price, so this is why, if you only have one data point, which is the closing price - and if you connect, you know the closing price altogether, you get a line on your chart so for trading view right a little feature. They have is that you can choose the type of price.

You are a user, so by default is the closing price. But that's not to say you can just open the high the low, the close or a high plus low / yada yada right, but for default line charts all right. Most people go with the closing price and that's what I'll use in this example. So when you see a line, chatter and the first thing that stands out to you, what is it tell me tell me my friends: you should realize that a line chart it highlights out.

Do you write the key levels, the key points in the market, because when you look at this chat now the line chart, you know there's a few levels that stick out like a like a saw. So I to me right if it is highs this over here here this this. It just sticks out just like that right this one over here here here here and here and when this level sticks out. You know in your face right what this does for.

You is the amix drawing your support, resistance, drawing your trend lines, a whole lot easier right, because these are just a few levels that you know that you must be focusing on, because these are the most obvious levels. So with that said, let me just draw you know: support resistance right, using line charts okay. So what I'm seeing over here is that this is a level right. Possibly this market respects it.
Okay, let me just change this to black. Okay, then it's another one over here. Okay, I would say: there's another one over here, possibly, and I see that you know numerous lower highs. Maybe we could get a trendline.

Let's try this trend line here, okay and connect up higher right, possibly yep. We can see we have a number of tests right, one test, one test, two three and four over here there, but something like that right: it's not the the most exact one, but this is just an example to show you how, when you change right from candlestick Chart to line chart you know levels all right. Support resistance just become a lot easier to draw, because there's only a few levels that you realize that really matters on a chart right so to make a life easier, sumo as well to zoom on the chart to see the big picture: okay, one more right: pound Dollar: let's see how this one works right so for pound dollar. What I'll do is again horizontal line.

Okay. This is the most obvious one this one here. What else come on? Tell me this one here: okay, this one here all right and they get it right. Pound dollar I, these are obviously the most important levels right, at least on base on the weekly time frame.

Okay, so one more final example: let's try a New Zealand Swiss franc. That's good, daily time frame this time wrong this time wrong. Again, I like to zoom out daily time frame again right, basic basic technique, analysis right so for existence trendline if you're not a little how to draw support resistance right. I have a support resistance, video in the description, click on it check it out, and your lengthy so-called exact science right away.

I draw my levels so, okay, this is how I would draw this right. I like to connect the most number of just for this. One is one two three and four right so this I would say so it's a level that I want on my chance, because the market has you know bounced of it repeatedly, not a one over here, okay and over here it seems like we could get another One here, multiple tests as well, I can see multiple tests over here as resistance resistance. Resistance them previously was support, support support resistance, okay, definitely a level at one of my chance, and then I see you know a series of lower highs right.

This tells me that possibly I could draw a trendline as well, so I just connect it right all the way backwards and see how many, how much, how many touches I can get okay. So, in this case, I possibly would have to shift this one slightly like this day ahead right. I have something like a trendline over here as well. In fact, I just control C control, V right, possibly get this lower portion as well.

There's a lower channel part of the trendline, so yeah big heavier, and this is how I would draw my levels to key areas for New Zealand she's pregnant. By now. I hope you can see that the power of line charts are in d, clatters everything and help you focus right really to zoom in on the key levels that matter so now, besides, you know drawing support resistance. Besides drawing trend lines, you know what is a line cuts useful for, if you ask me right for those of you who are familiar with classical cutting patterns right now here in Shoulders pattern triple top ascending triangle, descending triangle, again line charts right, make your life easier.
When you're spotting such patterns, for example, Bitcoin, okay, I'm just a Bitcoin, I'm just you know zoom in and share with you some patterns that I I see R I using the line chart. So you know an ascending triangle or descending triangle pretty much. It's just a series of higher lows or lower highs. In this case, you can see that a series of lower highs over here for this Bitcoin chart right low, high low high low behind low high.

This is what we call a descending triangle. This is a sign of weakness, telling you that the sellers are they're, able to push a price lower, lower, lower and lower, and the buyers are idea have difficulty you know, holding up higher prices. You can see the first time they push up. They push up this much right.

Pretty strong second IV got weaker that time. They push it up even weaker the fourth time even weaker. The fifth time is pretty much non-existent and you're pretty much a deep okay. So eventually the price broke down right and that's where we've got another classical chatting pad, and can you spot it again? Let me just zoom in and you can see that it's somewhat like a ascending triangle, all right now I have a series of higher lows coming in to resistance right, classical shutting patterns.

Right now we have a breakout price heads up higher okay. So again, this ascending triangle is not difficult to spot, and the idea behind it is that you can see that buyers are willing to push the prices higher higher and higher. Okay, then the sellers. Alright, they have difficulty no holding down the price if first time they push the price down lower, went down this much second time went on this much time right, pretty much.

You know no more strength left, then you know price. You know broke out of it. Okay, so let's see we can see anymore over here again the same pattern right. Can you see, can you see the descending triangle? Let me give you five seconds one: two: five! Okay, so it's over here lower highs into support, right series of lower highs into support.

Right so this is again another descending triangle pattern, so I hope you can see that now you know lines as they are useful for you as well right to identify you know, patterns in the market. So, of course, classical chair patterns are, is just one type of pattern. There's another type of pattern that I really like is what I call the falls break where price no breaks out above the previous high or loose right only to reverse back in the opposite direction. So it's something like this right price, let's say, goes up, comes on all the way back down.
It swings up all the way up through highs over here. It collapse down lower again, so you can imagine that traders who buy at this highs right now they are trap right. If you buy this highs in the market, reverse right. You are clearly clearly right in the radar.

It's gon na be painful for you. So this is what I call the Falls break where price breaks above the previous high right and then do a sudden reversal. Okay, the same concept can be sitt for the same right for the laws as well price break down, lower only to make a strong reversal up higher. So when you use a line chart right, this again right becomes pretty easy to spot right.

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The Ling is on top over here there you go okay, just good not to my website trading with Rana calm, you just scroll down a little bit right. I got this guy over here for you, it's called the price action trading, the ultimate guide to price action trading; just click the orange button over here right and I'll, send it to your email for free right. So this will take you even deeper into price action trading right, not line chat, buy more candlestick patterns, support resistance, you know and much much more. So this is a guide.

It's free code onto my website, download it right. If you, if you already have it Congrats right, I hope you find value out of it. So moving on okay, we were talking about the falls break. So how does it look like? So let me just zoom out the charts.

The K this is Europe out. Okay, I hope you can see this already you rope out and make this highs over here right and you look here. The price reverse at this level. This is 93 said level.

Why is that right? If you look left right, we have this swing high over here price. It made a false break at this high, so price. Basically, you know took out liquidity at this highs. Okay and then did a sudden reversal down lower.

So you can mail it traders who buy the breakouts right. They are now trapped. They are now stuck in the red, ok. So this is what I call a false break setup.

So, whenever price right, he has made a huge move right very quickly right and it takes out a very significant level. And the first thing that you know pay attention to is to ask yourself right: will the level hole or will it break? Because if a level is going to hole right, what tends to happen is that the market has to consolidate right forms into a tight range like a blue flag pattern, telling you that you know there are buyers willing to support this higher prices. But if the level right is not going to hole right, what happens is that within the next one to can knows the market would do a quick three hundred eighty degree reversal, a closed, lower aggressively lower right below the highs right, and this is what happened over Here this is what we call what I call a false break. Other traders might have, you know different, tell me not terminology for it same for here right.
This is a key level. Price comes down lower and then it falls break now closing back again above this area of support same for here at this level, price comes down on. Do this lows: right did a Falls break and then rally back up higher okay. So this is a follows: break a pattern you can see this of course, on candlestick chart no problem with that right.

It looks pretty much like this. It looks like this over here, okay, but again with line shot. It kind of you know, make your life easier. It only shows you the the point that thing right, like you know what else the year, sir, I just the point that stuff that sticks up.

Okay, add another protein right. This is what I learned from Adam Grimes right now. I think, because he actually came up with the term of falls break. I think I think it's a mic remember if it's him, okay, but one thing I learned from him, is that he mentioned right.

The falls break right to find out whether the rejection is strong or weak. You want to pay attention right to the the angle of the rejection right, the steeper angle right, the better it is so if you look at this example over here, the angle of the rejection is very strong. You see where i zoom in right there and go over here. It comes up and then bang because we checked that pretty strongly already the angle.

This is the angle I'm referring to the angle of this light, the angle okay. So if the angle is something like that right, then it clearly this price rejection. This angle, it's not as strong compared to this steeper angle that you see over here, so the steeper angle riding is stronger. The price rejection look at this one over here.

This angle, right, it's almost like a rocket, no pointing up higher, almost vertical line pointing up higher. This is another sign of strong rejection. Okay, so pay attention to the angle as well. The steeper angle, the better it is okay, so moving on right, one more example at in Aussie Canadian, you can see as well same thing right when it comes to the the Falls brick setup right.

This is the highs. Price comes up higher right and it hits down lower again this I want this. I just took up this previous high marginally. Okay, let's see if we have any more example, all right.

Another warning over here as well: okay, this one over here thinking of this loss and this loss as well; okay, so you kind of get my my point right where you use line shots, it makes your life easier to identify patterns and one final thing: I only Talk about about patterns is that sometimes rightly patterns right doesn't have a name for it. For example, I was looking at this SMB chat over here and notice that there's also a patent on this market. Okay, I don't have this term for this particular pattern, but let me share with you. You know what I found.
I noticed that whenever the S & P 500 right, it makes a pullback okay. So, according to textbook, you know that pull backs. You know always look like that: right pulls back goes up, higher pulls back, then it goes up higher, but for the SMP 500, the pullback is a bit different in the sense that it tends to pull back, make another move lower before it rarely higher. So, for example, it looks like this goes up, pulls back, make another move right, tripping out traders who are shutting the loose to trap that and then it goes up higher comes back trip the lows again there it goes up higher okay.

So if you look at this chart right, you see what I mean so look at this SMP 500. Okay, this is what I mean: market pulls back, okay trip again right near the low steady release comes back down trips, the low very rallies comes back down. This trip this low, and very rarely so you can see you know this phenomenon on the SMP 500 happen in quite a number of times. This is the first pullback it trips the load, the swing low.

Then in rallies this one over here again, you can see again it's a happening. A number of time pulls back this one trips, the low. Then it went down even lower before it really higher. So you see that when you have a line shut on your chance right, it becomes clearer, like patterns are easier to identify.

So when you have line shots are again right, this type of a price action right becomes easier on the eyes to spot. I'm not saying you can spot this on candlestick chats, yes, you can, but with line shot since you're, only dealing with the closing price things that become clear, like you know, x-rays, zoom, wow, so clear, okay, so with that said all right, let's do a quick analysis Right so pros and cons of line shots right before I conclude this video, I want to share with you what are the pros and cons of line chatter. Of course, this is not the Holy Grail. Nothing is so I just want to share with you know when to use it, how to use it, and when you know you do want to use it first and foremost right.

The benefit of line charts is that in declutter your chance - or I only show you the closing price - shows you the most obvious levels and that helps you identify key levels to draw support resistance to draw your trend lines, identify patterns in the market as well. Where is it classical chart patterns, hidden patterns or the Falls a brick pattern? Of course, the downside is that line chance it nor the weeks right, ignore the highest. Nor the lows and then write to me is part of the story in the markets, and if you ignore that that Padre, it's like ignoring a message from the market and to me right that is important as well. Okay, so I would say line chance right.
They are not useful, especially if you want to trade. Let's say a breakup using a buy, stop order or a sell, stop order right, especially if you place your stop order, let's say above the highs of a candle or below the loss of a candle, because it might get you into a trick too early right, even Though the market hasn't really pricked out yet I know that sounds confusing. So let me give you an example. So if you look at this one over here, Bitcoin all right, let's say we look at a typical candlestick chart.

Okay and let's say we are looking to sell the breakdown of this loss. Okay, this is this. This loss right, so we put in let's say this line over here: let's say it's a red line, so if the let's put it to rate okay, so this way rate of pain right this way, we know that if the price were to hit this pink line Over here we know that the market has break below this loss and we want to shot the breakdown. However, if you look at a line chart, you would realize that your low is actually at this point over here.

Let's change it is to blue, and if you want to sell - and this I mean this changes to black right, if you sell at this black line, you realize that the price - that's not actually break below the lows of the week yet so you get my point: If you use line charts to you, know time your entries, especially if you're using buy stored order or sell, stop order right, you might enter the trade too early, even before the breakout has legitimately occur. Okay, I hope that makes sense, and that is not to me one of the downsides of our using line charts. But with that said right, i I have come towards the end of today's training. I hope you got value out of it or I again quick recap: these are the pros and cons of it if you've enjoyed this video, give me a thumbs up.

Alright subscribe to my youtube channel, the link is below hit subscribe and, if there's any topics that you want me to cover in future, leave it in the comment section below, and I will do my best to help so with that said. I wish you good luck and good trading. I will talk to you soon. You.


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33 thoughts on “Price action trading: the power of line charts ignored by most traders”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars A L Music says:

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  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars ray dolo says:

    Daily candles equivalent to what time frame using line chart?

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Innate says:

    i dont think ppl realise how easy it is to spot chart patterns and and divergence when using line charts,,,so much easier finding key support and resistance too,,only thing that you may miss is when you have a strong price rejection in the form of a wick,

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars FULFILLING TV says:

    Love the line chart I use it with some other confluences and currently killing it.

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Justine Osil says:

    Hi, New Subscriber.
    Do you have video about future trading in Binance. Thank you.

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Binary Trading Arena says:

    Pretty Much..
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  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Skumar says:

    Most of my successful trades are with line chart

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars young kaiju says:

    Super useful video! Could you explain how and when to place the Fibonacci retracement correctly ?

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars K says:

    Excellent, I find them very useful when combining them with a 200sma on the daily or a 50sma on the weekly. Great vid btw πŸ˜ŽπŸ‘

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Charles D says:

    Haven’t even watched the video yet Rayner. I just wanted to say thank you so much for the free content you put out. So much valuable information that only comes from years of trial and error. I’ve read and watched much on trading and investing, and you are by far my favourite person to learn from. Keep it up πŸ™‚

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Firdaus Mohammad says:

    Who else love rayner video?show your pen and paper up!!

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    What’s up my friend πŸ‘πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Shaka Abudurafiu says:

    thanks for this update of line charts, very helpful

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Kismas Solomon says:

    You've really done so well, with this I have confidence to start up a real account.

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars OKSmith says:

    Thank You Rayner, this just helped me tidy my charts up greatly.

  16. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ragu K says:

    Hi can I use line chart and rsi divergence…..

  17. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Thanseem Mt says:

    Hey my suggestion
    We can draw trend line S/R in line chart and watch and trade in candlesticks chart. This will be easier

  18. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Roberta Free Spirit says:

    Thank you Rayner! Another amazing video. πŸ™ŒπŸΌπŸ™‚

  19. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Alpha Traders says:

    This is what something i am looking for.. for binary.. as i am aggressive trader.. i have own set up for trading binary.. but with candles. Now one set up looking for line charts.🀞🏻 got information here✌🏻 cheers

  20. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars ReVoluTionTime Z says:

    Have anyone heard of Noah? Apparently he is an account manager. I got scammed!!!

  21. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Dinesh Kuyate says:

    How much will be the angle for trade reversal

  22. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Priyanka Iyer says:

    This lockdown feels like a massive value addition to my life. Thanks to your videos and guides on trends and price action trading:) With love from India

  23. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Boris Velkov says:

    very useful i ignore line chart until now

  24. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars chase vogt says:

    This guy should start a trading incubator he seems like he has the right personality

  25. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars c ebiz says:

    Finding A lot of Value in each of your video. You are doing a great job by explaining every aspects of Trading.THANKS A LOT—–Bobby

  26. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Thrilesh p says:

    please post a video about Bollinger Bands strategies

  27. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars heisHans says:

    I don't really agree with the false breakout indication with the angles of the chart.
    It really depends on the time frame and the scale! In my eyes I only see nearly vertical angles. Plus, it's of course to talk about it afterwards, that this was a false breakout. I Don't think it is as easy to tell when you see the price moving in real time.

  28. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars lostnfound21 says:

    I only use line charts..nothing else

  29. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Despair gaming says:

    Meh blew up my account last night..😭

  30. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Madubuike Ijeoma says:

    Following this channel has helped me in my trading journey.. Thank you Rayner.

  31. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Uma Baatar says:

    Hey Rayner I am a complete beginner, so thanks for the useful information and tips. Based on videos noticed you only seems to trade on Forex, not against stocks and shares. Is trading forex easier and less riskier than stocks & shares?

  32. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ahmed Ishmila says:

    thank you for sharing this knowledge! really appreciate that my friend : ) have a great day!

  33. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars arpit gershom says:

    Very nice vedio .u r giving best knowledge free. Thanks sir .god bless u

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