Fifteen-minute entries: what's your exact trigger?

The 15-minute chart is the day trader's execution field, and the trigger needs precision: a candle close beyond a level, a rejection wick, an engulfing pattern. Vague triggers produce vague results.

Fifteen-minute entries: what's your exact trigger? — candlestick anatomy diagram
The parts of a candlestick: wick, body, open and close

Define yours:

  • the trigger candle or pattern
  • the stop and target structure around it
  • the time of day you'll take it
Fifteen-minute entries: what's your exact trigger? — support and resistance diagram
Price bouncing between support and resistance

The candlestick guide supplies the trigger vocabulary.

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