Four-hour strategies: the swing trader's sweet spot?

The 4-hour chart sits between the day traders' noise and the daily chart's slowness — enough structure to trade, enough trades to learn. It's where many swing traders settle.

Four-hour strategies: the swing trader's sweet spot? — risk-reward diagram
A risk-reward ratio of 1 to 2

What's your 4H method?

  • the setups you trade on it
  • how you time entries within the four hours
  • the swap and gap costs of holding 4H trades
Four-hour strategies: the swing trader's sweet spot? — candlestick anatomy diagram
The parts of a candlestick: wick, body, open and close

The trading styles guide places the 4H in the style spectrum.

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