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Learning to trade the Forex market can be an overwhelming venture. Just like any other career or trade a person needs to learn, it takes time.

There are many parts to trading including reading charts, candlesticks, and timing. Regardless of all of that, the first thing a new trader needs to decide is what type of trader they are.

There are three general types of active trading; scalping, intraday, and swing trading. Factors that help determine the trading style are: how much time an open trade position is maintained, trade size (or position size), and the type of money management strategy that is used.

Comparing the pros and cons of all three approaches may help you decide which trading style suits you best.

The Pros and Cons of Scalping, Intraday, and Swing Trading

Scalping

Scalping is typically the shortest term style of trading in the markets, as scalpers seek to lower risk exposure by lowering their time in the market. Scalping usually yields the smallest gains per successful trade of the three styles that we will discuss.

Pros:

• Positions are typically only held for short periods of time, allowing less chance for reversals to knock out your trading position. This also means less need for patience and having to wait for a trade to close.
• Scalpers typically take profits at risk to reward or less, allowing their strategies to achieve a higher strike rate, rather than a high reward rate.
• Because the position is typically held for a short period of time, there is also less knowledge of the Forex market, and trading strategies needed, as long-term analysis not as useful. Trends, pivot point, Fibonacci, and the like are fairly irrelevant.

Cons:

• Not all brokers allow for scalping on their platforms.
• Since good trades typically yield only risk to reward or less, one loss can deplete the gains of several successful trades.
• Since the pip yields are often 5 pips or less, you may have to make many trades, even dozens in one day to accomplish your financial goals.
• As I mentioned before, scalpers are in a world of their own. Long term analysis from your favorite fundamental resources or indicators is generally useless in scalping. This can be a blessing or a curse.

Intraday Trading

The next trading styles, intraday trading, is more common among Forex traders. Intraday trading is also simply known as day trading and refers to holding a position for a day or less. It’s common for a day trader to actually make more than one trade in a day, and have the positions only hold for an hour to a few hours.

Pros:

• The amount of pips per day trade can range from easily. And with a couple of good day trades in a hour market, it can be easy to walk away with pips in a day.
• With the time an intraday trade takes, an individual can choose from a number of strategies like price action, pivot points, or basic trend following to help them have consistency and intentionality when trading.
• Intraday is also a fairly low-risk trading. To open a position of this size may only require a small amount of capital and a stop loss of less than 10 pips, even smaller depending on the strategy used within the trade.

Cons:

• An intraday trade will need more time to move than a scalp trade, and there is less margin for error than in swing trading. Even with a good trading strategy reversals and whipsaws can quickly take out a stop loss.
• Intraday traders subject themselves to more market volatility than swing traders and stay exposed (with open positions) longer than scalpers.
• Even though some days will contain multiple trades, some days won’t offer any. A person trading an intraday strategy follows a strict set of rules, and may not always have a set up in the market.

Swing Trading

The last major form of active trading in the Forex market is swing trading. This is really a form of trading that really takes patience. Positions are held longer, but gains are massively larger.

Pros:

• The gains on a trade can be + pips.
• Signals on the daily charts are generally more meaningful.
• Because trades are taken on daily charts, stop losses are bigger. This allows for more movement within the trade, and positions are less vulnerable to whipsaws.
• Due to the trade being kept for a longer period of time, a trader doesn’t have to sit in front of a computer all the time or check it constantly throughout the day. Swing traders typically check the market once a day, as the new candle or bar begins, each day the market is open.

Cons:

• Although swing traders have the freedom to be away from their computers while their trades are in play, the market can be very unpredictable. One forgotten or unexpected news release, and the market can turn and take your money with it.
• For swing traders, there is only one new candle or bar each day, meaning there will be fewer trades made over any given time, compared to the other two trading styles. This means you have to use a profitable trading strategy and follow your rules religiously. With as little as one trade a week or less, you cannot afford to be wrong very often.

Each style of active trading has its pros and cons. Each trading style lends itself to different levels of risk and potential reward. Choosing which style suits you best depends on a number of things, including your personal skill level, commitment, and attention span.

Successful traders must know themselves well, along with their financial, time, and personal restraints, in order to choose the trading style that best suits them. A trader may find it useful to paper trade (or demo trade) different strategies, within each different active trading style, i.e. scalping, intraday, and swing trading, to see what really fits them the best.

Intraday swing trading is a strategy for traders trying to buy from the bottom or sell from the top against the current several-hour trends. The best performance traders can get if they follow a significant time frame trend (H4 or daily chart) and trade swing trade against the hourly trend. But a trader can buy or sell against the significant trend if the price is on a meaningful level (for example, yearly or monthly low or high).

Intraday swing is a trading strategy that can use trend trading, swing trading, and day trading combination to enable the trader to buy or sell any financial instrument after a pullback. Swing trading does not mean only purchase or sell against a significant trend. But we will talk later about complicated intraday swing trading strategies.

In the first step, we will try to analyze significant types of trading.
The best strategy for beginners is to study these three main active types of trading. These types of active trading are;

• Day trading.
• Swing trading.
• Intraday Trading.

The distinguishing factor between these three types of trading is the duration. Each represents the length of time one holds an open market position. Let us study in detail the difference between the three.



What is Intraday swing?
Intraday swing represents a trading strategy where the day trader waits for a pullback of the significant trend, enters into trade, and keeps trade for either a few hours (intraday trading) or several days (swing trade).

Intraday Trading

This is the trading activity that takes place within a concise time frame, as the name suggests, “intraday.” Intraday traders are mostly referred to as day traders. The trading period is mainly in the form of seconds, minutes, or an hour time. The intraday traders always open and close the trade on the same date to capitalize on rapid fluctuation in exchange rates.

The intraday activity comprises very many trade strategies since they are mostly rooted in technical analysis. These strategies include;

Scalping: scalping is a trading strategy to generate profit from a slight price change in the stock price or currency value. Traders involved in dealing with several trading units believe that the slight difference in each unit of exchange’s price leads to a substantial amount at the end of the day when dealing with several trading units. Traders practicing this method are called scalpers. They always employ an exit strategy to evade possible losses that may be incurred from continuous trading.

High-frequency trading (HFT): High-frequency trading is a kind of algorithmic trading mode that involves high-speed trading with high turnover. This is done mostly by the use of developed electronic systems integrated with financial software. This kind of trading system always works with short-term investments.

Order flow analysis: this kind of analysis can be described in the form of a game. This is a game within a game’. This is the trader’s strategy following the game rules but not based on other traders’ market decisions.

Intraday strategy always relies on these factors so that its small profits can be used to realize maximum profits by limiting the risks.

Day trading (short time trading)

Contrary to intraday trading, day trading involves dealing with high volumes of trading units, identified early in the trading day and then executed session by session. The popular types of trading for daily time frame are;

Trend following: this is taking advantage of short-term, medium, or long-term moves that appear to be playing out in various markets.

Momentum: momentum trading is when the trader acquires and sells depending on the recent strength on the price strength.

Range: this is the strategy where a trader considers over-bought and over-sold areas. They buy the oversold and sell the overbought areas.

The day trading markets are described by inherent volatility and range, while intraday trade relies mostly on liquidity and daily analysis.

Swing Trading

Swing trading is the act of buying and selling securities that focus on profiting off changing trends in price action. The determinant the swing trading is that the positions are held through an independent session at a time. The trading takes place everywhere between six days or several weeks. The swing trader needs to adhere to the following considerations.

Carry and finance costs: this is the cost of storing physical commodities, which can also constitute insurance costs.

Systematic risk exposure: this is the risk that can affect the entire commodities in the market. It can also be referred to as “undiversified risk.”

Account for extensive margin requirements: extensive margin is the range to which the resource is applied or utilized. An example is when several individuals carry a certain task that falls under a certain extensive margin.

Swing trading is characterized by its popular application in the determination of agricultural futures and forex. Central bank policies, seasonality, and corporate earnings usually employ this policy in conducting their trade operations.

The trading type is the key factor depending on the available resources, market size, and personal traits to achieve the market goals and success in trading. However, any type of trade is applicable and productive.

Intraday trading vs. swing trading

The difference between intraday trading and swing trading is that intraday trading represents trading that makes many trades in a single day, and swing trading occurs over days or weeks.

Intraday Swing strategy explanation

Daily personal analysis is also a key factor in trading. Since you are the only important factor in your business, you should make sure to analyze your daily activities, daily feelings, and deviation in profit-making and note down in your daily diary. Having these basic factors at hand, one can explore different trading strategies in the trading field. Beginner traders can encounter most difficulties in deciding the kind of trade methodologies to use.

This struggle to discover different ways to succeed depends on how often the new trader researches these three trading activities. For the active futures trader’s research on the variety of analysis and methodologies towards the product market and exchange rates is very vital, since it is used in important decision marking like to buy and when to hold the commodity to the next peak period.

Intraday Swing strategy description:
Let us see in September on GBPUSD chart bullish several days major trend.

If we see on 30 minutes chart, intraday several hours bearish trend, we can wait for the price to pull back and then make a buy order like on the image :

This is an example of intraday swing trade when we trade against an intraday trend and follow a major several days trend.

Conclusion

There are so many ways to practice disciple in trading. The most important and the first stage of trading discipline is having a trading plan before engaging in any activity. Also, the trader must centralize all the responsibilities to himself/herself. You should be ready to face any situation and anything that might emerge against your trading activity. Always view these risks at all angles, especially from the extreme scenario. This will help you to be bold enough to face any negatives that might come on your way.

Intraday swing is just one of the strategies that traders use very often in trading. If you trade against a major trend, you need to be careful because the price needs to be on a fundamental level, and you need to see the reaction to that price before you enter into trade.

Fxigor

Trader at Leanta Capital

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The primary field of Igor's research is the application of machine learning in algorithmic trading.

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Day Trading vs. Swing Trading: An Overview

Active traders often group themselves into two camps: day traders or swing traders. Both seek to profit from short-term stock movements as opposed to holding securities for long-term growth. The primary difference in the trading strategies is that day traders trade many stocks during a day, while swing traders trade many stocks over a longer time frame, typically two days to a few weeks. Here are the pros and cons of day trading vs. swing trading.

Day Trading

As the name suggests, day trading involves making dozens of trades in a single day. Day traders rely heavily on technical analysis and sophisticated charting systems to detect trading patterns and identify strategic enter and exit opportunities.

The day trader's objective is to make a living from trading stocks, commodities, or currencies, by making small profits on numerous trades and capping losses on unprofitable trades. Day traders typically do not keep any positions or own any securities overnight.

Advantages of Day Trading

Day trading is unlike many other styles of investing. Know for its fast pace and adrenaline-inducing approach, not all investors are suited for this approach to financial markets. However, day trading is arguable more than the pursue of profits: it is a lifestyle of pitting your wits against the market and living in a thrilling, high-risk environment.

Day traders have the opportunity to work independently. Instead of reporting to a firm or following trading direction from a company, any investor with enough personal capital can trade when they want, working as flexible as a schedule as global markets will allow.

For many jobs in finance, having the right degree from the right university is a prerequisite just for an interview. Day trading, in contrast, does not require an expensive education from an Ivy League school. While there are no formal educational requirements for becoming a day trader, courses in technical analysis and computerized trading may be very helpful.

Disadvantages of Day Trading

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) points out that "day traders typically suffer severe financial losses in their first months of trading, and many never graduate to profit-making status." While the SEC cautions that day traders should only risk money they can afford to lose, the reality is that many day traders incur huge losses on borrowed monies, either through margined trades or capital borrowed from family or other sources.

Day trading often requires substantial investments in trading set-ups. Day traders often have to compete with high-frequency traders, hedge funds, and other market professionals who spend millions to gain trading advantages. To compete, a day trader has little choice but to spend heavily on a trading platform, charting software, and powerful computing devices.

There are also ongoing expenses relating to day trading. Due to the volume of trades, day traders may incur a higher-than-average amount of transaction fees. Day traders may also incur ongoing expenses for obtaining live price quotes and commission expenses that can add up because of the volume of trades.

Day trading requires the full attention of the investor to be successful. Most day traders quit their steady paycheck to pursue day trading full-time. In addition, a day trader must be attentive during market hours as their positions may quickly change from being profitable to out of the money. In addition, day traders may rely on dozens of constantly-changing metrics across a plethora of securities.

Swing Trading

Swing trading is based on identifying swings in stocks, commodities, and currencies that take place over a period of days. A swing trade may take a few days to a few weeks to work out. Unlike a day trader, a swing trader is not likely to make trading a full-time career, though a trader might choose to be a day trader and a swing trader.

Advantages of Swing Trading

Anyone with knowledge and investment capital can try swing trading. Because of the longer time frame (from days to weeks as opposed to minutes to hours), swing traders do not need to be glued to their computer screen all day. They can even maintain a separate full-time job (as long as they are not checking trading screens all the time at work). 

A swing trader can set stop-losses. While there is a risk of a stop being executed at an unfavorable price, it beats the constant monitoring of all open positions that are a feature of day trading. For this reason, swing trading can somewhat be automated if you know your positions in advance, set appropriate orders to execute at those levels, and have confidence in the execution of what you anticipate.

Swing trading often requires less upfront investment. Swing trading can be done with just one computer and conventional trading tools. It does not require the state-of-the-art technology of day trading. In addition, larger price movement is more likely to occur the longer you hold your position, and there is greater potential for larger returns compared to day trading.

Disadvantages of Swing Trading

Swing trades often need time to materialize. While your position is open, there is an increased risk of changing conditions that result in your position no longer being successful. In addition, your capital is tied up in a single position for a longer period of time; you must be willing to be illiquid for periods of time until it is the appropriate time to exit your position.

Though there is greater potential for larger returns, the opposite is also true. By holding onto your position overnight and even longer, your losses may accumulate if prices continue to move opposite of your early predictions.

Swing trading is also considered less exciting than day trading. As swing trading requires less attention and personal investment, it can often be seen as a less entertaining style of trading. Instead of relying to face-paced trends and immediate price action, swing trading is slower, more methodical, and can be seen by more investors as a safer but more boring approach.

Key Differences

Day trading and swing trading each have advantages and drawbacks. Neither strategy is better than the other, and traders should choose the approach that works best for their skills, preferences, and lifestyle.

Day trading is better suited for individuals who are passionate about trading full time and possess decisiveness, discipline, and diligence. Otherwise, if individuals are not willing to commit as much time to trading, swing trades are an effective way to set positions, execute fewer trades, and potentially earn greater profit.

The Bottom Line

Day trading success also requires an advanced understanding of technical trading and charting. Since day trading is intense and stressful, traders should be able to stay calm and control their emotions under fire. Finally, day trading involves risk—traders should be prepared to sometimes walk away with % losses. 

Swing trading, on the other hand, does not require such a formidable set of traits. Since swing trading can be undertaken by anyone with some investment capital and does not require full-time attention, it is a viable option for traders who want to keep their full-time jobs but also dabble in the markets. Swing traders should also be able to apply a combination of fundamental and technical analysis, rather than technical analysis alone.

Active futures traders use a variety of analyses and methodologies. From ultra short-term technical approaches to fundamentals-driven buy-and-hold strategies, there are strategies to suit everyone’s taste.

For a new trader entering the futures marketplace, developing a comprehensive strategy can be a daunting task. A good starting place for beginners is to study the three types of active trading:

The key difference between these three styles is duration — the length of time a trader holds an open position in the market. As a trade’s duration increases, so does the trader’s exposure to systemic risk.

Intraday Trading

As the name implies, intraday trading occurs on short time frames within a single session. Traders manage open positions in terms of seconds, minutes, and hours, with the objective of capitalizing on rapid fluctuations in price.

Most intraday trading systems are rooted in technical analysis. The study of price action itself is conducive to crafting decisions on compressed timeframes. Here are a few types of trading strategies exclusive to the intraday approach:

Markets that offer substantial depth and liquidity are optimal for intraday trading. Entering and exiting the market efficiently is the key — insufficient liquidity increases trade-related costs associated with spreads and slippage.

Intraday strategies depend on realizing small profits while assuming limited risk repeatedly to create profitability. Futures products, such as WTI crude oil and the E-mini S&P , are ideal targets for intraday traders.

Day Trading

In contrast to the intraday approach, day trading is the discipline of opening a position in a given market only to make an exit at the closing bell. Although there are some similarities to intraday, day traders do not typically deal in high volumes. Instead, a day trader identifies a premium opportunity early in the trading day and then executes it on a session-by-session basis.

There are several popular types of trading ideal for the daily timeframe:

Characteristics of a target-rich day trading market are a considerable range and inherent volatility. While most intraday strategies rely heavily on technical analysis, liquidity, and price action to prove valid, day trading strategies frequently incorporate various aspects of fundamental analysis as well.

Swing Trading

Swing trading is the buying and selling of futures or commodities on a multisession basis. The unique characteristic of swing trading methodologies is that open positions are held through at least one session or close. Swing trades commonly last anywhere from two to six days but may extend several weeks.

Swing traders are more reliant on fundamental analysis than intraday or day traders. Although swing traders may use technical tools and indicators to refine a trade’s entry point, traditional fundamentals, including macro-trends and geopolitics, play key roles in their trade selection and management.

Holding an open position through a market’s close requires a swing trader to contemplate several unique considerations:

Swing trading is a popular approach to engaging equities, forex, and agricultural futures. Fundamental market drivers — such as seasonality, corporate earnings releases, or central banking policies — are common components of swing trading systems.

Understanding the Three Types of Trading

Achieving longevity in the marketplace depends greatly upon choosing the style best suited to your available resources, capabilities, and personality traits. However, no matter which type of trading is your preferred style, successful implementation requires discipline, dedication, and tenacity.

Properly aligning your available resources and trade-related goals is a big part of succeeding in the futures marketplace. With more than 20 years of experience in the financial markets, the team at Daniels Trading can help make your journey into the marketplace a productive one.