Module #1 Heiken Ashi Strategy
Module #1 Heiken Ashi Strategy
ImpulseStrategy-HeikenAshi
TheobjectiveofthislessonistoprovideanoverviewofhowtoproperlyimplementtheNoble
Impulseindicatoronyourtrading.Themajorityofthislessonwillbespentonhowtouse
NobleImpulsewithHeikenAshicandles.
Firstofall,whatisNobleImpulse?N obleImpulseisanalgorithmthatrunsontopofthe
MetaTrader4,MetaTrader5,andnowavailableinTradingView.WhatNobleImpulse
providestousersisasignalingindicatorthatinstantlyshowsabuyandsellarrowsonany
chart.
HowDoesItWork?
- UpwardSignalstellsyouwhenyou’reinasuggestedbuyareaofanasset.
- DownwardSignalstellsyouwhenyou’reinasuggestedsellareaofanasset.
- Signalstellyouwhenapotentialentryishappeningbasedonasuddensurgein
movement.
- Signalstellyouwhenitistimetoexityourpositionbasedonasuddensurgein
movement.
Overall,NobleImpulseprovidesaverystructuredapproachwhenitcomestoTrading.Its
goalistocutlossesasquicklyaspossibleandcatchmassivemovesinthemarket.
BestHoursforForex/StockTrading
Beforewegofurther,itisveryimportanttoknowwhenisthebesttimetotradetheForex
market.Theweekbeginsat5p.m.ESTonSundayandrunsuntil5p.mEST.onFriday.Not
everyhourofthedayisequallygoodfortrading.Thebesttimetotradeiswhenthemarket
ismostactive.SomemovementsareseenduringtheSydneyandAsiansessions.Butthe
LondonandNewYorksessionshavethemostsignificantfluctuation.
Forstocktradingingeneral.Thefirsthouroftradingoffersthebiggestmovesintheshortest
amountoftime.R egulart radingbeginsat9:30a.m.EST,sothehourendingat10:30a.m.
ESTisoftentheb esttradingtimeoftheday.Thisalsodependsonthevolume.Allmarkets
havedifferentappropriatetradingtimes,researchwhichoneappliestoyou.
Thisisjustarecommendation,youaremorethanwelcometotradeanytimeyouwish.
WhatareHeikenAshiCandlesticks?
Mosttradersprefertousetheregularcandletickschartsfortheiranalysisbutmostarenot
awareoftheHeikenAshicandlesticks.HeikenAshihasrecentlygainedpopularity,
especiallytonewtradersbecauseit’seasiertoidentifytrendswhenusingHeikenAshi.
Inthissection,wewillgiveyouabriefexplanationonhowthesemodifiedcandlestickworks.
AswellasacomparisonofregularcandlestickandHeikenAshicandlestickwhenusing
NobleImpulse.
ThisHeikenAshicandlestickcanlimitthesignalsgivenbyNobleImpulseondefaultsettings
by1/3.
So,whataretheHeikenAshicandlesticks?HeikenAshi(sometimesreferredtoasHeikin
Ashi)isadistinctivetypeofJapanesecandlesticksthatarecalculatedusingthecurrentand
previouspricedata.Theterm“HeikenAshi”simplymeans“averagebar”inJapanese.
HeikenAshicandlestickwasdevelopedinthe1700sbyaJapanesetradernamedMunehisa
Homma.So,it’sbeenaroundforquiteawhile.
IfyoulookcloselyattheHeikenAshichartabove,youcanseethatit’srelativelysimilarin
appearancetoregularJapanesecandlestickbuttheopenandclosepricesarecalculated
differently.
HowistheHeikenAshicandlestickcalculated?
Wearenotgoingtogoin-depthaboutHeikenAshiitself.Themaingoalofthisstrategy
sectionistoshowyouhowHeikenAshilimitsthesignalsby1/3byfilteringthetrend.Atthe
endoftheday,itisyourdecisionwhetheryouwillapplythisstrategyalongwithNoble
Impulse.
Aswementionedpreviously,theHeikenAshicandlestickisbasedonpricedatafromthe
currentclose-open-high-low,thecurrentHeikenAshivalues,andthepreviousHeikenAshi
values.
FormulatocalculatetheHeikenAshicandlestick
TheHeikenAshiCloseistheaverageoftheopen,high,low,andcloseforthecurrent
period.
- Close=¼(Open+High+Low+Close)Theaveragepriceofthecurrentbar
TheHeikenAshiOpenistheaverageofthepreviousHeikenAshiopenplusthecloseofthe
previousHeikenAshicandlestick.
- Open=½(OpenofPreviousBar+CloseofthePreviousBar)Themidpointofthe
previousbar
TheHeikenAshiHighisthemaximumofthreedatapoints.
- High=Max(High,Open,Close)
TheHeikenAshilowistheminimumofthreedatapoints.
- Low=Min(Low,Open,Close)
SignificanceofHeikenAshicandlesticks
HeikenAshichartsmakecandlestickchartsmorereadablefortraders,especiallywhen
spottingtrendsandreversals.Asatrader,youneedtoknowwhentogetoutassoonasthe
trendweakensandwhentostayinandrideastrongtrend.
Overall,HeikenAshiwillfilterthenoiseandsmoothoutthepriceactiononyourchartby
showingdatausingaverages.Thesesignalsmaymakeidentifyingtradingopportunities
easierthanwithtraditionalcandlesticksbecausethetrendsarenoteasilyinterruptedby
falsesignals.
DisadvantagesofHeikenAshicandlesticks
HeikenAshiisveryusefulwhenitcomestospottingtrendsbuttheydohavelimitationsand
thingsthatyouneedtoconsiderifyouplanonusingthem.
TherearefewthingsyouneedtolookoutforwhenusingHeikenAshicandlesticks.
- TheHeikenAshicandlesticksdonotshowtheexactopenandclosepricesbecause
theyareaveraged.
- TheHeikenAshicandlesticksmaystillshowasignoftrendeventhoughthereisa
minorpullbackinprice.
- Anotherthingyouneedtowatchoutforistheclosingoftheprice.TheHeikenAshi
candlestickdoesnotdisplaytheactualclosingprice.Thisisimportant,especiallyif
youwanttogetinatagoodprice.
HowtoProperlySetupyourchartwithHeikenAshicandlestick
SimplygotothecharttypeiconbesidethetimeframeandchooseHeikenAshi.Makesureto
usethisdefaultHeikenAshi.
ForDesktopandLaptop:
ForMobile:
HeikenAshiandRegularCandlestickComparison
Asmentionedabove,HeikenAshitendstofilterthetrendbymeasuringtheaverages.This
limitsthesignalsgivenbyNobleImpulseby1/3moreorless.Therefore,thechancesof
winningwillmostlikelyincreasebecausetherearefewersignalstolookat.
NobleImpulsewithRegularCandlestickdefaultsettings.
NobleImpulsewithHeikenAshidefaultsettings.
Asyoucansee,thereare22buyandsellsignalsonregularcandlesticks.Andthereare12
signalsonHeikenAshicandlesticks.Thischartisjustanexample,therecouldbemoreor
lesssignalsdependingonthemarketcondition.Clearly,HeikenAshiwillminimizethe
signalsofNobleImpulsebyfilteringminorfluctuations.Belowisanotherexample.
NobleImpulsewithRegularCandlestickdefaultsettings.
NobleImpulsewithHeikenAshidefaultsettings.
WhichTimeframeWorkstheBest?
There’sreallynorightorwronganswertothisquestion.Everyonehasadifferentstyleof
tradingthatsuitstheirdailyschedule.Mostuserspreferthe15-Minuteandabovetimeframe.
Ourteamlikestouse1-HourtimeframefordaytradingintheForexmarket.
Forstocks,ifyou’replanningtotradedailygappersandhighvolumestockfordaytrading
werecommendusingM1-M5.AndforswingtradeuseH4anduptimeframe.
Youaremorethanwelcometoexperimentwithdifferenttimeframes.Alwaysresearchand
doyourownduediligenceifyou’replanningtoholdacertainstock.
DoyourecommendusingtheHeikenAshicandlestick?
Thisisoptional.Though,theHeikenAshicandlestickwillfilterthetrendsforyouand
minimizethesignalsgivenbytheNobleImpulseindicator.Webelievethattheregular
candlestickisstillthewaytogobecauseyoucanincorporatepriceactionwithNoble
Impulsetoincreaseyourchanceofwinning.
AdjustingtheSensitivitySettings
Tofurtherminimizethesignalsandfilterthetrends,youcanadjustthesensitivitysettings.
CheckModule#4formoredetailsaboutadjustingthesensitivitysettings.Makesuretoread
theModule#2andModule#3beforethat.
CONGRATULATIONS!
YouhavefinishedtheNobleImpulseHeikenAshiStrategy.Whenyou’reready,youcan
checkouttheIntermediatestrategy.WewillbeusingNobleImpulsealongwithsomeofthe
mostpopularindicatorsthatmanypeoplearealreadyusingsuccessfully.
Atthenextsection,youwillknowmoreaboutwheretoplacestoploss,exittargets,andhow
tofilterfalsesignals.
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