Everyone wants a strategy. Here's the truth — the strategy isn't the hard part. Execution is. But here's a simple, repeatable approach that works when you stick to it.
This strategy is built entirely on price action — market phases, key levels, and candle interactions. No RSI, no MACD, no moving averages. Just the chart.
Before you do anything, you need to know which direction the market is moving. VIX 75 moves in three phases:
The 4-hour chart gives you a clean, high-level view of where the market is heading. It strips away the short-term noise and shows you the bigger picture — are we in a trend or going nowhere?
UrAvgTrader's personal favourite? The 8-hour chart. It gives an even broader perspective and makes the market phase crystal clear, especially on VIX 75 where volatility can cloud shorter timeframes. Start there, then confirm on the 4-hour before you do anything else.
Market making Higher Highs (HH) and Higher Lows (HL). Look for long trades.
Market making Lower Highs (LH) and Lower Lows (LL). Look for short trades.
No clear direction. Price bouncing between a ceiling and floor. Stay out until a phase is clear.
Rule: Only trade in the direction of the current phase. Never fight the trend.
Key levels are the floors and ceilings the market has previously respected. These are your areas of interest — the zones where price is likely to react.
The 30-minute timeframe is the sweet spot for VIX 75. It filters out the noise of smaller candles while still giving you clear, actionable levels. Always mark your key levels here first before dropping to a lower timeframe for entry.
On the 30-minute chart, look for:
Too many levels = paralysis. On your 30-minute chart, focus on the 2–3 most obvious, most recently tested levels. Clean charts make better decisions.
Now you wait. Let price come to your level — don't chase it. When it arrives, look for one of three interactions:
Price touches the level and holds. The candle body respects the floor/ceiling. Enter in the direction of the phase.
A strong opposing candle pushes price away from the level. The bigger the rejection candle, the stronger the signal.
Price breaks through the level. Now the old support becomes resistance (or vice versa). Trade the continuation.
This is where most traders get it wrong. The setup means nothing without proper risk management.
At 1:3, you can lose 2 out of every 3 trades and still break even. Win more than 34% of your trades and you're profitable over time. Your edge isn't about being right every time — it's about letting winners run and cutting losers fast.
Once you're in the trade, your job is done. Stop watching it tick by tick. Your stop and target are set. Let the market do its work.
The most common mistake is moving your stop loss out of fear when price pulls back slightly. Trust the setup. Trust your levels. Trust your process.
Your edge isn't the setup. It's doing this consistently — same risk, same process, same discipline — on every single trade, and letting probabilities play out over hundreds of trades.
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