Hi guys , I’m Rajashekar I’ve been trading from past 2 years have tried many strategies but didn’t work for me , now I’m very interested in market trend continuation like icc .
So I need some help , do anyone trade the market trend continuation, breakouts, mss , icc etc , I need a help to understand it .
I could use some advice, suggestions, help with your experience please interact with this post
You can tell me about the time frame , what should I mainly focus on , anything that changes my psychology and method of trading please.
If you’ve already spent 2 years trying different strategies, I’d suggest spending less time searching for the “perfect setup” and more time on risk management and execution.
Pick one setup, one market, and one timeframe, then journal at least 50–100 trades before judging whether it works. Most traders switch strategies before gathering enough data to know if they actually have an edge.
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After 2 years, I’d focus less on finding new strategies and more on risk management. Most traders fail because of overtrading, revenge trading, and increasing lot size after losses.
Pick one setup, journal 50+ trades, and follow strict rules. I personally use daily loss limits and max trade limits through TradeGuardhq https://tradeguardhq.in/ so emotions don’t take over after a bad trade.
Consistency comes from discipline, not strategy hopping.
Two years of trades is actually valuable data if you’ve logged them. Before adding ICC to the mix, look back at what you already have — did losses come on trending days or choppy ones? That tells you whether trend continuation is even the right fit for your style, rather than learning a new setup only to find it doesn’t match how you actually trade.
Welcome, Rajashekar. One suggestion: stop adding new concepts for a while. SMC, MSS, breakouts and trend continuation can sound different, but the basic question is usually the same: is price trending, pulling back, or ranging?
For trend continuation, keep the rules simple. Use a higher timeframe such as 15-minute or 1-hour to identify the trend, then a lower timeframe only for entry. In an uptrend, wait for a pullback instead of chasing a breakout. Enter only when price confirms strength again, and place the SL where the setup is genuinely invalidated.
Before risking money, test one clearly defined setup over at least 30-50 trades. Keep the risk small and fixed, and avoid changing rules after every few losses. Psychology usually improves when there are fewer decisions to make during the trade.
I use EdgeLog to tag these trades as “trend continuation” and record whether I followed the planned entry, SL and exit. A spreadsheet can also work. The important part is reviewing enough trades to learn whether the setup has an edge and whether your execution is the actual problem.
Don’t focus on finding the perfect timeframe yet. First build one repeatable process and become consistent with it.
Completely agree. The difficult part is staying with one setup long enough to collect a meaningful sample. Earlier, I would judge a strategy after 8-10 trades and usually abandon it during a normal losing streak.
I’d only add that the journal should record more than P&L. Note the setup, market condition, planned risk, R-multiple and whether the rules were followed. I use EdgeLog for this because it helps separate a genuine strategy loss from an execution mistake like chasing the entry, moving the SL or exiting early.
After 50-100 trades, you can answer a much better question: “Does this setup lack an edge, or am I simply not executing it properly?” Those are two very different problems.