before you swing trade,you need to find out the minute areas of turns,tops,bottoms,so later on you can place your entries /exits correctly,study daytrading even if you don't plan on daytrading,learn to chart with s/r lines and learn the in's and out 's of market profile,these two encompass the gyrations,top's,bottom's and midpoints,you will need these to pick same,midpoints are often return to the mean ,bounces in a downtrend,dips in an uptrend,the trio will give you a framework to work off of to judge strength weakness,once you are in a trade,once you have a position,it's most profitable if you can ride it to target,there will be many stops and starts playing on your risk appetite to try and force you out,overall the market moves to a top and then works it's way to a bottom,if that is a 10 point range ,the market may move up and down 30 points in between, this is where wall street makes it's money,the suckers give their acct to a brokerage firm and hopefully get 5 out of the original 10 pt move,ultimately you would like to catch a large portion of these minor move inside that range,daytrading teaches you to catch those moves inside a one day range,eventually you hope to master a one week move, one month,6 months,you don;t want to learn to play beethoven,you want to be the next beethoven,so set your sights high and gain the necessary tools from the bottom up
