Swing Trading
Trading style holding positions from several days to weeks, capturing swings.
Swing trading is the middle ground between day trading and long-term investing — positions are held from several days to several weeks, aiming to capture one "swing" (part of a trend).
Characteristics:
•Timeframe: 4H and Daily chart for analysis, entry on 1H
•Goal: catch 5–30% moves
•Number of trades: 2–10 per month
•Screen time: 1–2h daily
Advantages over day trading:
•Less stress and screen time
•Lower fees (fewer trades)
•Time for analysis and planning
Setups:
•Pullback to trend: buy correction in bull trend at EMA 21
•Support bounce: price comes to proven support, entry with stop-loss below
•Breakout with retest: breakout + return to broken level
Risks:
•Overnight and weekend gap risk (news can move price overnight)
•Funding rate costs for swing on leveraged positions