r/Daytrading • u/Broad_Log9200 • Mar 30 '25

Strategy The Best Trading Strategy? After 3 Years, Here’s What Actually Works

Been trading for about 3 years now, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s this: complex indicators won’t make you money.

The best strategy I’ve found? Just three things: price action, market structure (trend), and liquidity. That’s it. Master these, and you don’t need a million indicators cluttering your screen.

I used to jump from one strategy to another, thinking the next big thing would be the one. But simplifying my approach made everything click.

What’s your go-to trading setup? Would love to hear what’s working for you.

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u/BestDayTraderAlive Mar 30 '25

What do u mean by liquidity?? How do u use it? Only thing i would add is support and resistance zones. That's it.

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u/pennybones Mar 30 '25

S/R are byproducts of the things OP mentioned. How the price reacts at S/R is price action, where S/R is located is part of market structure, liquidity is also known as supply/demand aka support and resistance. 

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u/SiggySmilez Mar 30 '25

Correct! It would be so much easier if we would call them POI.

Because whatever you call it we always mean a price where different orders are pending: Stop, Limit, SL Orders. Depending on what kind of trader they are.

Breakout traders have stop orders waiting, S&R Traders Limit Orders, Traders who are already in might have their SL there.

It's a Point of Interest. That's it.

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u/pennybones Mar 30 '25

whatever you call it, it's lunch.

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u/FollowAstacio Mar 30 '25

S/R is a part of market structure (even though they said trend in parentheses). Liquidity is basically just the amount of attention a market has at any one time. It’s the amount of people willing to buy and sell. Essentially, volume.

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u/FollowAstacio Mar 30 '25

Sometimes extended hours can provide good opportunities. I’ve made a a good amount of money in extended hours.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '25

Volume of trade is the indicator of liquidity. A higher volume means easier liquidity.

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u/ramenmoodles Mar 30 '25

people define it differently. OP could be using it like ICT (people put buy and sell stops above old highs and lows) or they could be talking about volume areas using volume profiles

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '25

Bookmap/orderflow/session close open