{"id":219848,"date":"2025-05-26T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T08:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.forexmentorpro.com\/blog\/?p=219848"},"modified":"2025-05-26T09:00:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T08:00:36","slug":"4-hour-chart-positioning-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.forexmentorpro.com\/blog\/4-hour-chart-positioning-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"4-Hour Chart Positioning Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>4-Hour Chart Positioning Strategy<\/h1>\n<p>This week I thought I&#8217;d look at a very simple 4-Hour Chart Positioning Strategy. This strategy could help you position in the direction of the dominant trend on the 4H chart, using structure, confirmation, and proper risk management. I&#8217;ve decided to post this week as my strategy hasn&#8217;t changed over the last few posts, i.e. A-grade trade areas are quite a distance away (most pairs have made significant moves recently), so I&#8217;m trying to use the 4-hour chart to try and get in on moves much earlier. Remember, I use this strategy in conjunction with my &#8216;normal&#8217; M2 strategies.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"384\" data-end=\"431\"><strong data-start=\"391\" data-end=\"431\">1. Trend Identification (Bias Setup)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"433\" data-end=\"612\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"433\" data-end=\"543\">Use a <strong data-start=\"441\" data-end=\"452\">200 EMA<\/strong> to define the trend:\n<ul data-start=\"476\" data-end=\"543\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"476\" data-end=\"508\">Price <strong data-start=\"484\" data-end=\"493\">above<\/strong> = bullish bias<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"511\" data-end=\"543\">Price <strong data-start=\"519\" data-end=\"528\">below<\/strong> = bearish bias<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"545\" data-end=\"612\">Confirm with a higher timeframe trend (e.g., Daily\/Weekly)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"619\" data-end=\"673\"><strong data-start=\"626\" data-end=\"673\">2. Wait for Pullback into a Confluence Zone<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"675\" data-end=\"909\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"675\" data-end=\"759\">Look for price to retrace toward the 50 EMA or a Fibonacci level (38.2%\u201361.8%)<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"760\" data-end=\"836\">Ideal if it aligns with a previous structure zone (support\/resistance)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"760\" data-end=\"836\">Give yourself visual flexibility with 10\u201320 pip<strong> zones<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"916\" data-end=\"960\"><strong data-start=\"922\" data-end=\"960\">3. Confirm Entry with Price Action<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"962\" data-end=\"1178\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"962\" data-end=\"1088\">On the 4H chart, wait for a bullish engulfing (longs) or bearish engulfing (shorts), or a pin bar\/wick rejection<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1089\" data-end=\"1178\">You could zoom in to the 1H or 15min for tighter entry if scalping around position builds<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1089\" data-end=\"1178\">Wait for the 4H candle to close for confirmation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1185\" data-end=\"1233\"><strong data-start=\"1192\" data-end=\"1233\">4. Risk Management &amp; Trade Management<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1235\" data-end=\"1484\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1235\" data-end=\"1296\"><strong data-start=\"1237\" data-end=\"1251\">Stop Loss:<\/strong> Just below\/above the structure or last swing<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1297\" data-end=\"1325\"><strong data-start=\"1299\" data-end=\"1307\">TP1:<\/strong> Previous high\/low<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1326\" data-end=\"1406\"><strong data-start=\"1328\" data-end=\"1336\">TP2:<\/strong> Extended move based on measured move or key levels (e.g., Daily zone)<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1407\" data-end=\"1434\"><strong data-start=\"1409\" data-end=\"1428\">Risk per trade:<\/strong> 0.2 &#8211; 0.5%<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1435\" data-end=\"1484\"><strong data-start=\"1437\" data-end=\"1449\">Trail SL<\/strong> once TP1 hits or move to breakeven<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1435\" data-end=\"1484\">Try and journal every trade!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1491\" data-end=\"1518\"><strong data-start=\"1498\" data-end=\"1518\">Works Best When:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1520\" data-end=\"1653\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1520\" data-end=\"1569\">The market is trending cleanl<strong data-start=\"1536\" data-end=\"1556\">y<\/strong> (not choppy)<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1570\" data-end=\"1653\">There is fundamental alignment (e.g., bullish USD + bullish trend on USD\/JPY)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forexmentorpro.com\/blog\/free-forex-training-course\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4732 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forexmentorpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/650x60-100-Free-training-course-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"60\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.forexmentorpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/650x60-100-Free-training-course-4.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.forexmentorpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/650x60-100-Free-training-course-4-300x28.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thinus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 4-Hour Chart Positioning Strategy, This strategy could help you position in the direction of the dominant trend on the 4H chart,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1939,"featured_media":219753,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[423,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-219848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-forex-basics","category-forex-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forexmentorpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forexmentorpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forexmentorpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forexmentorpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1939"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forexmentorpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219848"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.forexmentorpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":219849,"href":"https:\/\/www.forexmentorpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219848\/revisions\/219849"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forexmentorpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forexmentorpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forexmentorpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forexmentorpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}