Safe Simple Trading

If you’re like me, you’re searching for independence — the ability to work for yourself, set your own schedule, and build a skill that puts you fully in control. Whether you want to supplement your current income or develop the discipline to trade currencies with confidence, you’re in the right place.I’m offering you access to two high‑probability, multi‑time‑frame Forex strategies that I personally trade every day. These methods are the result of several years of refinement, testing, and real‑market experience. They are designed to help you identify clear market direction, structure your entries with precision, and manage your trades with consistency.Both strategies can be applied on any time frame, making them suitable for part‑time traders, full‑time traders, or anyone looking to build a structured, repeatable approach. As with any skill, your success will come from practice, discipline, and a commitment to mastering the process.I won’t waste your time with long personal stories or basic explanations you can find anywhere online. Instead, I focus on delivering a clear, actionable framework you can study, apply, and grow with.Consider this the beginning of an exciting new chapter in your trading journey. Explore the material below, take your time with the charts, and right‑click to open them in a larger window for better clarity.I’ve been trading these strategies since 2023, and in the downloads section you’ll find an example trading plan and journal to help you build your own structured workflow.

I teach two complementary, high‑probability trading strategies, each built around a structured multi‑time‑frame approach. While both methods work together to give you a complete view of market direction and trade execution, you only need one solid entry strategy to become consistently profitable. Choose the approach that fits your personality, study it deeply, and make it your own. Mastery comes from focus, repetition, and building a strategy that aligns with how you see the market.

Strategy Principles

STRATEGY — The Five Principles That Built My Trading Success
After seven years of live trading — seven years of testing, failing, refining, and simplifying — I reached a point of clarity that changed everything. Consistent profitability didn’t come from adding more tools, more indicators, or more complexity. It came from removing what didn’t matter and doubling down on what did.These four principles are the foundation of my strategy. They’re simple, practical, and battle‑tested. They reflect the lessons that only time, screen‑time, and real losses can teach. And if you apply them with discipline, they will give you the same clarity and confidence they gave me.PRINCIPLE 1 — Simplicity Is Your Edge
In trading, simplicity isn’t a weakness — it’s a weapon. Your advantage doesn’t come from stacking indicators or trying to interpret every market twitch. It comes from making one clear, confident decision again and again.Every extra tool adds another opinion, another parameter, another reason to hesitate or second‑guess yourself. One clean method beats six conflicting ones.When you rely on a small, focused set of tools:
— your chart becomes easier to read
— your decisions become faster
— your rules become harder to breakYou stop reacting to noise and start responding to structure. You trade what matters — not what distracts.Most indicators are just different ways of showing the same price data. Loading your chart with MACD, Stochastic, CCI, multiple moving averages and custom tools doesn’t give you more insight — it multiplies confusion. Complexity feels safe, but it rarely improves performance. It just gives you more excuses to take a bad trade or avoid a good one.Simplicity scales. Complexity collapses.
A simple system is easier to test honestly, easier to follow in real time, and easier to execute without bending the rules after a loss. Your edge isn’t more information — it’s better decisions.Use fewer tools, but use them with purpose. Build a clean chart, follow a clear process, and let simplicity sharpen your discipline.PRINCIPLE 2 — Top‑Down Analysis Gives You Structure and Confidence
Top‑down analysis is one of the simplest ways to give yourself a real structural advantage in the market. Once you understand it, you’ll never trade without it again.The Big Picture Makes You Smarter
Starting with the higher time frames shows you the true direction of the market. You’re not guessing. You’re not reacting to noise. You’re aligning your trade with the larger forces that actually move price.A top‑down view reveals:Dominant trend — where the market is truly headingMajor levels — where price is likely to reactKey zones — areas institutions defend or attackThis context protects you from taking trades that look good on a small chart but are doomed on the bigger one.The Middle Chart Shows the Opportunity
Once you know the higher‑time‑frame direction, the chart you actually trade becomes clearer. You’re no longer hunting random setups — you’re looking for pullbacks, continuations, and clean swing opportunities that fit the bigger picture.The Lower Chart Gives Precision
Top‑down analysis doesn’t just tell you what to trade — it tells you when.
The lower time frame becomes your entry tool, not your decision-maker. You’re timing your trade inside a setup that already makes sense.This gives you:
— cleaner entries
— tighter stops
— better reward‑to‑risk
more confidenceYou’re not chasing. You’re executing.Why This Works
Because it removes the two biggest enemies of swing traders: confusion and overthinking.Top‑down analysis gives you a simple, repeatable workflow:Start big — find the direction
Go medium — find the opportunity
Go small — time the entryNo clutter. No guessing. No fighting the trend.Top‑down analysis is the closest thing to a trading shortcut you’ll ever get. It keeps you aligned with the market, filters out bad trades, and gives you the confidence to execute the good ones.PRINCIPLE 3 — One Indicator, Three Timeframes, Total Clarity
After years of testing, I learned that you don’t need five indicators to make good decisions. You need one indicator used with purpose.Using a single momentum tool across three aligned timeframes creates a simple, powerful trend filter. When momentum agrees across the higher, middle, and lower timeframes, you’re trading with the flow of the market — not against it.This alignment removes the most common source of losses: trading against the higher‑time‑frame trend. It keeps your rules mechanical, repeatable, and easy to execute.The real edge isn’t the indicator itself — it’s the agreement across timeframes. When all three line up, trade in that direction. When they don’t, stand aside.This principle mirrors the classic “triple screen” logic used by seasoned traders for decades:
big chart for trend, middle chart for setup, small chart for entry.It’s simple. It’s structured. And it works.PRINCIPLE 4 — Heikin Ashi for Trend Persistence and Confidence
On the daily and weekly timeframes, Heikin Ashi candles offer something extremely valuable to swing traders: trend persistence.Empirical studies show that Heikin Ashi candles have a high probability — roughly 72–75% — of printing the same color on the next candle. In practical terms:
— a green daily candle today often means a green daily candle tomorrow
— a red weekly candle today often means a red weekly candle next weekThis doesn’t predict the future — nothing does — but it gives you a simple, reliable way to gauge trend strength and persistence.Heikin Ashi smooths out noise, highlights direction, and keeps you from overreacting to minor fluctuations. It’s not a magic tool, but it’s a powerful one when used on higher timeframes to confirm trend stability.The Result — A Strategy Built on Clarity, Structure, and Discipline
These four principles form a strategy that is:
— simple enough to follow
— strong enough to trust
— clear enough to execute
— disciplined enough to stay consistentPRINCIPLE 5 - The only holy grail is the use of multiple time frames. If I have two higher time frames saying down, then I enter on the next lower time frame after a pullback to resume the trend.This is the system I built through seven years of real trading. It’s not theoretical. It’s not complicated. It’s practical, repeatable, and designed for traders who want confidence, consistency, and simplicity.

Multi Time Frame RSI Strategy

Example 1

On the following charts I use:
5, 12, 200 and 633 EMA's
RSI with a period of 10.I do my top down analysis at the weekends when the forex markets are closed.
There are 3 things you want to check when doing your top down approach on the Monthly, Weekly and Daily are:
A. The market behavior
You need to look for the main trend direction. It is easy to spot a trending or ranging market.
B. The actual live price direction
You need to check what the price is doing right now. What I mean by that is, that the main trend can be up, but the price could be retracing at the moment.
C. Identify major support & resistance
Look for major support and resistance areas and draw your lines. Bounces and breaks of major support and resistance areas are most important. In the trading examples later on I will explain why.

Example:
Below is a screenshot of the CAD/CHF weekly chart, week beginning March 9, 2025. On the weekly I check the trend, as as indicated by red heikin ashi candles, indicating downward pressure. Moving averages are in order and especially the 5 has crossed below the 12 EMA. RSI is below the 50% level.
I have added any horizontal support and resistance and trend lines I could find.NB: This is going to be difficult example because we broke major support and we expect a pullback (a break and retest) before moving down. This is how support becomes resistance. Normally we like to put our stop loss behind support (or resistance) for safety. Our entry will always be on a pullback.Salient point are 5 crosses 12 EMA, RSI is below 50% and the current candle is red. There is a probability that the next candle will also be red. Plus we have just broken major weekly support line. We have a trend line support with 3 weekly touches. There is room to go down before hitting the next support line.

Below is the same weekly chart expanded, so we can see clearer. I have a red heikin ashi and it has just broke through major support.

Below is the daily chart expanded, so we can see clearer. I have a red heikin ashi and it has just broke through major support. Where I have drawn the red vertical line is the start of the following week, which we expect to see another weekly red candle. In other words, my prediction for the week is that it will end lower than the start.5 crosses 12 down and all moving averages are in order. The RSI is below the 50%. So far both weekly and daily are in agreement, i.e., the trend is down.

Below is the four hour chart expanded, so we can see clearer. on a lower time frame I like to enter on a pullback. I will wait until the 5 crosses the 12 above and the RSI goes above 50%. Then wait until after the pullback when the the 5 crosses the 12 below and the RSI goes below the 50% line to enter. At this point I will check that all three timeframes have the 5 crossing the 12 EMA and the RSI is below the 50% line on all time frames.

The red arrow will be my entry candle.

If you miss the entry, usually, you can get an even better entry on the next time frame down, the one hour. Then we look for the first pullback ( a 1 2 3 pattern) after the trend line break.

Example 2

Let's have a look at another example on the NZD/USD on September 13, 2026.We do our top down analysis, look at the direction and what price is doing now. Draw in our support/resistance and trend lines. We see the red heikin ashi before the red vertical line. That was the closing candle of last week. The next candle we predict will be red because the 5 has just crossed the 12 EMA down, RSI is below the 50% line and the moving averages are in the correct order. We also have a downward trend line behind which we could put out stop loss.

The daily has recently broken an upward sloping trend line. The next candle we predict will also be red because the 5 has just crossed the 12 EMA down, RSI is below the 50% line and the moving averages are in the correct order.

On the H4 below, we just had a pullback. We have trend line support (in green) above. The pullback, if we draw a short trendline look like it has broken. We can enter on this time frame or go down to a still lower time frame for entry.

On the 30 minute, it is much clearer.
We have the daily and four hour down, M30 also is down and we just finished a pullback. We put out stop behind the last high (or trend line or support/resistance or moving average), we take profit at 2:1.

Multi time frame hidden divergence strategy

A divergence occurs when an oscillator moves out of sync with price, creating a discrepancy between momentum and market structure. These discrepancies are known as divergences, and they can reveal valuable information about underlying market strength. I work with both regular divergences and hidden divergences, but I prefer hidden divergences because they typically signal continuation in the direction of the prevailing trend. Regular divergences, on the other hand, often highlight potential reversal conditions. Used together, they provide a balanced view of trend health and momentum shifts.

The strategy I teach is intentionally simple and built around three core components that work together to create a structured, high‑probability trading approach:1. Identify divergence on the current time frame — We begin by scanning the current time frame (CTF) for divergences between price and the oscillator. This gives us an early indication of potential momentum shifts or continuation setups.2. Confirm trend and structure using higher time frames — Once a divergence is detected on the CTF, we move to the higher time frame (HTF) to assess the broader trend and any structural impediments such as support, resistance, or supply/demand zones. This multi‑time‑frame alignment ensures we trade in harmony with the dominant market direction.3. Optimize entries on the lower time frame — After confirming the HTF trend, we drop to the lower time frame (LTF) to refine our entry. Here we use regular divergence, confluence factors, and defined signals to time entries with precision. When the trend remains healthy, we may take additional entries following the same rules. This technique is inspired by Gerald E. Greene’s work in Turning Losing Trades into Winners.Before we walk through a complete example, let me show you my chart setup, so you can see exactly how these components fit together in real time.

Chart Setup

Feel free to use your preferred oscillators, colors, and chart style — this setup is simply a guideline. Keep your system clean and uncomplicated; you only need two oscillators to read momentum effectively. When both oscillators agree, the signal is typically stronger than relying on a single indicator. An MT4 template is included in the Downloads section for convenience.Indicators and settings:— Relative Strength Index (RSI), Period 10, applied to close.— Stochastic Oscillator, %K period 8, Slowing 3, %D period 3.— Moving Average of Oscillator (OSMA / MACD Histogram), Fast EMA 8, Slow EMA 17, MACD SMA 9, applied to close.— Exponential Moving Averages (EMA) 5, 13, 50, 200, 800 (or simply 21, 50, 200 if you prefer a cleaner chart).I use oscillators primarily to detect divergence, and moving averages to define trend direction. This combination keeps the chart simple while providing clear, actionable information.At times, I also confirm trend strength using the RSI. When the RSI is above the 50% midpoint on both the current time frame and a higher time frame (typically 4–6 periods above), and the moving averages are properly aligned, the trend is generally stronger. We’ll explore this in more detail later.

The Strategy

On March3, 2023 on the 4-hour time frame I saw hidden divergence. See below.There is hidden divergence on the stochasic and the RSI indicator. Price is making a lower high but the oscillator is making a higher high.

When spotted you need to see what the higher time frame is showing. Using the table below, since our current time frame is the 4-hour, you can see that record '3.' shows that our higher time frame is the Daily.

On the Daily time frame we see that the trend is down.
Why is is down, because the yellow 5 EMA has crossed the red 13EMA down and because the RSI is below 50% midline. Also the structure has changed to lower lows and lower highs and price is below all the moving averages.

So, we have a sell on the 4-hour time frame and the daily is also pointing down.
Next we turn our attention to the lower time frame to confirm and optimize our entry.On the lower time frame, I like to confirm my trades with regular divergence but a break of structure or a trend line break are also complimentory.You ofter find regular divergence on the lower time frame. I also like to look for a break of structure, which means, in a downtrend lower lows and lower highs.NB: There is a section below on entries.

Note: Sometimes it is necessary to go to an even lower time frame to see the regular divergence and market structure clearer.See below how it is clearer on the 30 minutes time frame.

ENTRY, STOP LOSS AND TAKE PROFITS

ENTRY - Once hidden divergence is identified, I like to drop down to a lower timeframe. I am looking for regular divergence on at least 2 of the oscillators. For safety, I then look for a break of structure to enter.STOP LOSS - Goes above/below the last swing point and preferably behind a moving average, or support/resistance.TARGETS - Fixed 1:2 (2 X the risk). Other ways are to exit at the next support/resistance or cross of the 5/13 EMA. I have personally found a fixed 1:2 and with a walk away approach gives me a a 65% win rate. Since I make twice as much on the winners over the losers, it is really profitable.See example below:

Note well

Look for charts where the price action is clear and trending. Major liquid assets like forex majors, bitcoin, indexes or large cap shares.Very important - you need multiple reasons to enter, the more, the better. Confluence is the key to stacking the probabilities in your favor.Confluences I look for include:-
50 EMA/200EMA bounce
Trend line break
Support/resistance
Fibonacci
Hidden divergence RSI/Stochastic/OSMA/MACD
Candle stick patterns (Bullish/Bearish engulfing, pin bar, morning star, evening star)
Oscillator overbought/oversold
Shark fin (TDI)The higher probability trades usually have at least 3 to 4 confluences.

Hints and tips

Most important => You only need 2 to 4 high quality/high probability trades a month to make money. If you can do that CONSISTANTLY, then it's just a question of ramping up.
Furthermore, of these 4 trades you only really need one technique/method of entry. Look for ONE pattern which you can easily recognize on the hard right of the screen. Practice it, own it, you can always add another at a later point of time. Patience is the key to making money in this business. We get paid to wait :-)

A good trend following strategy requires a trend, a trigger, and a good risk to reward (entry, stop loss and take profit combined).The 200 (EMA or SMA) is a time tested trend indicator used by almost all traders. If the price is above it is in an uptrend, take only buys, if price is beneath, it is in a downtrend, take only sells, on any time frame. The complications occur when one time frame is pointing up and another is pointing down. What is the real trend? Always ensure you are trading in the direction of the higher time frame. My strategy relies on the next higher and next lower time frame are moving in the same direction. That is when you get the highest probability of the trade going in your favor.Each time frame should be separated by a factor of 4 to 6. For example I may choose to trade 3 time frames Day, H4 and H1. There are 6X H4 periods in a daily bar and 4X H1 periods in a 4 hour bar.Mentioned in the strategy above. We need the moving averages in the correct order, hidden divergence and using a lower time frame regular divergence or some of the confluences mentioned in the previous section.The take profit should be to at least the previous low in a down trend or the previous high in an up trend. See below.

If you use a stochastic or an RSI for hidden divergence, the stongest signal is where the oscillator pulls back to the extreme of the scale.On a still lower time frame, you could enter with each reset/pull back of the oscillator, if you want to stack entries.

Money Management

This topic is perhaps the most important in the field of trading. It is said that it is not where you enter the trade but how you manage it that is of importance. Having a solid trading plan and following it is crucial.There are several ways to manage a trade, but I offer you one that is simple. Here are the main points:1) Always use a stop loss. When you are about to buy or sell, locate the spot on the chart that will close the trade if the price does not move in the direction you want. Generally I use the level of the last swing. It is called "resistance" when the trend is downward and "support" when it is upward.The distance between the buy level and the stop loss gives the amount of pips you are willing to lose if the price does not go in the expected direction. Aim for a gain equal to or greater than your risk. At least twice times the stop distance or more.If I take 10 trades and 5 win and 5 lose, with a 1:2 risk to reward:
Lose trades 5 X 1 = -5
Win trades 5X 2 = 10
Therefore I am profitable with a profit of +5.2) Never risk more than 2% of your account. If you do this, it will be more difficult to make up for your losses with less capital. If your risk is less than 2%, you can increase the number of trades you take until you reach 2%. If you exceed 2%, decrease the number of lots accordingly. If you are already using the minimum number of lots allowed and the risk exceeds 2%, do not take the trade. There will be many other opportunities that will present themselves.To calculate your lot size always use a lot size calculator like:
https://www.babypips.com/tools/position-size-calculator
or
https://www.myfxbook.com/forex-calculators/position-size

Add-on Strategies

Some really good additional trade entries I am trading on separate accounts. Win rate 65+% with 1:2 Risk:Reward. All of these are trading with the trend, why swim upstream? As stated previously, you need a quantifiable trend, a trigger and a good risk to reward (stop loss/take profit). Up to you what suits your personality. Just make it your own, own it, let it be your ONE entry technique until mastered.

Add-on A:
Time frame H4 (4 hour)
20/50/200 EMA
Stochastic 8/3/3
Multi time frame RSI with period 8, Daily and Weekly (See 'Downloads').On the H4 time frame, wait for cross over of the 20/50 above/below the 200. Then take the first or second pullback of the stochastic which crosses the 50%. This is especially good if you have hidden divergence as shown below but also without. Moving averages in order and the multi time frame RSI must be above the 50% for a buy or below for a sell.Check one time frame higher if the moving averages are in order. Check one time frame lower if there is regular divergence, then better and and the moving averages are also in order.

Example of a buy.

Example of a sell.

Add-on BTDI Shark Fin -
Google TDI Shark Fin. Below we see a sell trade. We have a TDI shark fin with hidden divergence AT AN EXTREME. An extra strong confluence. You can also use just the TDI shark fin on it's own.
Moving averages are in order on this time frame and the one above (Daily).

As usual, we go down to a lower time frame to optimize our entry. On the H1 we see an M pattern at the 800 EMA (which is the 200 on the H4). Regular divergence on the MACD.
Entry criteria:-
- Close below the red 13 EMA.
- TDI market baseline bounce.
- After regular divergence.
- Trendline break.
- Break of structure.
- etc.

In summary:-
The these two additional entry methods are strategies in themselves but also a good add ons to the main strategy and certainly provides more trades.

DOWNLOADS

MT4 Template:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h9PH3CfEULlZiG9NnGuDH8NdZiSJjFdT/view?usp=sharingMT4 Multi time frame RSI:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mDHDBPXRqH7y2cfJs5LNQKbx9iinPSU7/view?usp=sharingStrategy A template:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kq0iBHzsvDQGYrm7JXSBSJzu3Q7g7y5h/view?usp=sharingTrading Plan:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ei0cbn8t9dhbdej3afxcaAQAxduco6V/edit?usp=drivelink&ouid=105253618270299790426&rtpof=true&sd=trueTrading Journal:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GJzIOzWp6E8u3mJvX8RGwCAB3j-i-AA-/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=105253618270299790426&rtpof=true&sd=true

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