{"id":4857,"date":"2011-05-23T09:08:10","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T19:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/?p=4857"},"modified":"2025-07-30T03:04:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T10:04:01","slug":"7-reasons-to-trade-four-hour-charts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/7-reasons-to-trade-four-hour-charts\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Reasons to Trade Four Hour Charts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Trade<\/p>\n

In my travels to Poland<\/a> and Estonia<\/a>, there is one thing that was abundantly clear.\u00a0 To get the full experience at a location, I could not be sitting in front of a screen trading for 6 hours a day.<\/p>\n

This got me thinking about how it would be great to also have some 4 hour chart strategies that would still have excellent risk reward ratios, but would be trades that I would only have to check once or twice a day.\u00a0 In addition, Metatrader 4 alerts<\/a> could also be a big help in detaching me from the computer screen.<\/p>\n

Although trades based off the 4 hour charts would probably have larger stops, the rewards could be as follows:<\/p>\n

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  1. Larger profit potential.<\/li>\n
  2. Trade entry time is not so critical.\u00a0 I would not have to get into a trade right away, there would be more room for error.<\/li>\n
  3. Trading a longer time frame would give me more time to do other things I love to do.<\/li>\n
  4. Backtesting is easier because there would be fewer setups per time period.<\/li>\n
  5. Since I could test more pairs, I could also trade more pairs, providing more opportunities.<\/li>\n
  6. Once I master a profitable strategy<\/a>, I could teach it to people with day jobs.<\/li>\n
  7. It would allow me to practice patience and not trading for the sake of trading.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    My only apprehension is that I have been known to get antsy in the past when trading a four hour strategy.\u00a0\u00a0 Anyway, those were just some thoughts that I had on my trip.<\/p>\n

    I will probably hold off for now, but a four hour trading strategy or two can definitely have a place in a trader's arsenal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Trading the four hour charts have some distinct advantages. 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