50-ICT Mentorship Core Content - Month 5 - Ideal Seasonal Tendencies

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1 00:00:16,770 --> 00:00:24,960 ICT: Welcome back, folks, this is lesson 4.3 of the January 2017, ICT mentorship, continuing our discussion on seasonal tendencies, we're going to be
2 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:37,770 highlighting ideal seasonal tendencies and higher timeframe analysis. This is going to be specifically dealing with foreign exchange or FX pairs. Okay, before
3 00:00:37,770 --> 00:00:49,710 we begin, just a reminder that seasonal tendencies are a tendency, they're not a panacea, to not be all end all they're not a absolution. They're just roadmaps
4 00:00:49,710 --> 00:00:59,790 of what has happened in the past with price action. So when we look at these charts, the orientation is, for instance, for the forex pair, all the dollar.
5 00:01:00,270 --> 00:01:09,240 The chart on the left is the Australian dollar futures price, seasonal tendency. And the chart on the right US Dollar Index, seasonal tendency for the futures
6 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:18,030 price. What I'm sharing with you the ideal seasonal tendencies, what we're actually looking at is we're comparing the two seasonal tendency charts, we're
7 00:01:18,030 --> 00:01:25,980 looking for the most diametrically opposed price action between the two. So when we're focusing on high probability, or in my definition, an ideal seasonal
8 00:01:25,980 --> 00:01:34,710 tendency is when the underlying market is predisposed to go in a direction that seasonal tendency is being outlined in here. So doesn't mean every single year,
9 00:01:34,710 --> 00:01:43,110 the seasonal tendency may or may not come to fruition. But that's okay. It's a general rule of thumb, there's plenty of these seasonal tendencies as we go
10 00:01:43,110 --> 00:01:52,860 through the major pairs. So there's something always every year that would set up a potential long term trade. You see here on the Australian dollar, the
11 00:01:52,860 --> 00:02:02,370 strongest seasonal tendency, in contrast to that of the dollar index on the right, the shaded area here shows the strongest tendency for Australian Dollar
12 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:17,460 futures prices to rally in March and make a top sometime in May. Now, if this is true, we should see a sell off in the dollar index. And we do in fact, see that
13 00:02:17,460 --> 00:02:28,890 same thing occurring between March and a decline making a low in May. So between the two, we have a qualified ideal scenario for the Australian US Dollar pair in
14 00:02:28,890 --> 00:02:38,130 FX to rally because it's the first currency in the name of the pair Australian dollar. All as he looks to rally at time of year, same time the dollar index so
15 00:02:38,130 --> 00:02:47,880 the pair construction, and the way it's designed. When we watch price of Aussie dollar, when we see price rallying on that chart, we're actually seeing the rise
16 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:57,900 of Australian Dollar futures or Australian prices versus lower prices on the dollar index. So in an ideal scenario, this trade would be best suited to be
17 00:02:57,900 --> 00:03:07,800 found on a long term primary bullish market. Or if we made a long term low, we could potentially test this theory in terms of catching a long term trade.
18 00:03:13,590 --> 00:03:21,780 Okay, our next pair we're going to look at is the New Zealand dollar or kiwi. Coupled with the dollar index. On the left hand side, that's the New Zealand
19 00:03:21,810 --> 00:03:32,490 dollar futures contract seasonal tendency. And again, on the right hand side, it is the US Dollar index futures seasonal tendency. See here again, just like we
20 00:03:32,490 --> 00:03:42,210 saw on the Australian dollar, we can see a rally that's typical for a March April time period, making a high in May for the New Zealand dollar futures
21 00:03:42,210 --> 00:03:51,360 price. And again, if this is true, we're gonna see a contrasting sell off at the same time of the year. Again, we do see that may April high and a low forming in
22 00:03:51,360 --> 00:04:03,300 May. Now these are only focusing on the highest ideal, your long term setup, and not looking for every possible scenario for seasonal play. But for long term
23 00:04:03,300 --> 00:04:12,480 analysis, we're focusing only on the most obvious ones that jump off the chart. And they have historical data to support it. And again, because it's a tendency
24 00:04:12,510 --> 00:04:19,530 doesn't mean it's going to happen every single year. So the best scenario would be when you're in a bullish condition. And you're seeing underlying bullishness
25 00:04:19,530 --> 00:04:29,940 for New Zealand Dollar, this seasonal tendency should have an effect on price. That time of year between March and April we should be seeing a seasonal low and
26 00:04:29,940 --> 00:04:42,870 for a couple of months you see a rally up into around May. The next pair we're gonna look at is the Euro dollar or fiber. And we're gonna be focusing on the
27 00:04:42,870 --> 00:04:52,200 left hand chart for the euro futures price. And then we're gonna look at the chart on the right for the futures price on the US Dollar Index. As you see
28 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:59,970 here, we have a seasonal load it usually forms between June and July and that should be seen with a high that forms in the dollar index. So as a long term
29 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:07,440 High timeframe scenario, this is the ideal scenario you would look for a load of form in the summer of Euro dollar
30 00:05:13,950 --> 00:05:24,210 CAD next one we're looking at is the cable or British Pound versus US dollar. The chart on the left is the British pound futures price and seasonal tendency.
31 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:34,170 And the dollar index is on the right hand side seasonal tendency for the futures price as well. For the British pound, we have the strongest tendency to make a
32 00:05:34,170 --> 00:05:46,470 low in March with a high forming in May. And if this is true, we will be seeing a high form between March and April with a low forming in May. And we do see
33 00:05:46,470 --> 00:05:56,670 that here. So this is the highest probable or ideal scenario for seasonal tendencies. Again, not a panacea or be all end all. But it is a really good time
34 00:05:56,670 --> 00:06:05,580 to expect a bullish scenario, or at least for a long term trade if the underlying market for the British pound is bullish. So if you're studying the
35 00:06:05,580 --> 00:06:13,770 futures price of the British pound, or if you just watching the POUND DOLLAR FX pair, and on a higher timeframe charts, we're expecting to see higher prices,
36 00:06:13,770 --> 00:06:22,410 we're in a long term uptrend. If we enter this time of year between March and April, we would be expecting some seasonal low to form. And we can see that
37 00:06:22,410 --> 00:06:35,520 actually is supported with ace sell off in the dollar. Seasonally as well. Want to contrast also the difference between these blue and red lines on the chart on
38 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:47,010 the left hand side, that's the British pounds futures seasonal tendency. The blue line represents 40 years of data. And the red line represents 15 years of
39 00:06:47,010 --> 00:06:59,820 data. So by contrasting that, you have a lot of time factored into these tendencies. So it's to me in my opinion, this is a really strong one, because
40 00:06:59,820 --> 00:07:08,640 it's many years worth of data. And it's also contrasting it with a smaller short term view of the marketplace where you in the last 15 years it was there and
41 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:16,740 then last 40 years it was still there. So between March and April, there's usually a seasonal low the forum's and then it rallies up to making a Spring
42 00:07:16,740 --> 00:07:29,970 High around May. And again it's really really positive and most likely expected to see happen when you have the underlying British pound in a strong uptrend or
43 00:07:30,390 --> 00:07:39,450 you've suspected a turn has taken place long term. And we haven't started trending up higher we can test this theory by taking a trade and see if it does
44 00:07:39,450 --> 00:07:53,340 in fact pay now. The next pair is the dollar Swissy okay or US Dollar versus the Swiss franc Dollar Index is on the left hand side is a seasonal tendency for the
45 00:07:53,340 --> 00:08:03,120 futures price of the dollar index. And on the right hand side is the futures chart seasonal tendency for the Swiss franc. So, what we have on the dollar
46 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:13,620 index we have a seasonal tendency for the dollar to make a seasonal high in the June July time period. So summer highs forming in dollar index and contrasting
47 00:08:13,620 --> 00:08:23,250 load forms in June July in the Swiss franc. So we have a strong tendency for that to make a major turning point in the summer months for this particular pair
48 00:08:23,250 --> 00:08:35,370 and again, this would be an ideal scenario where the dollar is in a bearish market. Primary downtrend or if we are in a primary option for the Swiss franc,
49 00:08:35,670 --> 00:08:37,620 this will be a good scenario to trade this as well.
50 00:08:46,650 --> 00:08:57,480 Okay, the dollar versus Japanese yen. And left hand side we have again, the seasonal tendency for the futures price for the dollar index. And then on the
51 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:06,870 right we have the seasonal tendency chart for the futures price of the Japanese yen. Strongest tendency on the dollar is the CA high forming a sell off into
52 00:09:06,870 --> 00:09:20,220 May. And the opposite is seen with a seasonal low forming in March in April and we see that that generally makes the long term low for the Japanese yen at that
53 00:09:20,220 --> 00:09:33,300 time across the calendar year. If we're looking at seasonal tendencies again, the way you could trade this is if you are in a downtrend for the dollar index.
54 00:09:33,420 --> 00:09:46,440 This would be a really good one the sell dollar versus Japanese yen or if you are in a bullish uptrend for the Japanese yen. This is a good time to sell short
55 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:52,110 this currency pair because you'd be buying strength of the Japanese yen while selling dollars
56 00:10:00,659 --> 00:10:10,499 Okay, our next pair is the dollar CAD, or US Dollar versus Canadian dollar. On the left hand side, we have the dollar index futures, seasonal tendency. And on
57 00:10:10,499 --> 00:10:18,839 the right we have Canadian dollar futures seasonal tendency. And for the dollar, we have a strong tendency to create a high again in that March April time period
58 00:10:18,839 --> 00:10:30,149 making a low in May. And we see the opposite is seen with the Canadian dollar making a low in March April in the high forming in May. So the way you would use
59 00:10:30,149 --> 00:10:38,819 this seasonal tendency is if you're bearish on the dollar index, this is a good time to be selling short dollar, CAD. Or if you're long term bullish on Canadian
60 00:10:38,819 --> 00:10:47,549 dollar, this is a good time to sell this pair, because you can see the weakness in the dollar index in the strength underlying with the Canadian dollar. So it
61 00:10:47,549 --> 00:10:56,189 kind of like go back in summary with these seasonal tendencies, just because we're looking at one seasonal tendency, for instance, when we're looking at
62 00:10:56,399 --> 00:11:05,099 seasonal seasonal tendencies for the dollar index. When that occurs, like for instance, between March and April time period, we expected the dollar index to
63 00:11:05,099 --> 00:11:15,359 create some measure of a high long term, seasonally, it doesn't mean it's going to happen. But we're expecting it to occur. By itself, it means that we're
64 00:11:15,359 --> 00:11:26,339 primarily bearish on the dollar index, this is an ideal scenario to be selling dollars. Now, that may not be apparent in the dollar index. But if we see a
65 00:11:26,369 --> 00:11:37,559 pair, or a currency that is coupled with $1, that has a strong seasonal tendency to rally at a specific time of the year, like that March April time period, like
66 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:46,169 we're seeing here with the Canadian dollar. That means we don't have to be in the uptrend for dollar index, we could be in a long term consolidation. But it's
67 00:11:46,379 --> 00:11:56,909 safe to say the Canadian dollar is in a bullish uptrend you're focusing in on that time of year, where March April creates a low in Canadian dollar and it
68 00:11:56,909 --> 00:12:07,709 rallies up into May. So with that seasonal tendency underlying strength for the Canadian dollar, that also would sell off the dollar versus CAD pair. So it's a
69 00:12:07,739 --> 00:12:15,059 it's a blending of the ideas. It's not simply Well, it has to be the downtrend for the dollar, and it has to be uptrend for the Canadian dollar, you only
70 00:12:15,059 --> 00:12:24,539 really need one. And by blending these two elements together and applying the seasonal tendency, you're really focusing in on when seasonally, the highest
71 00:12:24,539 --> 00:12:32,969 probability for a big move is to occur, you narrow it down to a specific time of the year, certain calendar months, and highest probability seasonal tendency. So
72 00:12:32,969 --> 00:12:42,449 you can go through your calendar ahead of time and write down certain months where you want to be focusing on specific plays that may unfold in price. It's
73 00:12:42,449 --> 00:12:48,869 real easy to forget about the seasonal tendencies when you get caught up in the day trading and short term trading and read in other stuff about ICT material.
74 00:12:49,379 --> 00:12:56,399 But you want to have this stuff in your in your calendar on your trading desk, there should always be things to watch this month things to watch the coming
75 00:12:56,399 --> 00:13:02,909 month, okay. And these are the types of things you want to have in your notes. So when you're working at your desk, and you have your your your trade desk
76 00:13:02,909 --> 00:13:12,539 open, you're looking for trades, always start your trading day, every single day with reviewing a macro perspective like this, are we coming on a time period
77 00:13:12,539 --> 00:13:22,319 where there's a high probability for a sustainable move, and it's seen by these types have seasonal tendencies. Very rarely do you have things that would line
78 00:13:22,349 --> 00:13:32,489 up or give you clues that future price should do certain things or have a rhythm to it, like seasonal tendencies. And when we study these, you're going to see
79 00:13:32,489 --> 00:13:38,789 that we're gonna go we're going to refer to these actually, multiple times throughout the disciplines of trading. We're gonna use them again in swing
80 00:13:38,789 --> 00:13:47,189 trading, and in short term trading, so we're not done with them because we're doing high timeframe analysis, but for higher time frame analysis, these are the
81 00:13:47,189 --> 00:13:55,559 scenarios you want to be focusing on specifically for these respective pairs. So until we talk again, I wish you good luck and good trading