Question: What is the proper strategy when Belt Hold pattern appears in Candlestick chart?
Here is an example of strategy when you see the appearance of the Belt Hold pattern filtered by Stochastics at the overbought area, during the course of a rally.
Consider selling when the next candle falls below the low price of the pattern.
Consider placing a protective stop loss at the top of the pattern.
Take-Profit strategy is heavily dependent on the trading profile of each individual:
- Close 50% of the position when price closes below the EMA(20) provided that the distance travelled is at least equal to the length of the pattern.
- Move the protective stop-loss at the middle of the pattern.
- Close the remaining 20% when price reaches the 200% of the length of the pattern.
- Move the protective stop-loss at the bottom of the pattern.
- Close the remaining 20% of the position when price reaches 300% of the length of the pattern.
- Close the remaining 10% of the position at the presence of a reversal candlestick or when price closes back above the EMA(20).
- Other combinations may be applied.