When do you check your trades?

To all the people that trade M15 and higher, when do you check your trades assuming you dont trade fulltime? I have no idea how I would go about trading M30 or 1H because I like to check my charts every bar.

To everyone that trades M30, do you check your charts every half hour?

Well, I trade the hourly/4hr/daily chart. My entry signals are simple: inside bar/pin bar/engulfment candlestick formation.

For the most part, I check the market hourly. For instance, at the beginning of an hour, I look for anyone of my validated entry signals. If the previous hourly candle presents a signal, I jump in and take it. If no signal present itself, I pass and I'll wait for the next hour before looking at the market. Now, this is all done for the Hourly timeframe. The same concept goes for 4hour and daily timeframes.

Example

1. Hourly -- check the market every hour for entry signal
2. 4 Hour -- check the market every 4 hours for entry signal
3. Daily -- check the daily chart at the beginning of the Asian session

The game is the same, if I do open a position. On the hourly chart, if I open a position at the beginning of the hour ... I walk away. I won't look at that trade until the next hour and what I look for is any non-continuation candlestick formation. If price looks to continue, I lock in my profits the next hour by moving my Stop order passed the break even point. Now, for any reason price goes against my trade, I won't find our until the next hour and/or I'll get a text/email when my Stop order has been hit (I place alarms on near my Stop and Entry Orders). The idea of this is the exact same for the 4 hourly and daily timeframe.

My trading method allows me not to over trade or over think my decision. If a set up presents itself, I'll place an pending entry order and a stop order 25-40 pips back.

hi jhig
i also playing with 1 and 4hr and see daily+ weekly to confirm the direction.
just wonder do you set the stoploss before it's moving on the right direction then locking your profit to breakeven?

sometimes i got stopped in around 30 pips, but after 2 hours my direction is correct

I have an alarm running on my computer when I am at work. Every hour the alarm rings and I check the price chart. I only use several minutes checking charts every day.