I will show you a strategy I use to trade tick volume. Forex is a decentralized market, so the information is not as useful as on stocks, but I found it useable on shorter time-frames like the M1 and M15. Why shouldn't you trade it on higher TFs? Volume becomes less reliable as you increase the timeframe and I want to hold my trades for max. several hours and not days.
Tick Volume Divergence Trading
1. Open a M15 chart
2. Add tick volume
3. Watch for the trend on the H1
4. We want to trade in the direction of the trend, so we will look out for countertrend moves and wait for decreasing volume.
5. If the countertrend move has high volume in the beginning, look out for divergence. If we are looking for BUY trades: Price trading lower with volume decreasing. If we are looking for SELL trades: Price trading higher with volume decreasing.
6. When the divergence is spotted, wait for it to decrease to a low volume and take a trade in the direction of the trend.
I recommend minimal 1:2 risk-reward ratio and definitely avoid ranges for this strategy.
Here is a screen of a trade from yesterday and I trade I have currently running.
EUR/USD in a downtrend
Divergence with prices trading higher (countertrend) and decreasing volume spotted
Enter SELL trade as volume decreases to low vol. level
Tick Volume Divergence Trading
1. Open a M15 chart
2. Add tick volume
3. Watch for the trend on the H1
4. We want to trade in the direction of the trend, so we will look out for countertrend moves and wait for decreasing volume.
5. If the countertrend move has high volume in the beginning, look out for divergence. If we are looking for BUY trades: Price trading lower with volume decreasing. If we are looking for SELL trades: Price trading higher with volume decreasing.
6. When the divergence is spotted, wait for it to decrease to a low volume and take a trade in the direction of the trend.
I recommend minimal 1:2 risk-reward ratio and definitely avoid ranges for this strategy.
Here is a screen of a trade from yesterday and I trade I have currently running.
EUR/USD in a downtrend
Divergence with prices trading higher (countertrend) and decreasing volume spotted
Enter SELL trade as volume decreases to low vol. level