📈 BOSS Business School｜Three-Cycle Trading Method: Make Trades More Likely to Win

For many traders, the biggest problem isn’t that they can’t read the market—it’s that they fight every cycle.

Today I’ll share a “three-cycle trading method” that’s quite practical in real trading. By cross-verifying with different time frames, it improves the success rate of entries while reducing ineffective trades.

✅ Step 1: Use the 4-hour chart to determine direction
First, use the 4H moving averages to judge the market’s big trend—only trade in the direction of the trend.
In a bull market, look only for long opportunities; in a bear market, look only for short opportunities, avoiding stubborn battles against the trend.

✅ Step 2: Use the 1-hour chart to find key levels
Observe support, resistance, and prior high/prior low positions to plan your entry and exit zones.
Good trades aren’t about chasing price—they’re about waiting for an opportunity at key levels.

✅ Step 3: Wait for signals on the 15-minute chart
When price reaches your predefined zone, then wait for a reversal signal on the 15-minute candlestick, such as engulfing patterns, Pin Bar, breakout and retest, etc., before considering an entry.

📌 Lastly, and most importantly: Risk management

When the directions across the three time frames are consistent, the trade win rate naturally improves;
if there’s a contradiction between time frames, choose to wait and watch—no need to force the trade.

Remember this line:

“Look at the higher time frame, trade the lower time frame; if there’s no confluence, don’t trade.”

For every trade, you must set a stop-loss in advance and maintain a risk-reward ratio of at least 1:2. As long as you follow the discipline long-term, even if your win rate isn’t high, you can still grow steadily through compounding.

💬 Which time frames do you usually look at when trading?
Do you look at 4H + 1H + 15M, or daily + 4H + 1H?
Feel free to leave a comment to share your trading habits—let’s exchange market thinking together!