Are you also getting dizzy in this market from all kinds of technical indicators? I see too many people still praying for a master’s guidance in live streams—only to end up losing everything. Actually, the problem may not be that complicated. The key is that you may have overlooked the most important thing—price itself.

I only truly understood what naked K trading means recently. Simply put, it’s about ditching all those complicated and varied indicators and looking only at price action itself. It doesn’t mean you completely stop using tools, but rather that all tools must start from the candlestick chart itself—such as trend lines, Fibonacci lines, and so on. In essence, they’re all extensions of price structure. Price structure is the key to determining market direction, and that’s the core logic of naked K trading.

To master naked K trading, I think the most important thing is understanding market structure. In simple terms, market structure is the pattern shown by the highs and lows formed as price moves. When you connect these extreme points, you can see what the market is doing. A lot of people lose money because they don’t seriously look at this structure.

I break it into three steps, and they’re especially clear:

First step: identify important support and resistance levels. These locations are often where bulls and bears fiercely battle each other. It’s best to do this on larger timeframes, such as daily or weekly charts. You need to mark obvious swing highs and swing lows—these are places where price is likely to pull back. Also pay attention to a few details: psychological whole numbers (like the 10,000 round-number level), Fibonacci retracement lines (levels like 50% and 61.8% often have big orders waiting), pivot point systems (calculated from the high, low, open, and close of the previous trading day). Sometimes support and resistance aren’t fixed. Areas where moving averages or multiple support/resistance zones overlap tend to be stronger.

Second step: judge the market direction—that is, the trend. The market only has three ways of moving: rising, falling, and ranging. In an uptrend, both lows and highs gradually lift; in a downtrend, it’s the opposite. Once you confirm the trend direction, you can formulate your entry strategy. Many successful naked K traders make profits by following and tracking the main trend.

Third step: understand market psychology. This is the hardest part. Market psychology is mainly reflected through price formations and K-line formations. Price formations fall into two main categories: reversal formations (head and shoulders top/bottom, double top/bottom, V-type, etc.) and consolidation/continuation formations (triangles, wedges, rectangles, etc.). K-line formations are also divided into reversal and continuation types—for example, hammer candles, engulfing patterns, and doji. These formations reflect the power balance between buyers and sellers, and can help you judge what will happen next.

Let me give an example. Looking at the 1-hour chart of palm oil, the price broke through the double top neckline—this is a good entry point. From the left side of the chart, both the highs and lows are rising, indicating an uptrend, but the appearance of the double top pattern suggests that a correction may be coming. The sideways upward movement along the rising trend line shows that the buyers’ strength is insufficient. When this structure is broken, the double top is confirmed, and the sellers’ strength starts to increase. Finally, when the neckline is broken, it’s a clear sell signal. A strong bearish K line confirms this signal, with clearly defined stop-loss points and profit targets.

To be honest, naked K trading is known as one of the technical methods with the strongest profitability in the market. But ultimately, whether you can make money still depends on the person using it. Experience, psychological resilience, and how well you understand the market—these are the determining factors. So rather than always searching for new systems, it’s better to spend time deeply understanding market structure and accumulating hands-on experience. Consistent, stable profits come from exactly that.