Investing (from a month)

Ready-made indicator presets and practical lifehacks for investing👇

Investment style = not reacting to every local impulse, but watching the global trend, filtering out noise and building a position only in strong bottom-of-market zones.

The main thing here is to build a position at a good price in time.

So as not to participate in chasing every signal and jumping on the last wagon, Midas helps to:

• trade only from key zones of interest, where the price begins to move

• enter only on confirmation, where action is required right now

• filter out extra noisy signals

Below I present my favorite preset settings and a step-by-step action algorithm for investments, listing only the main tools for a "quick start". But that doesn't mean the other indicators are unnecessary - you can study them a bit later. There isn't a single redundant indicator in Midas and when you master them - the chart will become like an open book to you) I wish you patience and profits!

🤓For beginner investors

Configure the indicator:

• Strategy and number of signals - "Investing" (signals appear rarely, trades take a long time to develop, almost no noise)

• Signal filter against the trend - "Price Channel" (signals against the trend will be automatically hidden)

• Set the same settings in the lower indicator for synchronous operation

If you are new or confused, use only one time frame 1 day and that's it - don't try to be a hero until you can repeat the algorithm 20 times in a row:

• Step 1. Using the price channel we look for a clear uptrend - it's enough to find a green color with an upward slope

• Step 2. Using the lower boundary of the channel we determine the zone of interest from which we will build the position in parts, not at once

• Step 3. Wait for confirmation of a bounce from the zone of interest - several candles cannot break through the zone of interest (channel boundary) - start building the position in parts, when a BUY signal appears - add the remaining part, approximate targets and stop will be set on the chart automatically

🎯STEP-BY-STEP TRADING ALGORITHM

Step 1. Look for an uptrend "for the future" by the price channel

• Price channel is green

• Sideways (yellow channel) = skip the asset so as not to freeze your money

Step 2. Wait for the price to approach the zone of interest

• The price should come to the lower boundary of the channel and receive a reaction

Step 3. Entry

• You wait for the candle close and confirmation of a bounce off the channel boundary (several candles failed to break it)

• You build the position in parts at the moment of the bounce - stop beyond the zone / channel edge

• After the Buy signal you buy the last part

Step 4. Exit

• If the price took the first target, you lock in 50%, move the stop to breakeven

• Main target - the nearest channel boundary / level / liquidity (don't be greedy)

To avoid blowing your account and freezing funds unnecessarily:

• We do not trade a signal without a level, a signal “in the air” = garbage!

• Don't go against the trend. Look only for live assets.

• Always wait for a signal at the candle close. Trading without this turns into chaos!

• Always wait for confirmation - several candles could not break the level

Mini-checklist for self-check:

• Does the price channel show the direction? ✅

• Is the price at the channel boundary? ✅

• Buy in the direction of the channel? ✅

• Did the candle close? ✅

• Stop beyond the level? ✅

• Take profit at the next zone? ✅

🎯Clear examples of how to trade and how not to

✅Long trades

We see a clear uptrend - the price channel is green and pointing up

Wait for the price to approach the zone of interest - the lower boundary of the channel

Wait for confirmation of the bounce and the signal - open a long

Close the position at the upper boundary of the channel

Trades “in the air”, even if there was a signal, skip - trade only from levels

✅Short trades

❌Signals in the air

❌Signals against the trend

😎For advanced investors

Configure the indicator:

• Strategy and number of signals - choose "Investing" (signals appear rarely, trades take a long time to develop, almost no noise)

• Signal filter against the trend - if you trade only by a clear trend, choose "Price Channel" or "EMA-200" (you can test other filters and look at history), if you want to see all signals and filter them yourself - skip

• Set the same settings in the lower indicator for synchronous operation

To maximally cut off all noise, take precise entries only from strong zones of interest, and confirm the entry with several triggers - use three time-frames:

• 1 week: look at the global trend - search for clear upward movements (on the upper indicator - EMA and channel, on the lower indicator - necessarily money flow to determine the bottom/peak of the market and the direction of money and follow large capital + trend ribbon to determine the current wave)

• 1 day: look at the zone of interest (horizontal levels, price channel, liquidity heatmap, horizontal volume profile)

• 4 hours: find the entry (we look for signals on the lower TF - ignore signals on higher TFs)

🎯STEP-BY-STEP TRADING ALGORITHM

Step 1. Context (1 week)

• Look for assets where the trend is up

• Sideways = you trade only from levels, no EMA and “signal in the air” and even then - only if money flow it shows a reversal at the market bottom

• Confirm the strength of the level with shelves of horizontal volumes

Step 2. Zone (1 day)

• The price came to a strong level or the channel boundary or horizontal volume

• Nearby there is liquidity (as a target, or where they can “take out before a reversal”)

Step 3. Entry (4 hours)

• Wait for the candle close for confirmation of a bounce from the zone of interest

• Enter after the reaction in parts (not into the level, but from the level), stop beyond the zone of interest

• Do not place a stop in the liquidity zone (purple stripe), the price may take that liquidity together with your stop

Step 4. Exit

• Targets: the next strong level or the nearest large liquidity

• If the price “collected liquidity” and gave a reversal, don't be greedy - lock in or take in parts: 50% immediately, the rest depending on the situation

Mini-checklist for self-check:

• 1 week: clear trend and context? ✅

• 1 day: strong zone? ✅

• 4 hours: is there a reaction? ✅

• Did additional triggers (money flow, trend ribbon) confirm the trade? ✅

Buy / Sell signals are viewed only on the lower time-frame where we determine the entry; on higher time-frames ignore signals - they are needed only for analyzing trends and strong levels.

⚙️Midas Up settings preset for investments

Let's break down the top tools of the upper indicator - what to enable/study so it's useful, not just pretty. The rest can be hidden to declutter the chart:

1. Trend (the direction we trade in)

• A simple method - price channel (shows the local trend and channel boundaries from which a bounce may occur)

• An advanced method - EMA 20 50 100 200 (with 4 different moving average periods, you can quickly understand the local and global trend)

1. Levels (zones of interest on the upper indicator from which the price will react)

• For a clear trend - price channel (wait for a reaction from the channel boundaries)

• For sideways - classic horizontal support and resistance levels

• For determining targets and stops - liquidity heatmap (shows where the price will be attracted - where not to place the stop)

1. Confirmations (additional triggers for opening a trade)

• Buy / Sell signal - this is not a “command to enter”, but merely a “reason to open the chart” or an additional confirmation of the setup (for example, the trend is bullish, the price pulled back to a support level, a bounce up began, and we received a Buy signal - that's confirmation)

• Buyer / seller pressure - these are green and red circles near the candle; for a long trade a green circle is good, for a short trade - a red circle.

⚙️Midas Down settings preset for investments

Similarly, let's break down the top tools of the lower indicator - what to enable/study to be useful, and what can be hidden to declutter the chart:

1. Trend (confirming the direction we trade in)

• Global - money flow (greatly shows the market bottom and peak + where the money goes)

• Local - trend ribbon (greatly shows the current wave structure without noise)

1. Confirmations (additional triggers for opening a trade)

• Price impulse - replaces all oscillators and much more accurately shows the strength and speed of the impulse, and the dots on it show the moment of impulse reversal earlier than anything else

• Scale with overheated states of 6 main oscillators - quickly and conveniently shows the overall picture of where the market is pushing the price (when the scale is massively colored, where it reverses (when colors massively disappear)

🔔Alerts for investments

• On the lower 4-hour TF set alerts for BUY / SELL on candle close

• On the higher 1-day TF set alerts for bounce from the level

• If you need alerts in Telegram - a detailed instruction is here.

📊How to backtest the indicator on history

Method 1: open settings and uncheck "Show only the latest signal" - all past signals will be displayed - they do not repaint after the candle closes, so you can analyze how and where they appeared, find patterns that work

Method 2: open settings and select the indicator operating mode "Auto-tester" - this way you will see a table with statistics for the last week / month / year, which contains statistics of signals and their P/L, stops, winrate, etc...

❓Frequently asked questions about investments

On which timeframes should you trade long-term at all?

Basics: entries most often on 4 hours, because there is less noise and hysteria there. On higher TFs (1 day/week) look at trend and zones, but not signals!

What to do if one TF shows one signal and another TF shows another?

Buy / Sell signals work like waves and each TF has its own signal, not connected to another TF. It's important to confirm the trade with a signal only on the TF where we are looking for the entry. On other TFs do not pay attention to signals!

Where to place a stop when investing?

Classic: beyond the level / beyond the zone, so that a breakout really invalidates the idea. And a separate rule: do not place a stop in liquidity zones (purple stripes), because they are often “collected”.

Where is it more logical to take profit?

• the nearest strong level

• the boundary of the price channel

• the nearest liquidity (as a “magnet/target”)

• If you want discipline: lock in 50% quickly, manage the rest according to the situation, but don't turn a scalp into a swing “because I believe”

Why didn't the level hold?

All levels get broken. Bet on strong ones where there were 2 reactions and confirm the bounce - wait for several candles that failed to break.

In investments, enter immediately on the signal?

No. A signal is confirmation, not a command to go all-in. In Midas the signal notifies and helps to analyze, the decision is yours.

How not to catch a countertrend and suffer?

Turn on filtering against the trend (EMA-200 or price channel). This is the basic way to remove all signals against the movement.

EMA, price channel or money flow: what is better for investments?

Definitely - money flow. It best shows market cycles - the market bottom and peak, as well as the direction of money in the asset. It's enough to buy the bottom in parts and take profits at the peaks - always following big capital!

What to do if the market is sideways and the channel is yellow?

Yellow mode = the market is chopping. In a sideways market it's better either to skip, or (if you're not a beginner anymore) trade only from borders/strong levels and with confirmation by money flow (flow directed upward), but in no case in the middle of the channel. The price channel is created exactly to see this.

How to correctly set alerts for investments?

Logic: alert = “open the chart”, not “enter mindlessly”. Configure BUY/SELL on the 4-hour TF. Notifications can be received in the app/browser/email, etc., and the list/limits depend on the plan. How to set it up see in the special section (table of contents on the left).

What is more important: the level or the signal?

The level/zone is more important - no question. A signal without a zone often turns into an “entry in the air”.