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0:00Whether you are a complete beginner who
0:01wants to learn trading, or you are
0:03somebody who has already been trading
0:04for 2-3 years. By the end of this video
0:07, I can definitely guarantee that if
0:09you watch the whole video, you will
0:10never have trouble marking trading
0:12levels and finding the right levels.
0:14Because in this particular video, I am
0:16going to explain things from the very
0:18basics to such an advanced level, to
0:19the point that you will be able to
0:21trade even on a 1-minute time frame,
0:22from the very, very basics. So, if you
0:24are an experienced trader who perhaps
0:26has one or two years of experience,
0:27this is my suggestion. I have been in
0:29trading for 7 years. Watch it once from
0:31start to finish. It will be a good
0:33revision too. Do not skip it at all.
0:34And perhaps you might get to learn
0:36something new. Let's talk about marking
0:38zones. So if you don't know, I also
0:39live stream and I trade live every
0:40single New York session. So there, a
0:42lot of people requested me, "Umar bhai,
0:44make a video on zone marking." So, how
0:46do we mark zones? How do we extract the
0:48level from where exactly the move comes
0:50, or is about to come, or could come?
0:53First of all, if you are a complete
0:54beginner, let's talk about basic
0:55support and resistance. Now there is
0:57something called a resistance level.
0:59What is resistance? A resistance is a
1:00level where the price repeatedly taps
1:02and comes back down. So, this is what a
1:04resistance level is. It is very easy to
1:06spot a resistance level. And similarly,
1:08it is very easy to spot a support level
1:09as well. Here you will see. So this is
1:11a resistance level right here. Here you
1:13can see the price tapped once, tapped
1:15twice, tapped three times. All three
1:17times the price went down from here.
1:18What does this mean? That whenever the
1:20price goes there, it is falling
1:21downwards from there. Okay? Similarly,
1:22its opposite is the support level. A
1:24support level is a level from where the
1:26price repeatedly taps and goes upwards.
1:28And buyers are sitting there. And
1:30buyers are trying to push that price
1:31upwards repeatedly. So this is very
1:33simple support and resistance. Now, how
1:35do you spot support and resistance?
1:36Basically, any price level where the
1:38price has respected the level more than
1:40twice and has given a move from there.
1:42There is a very high chance that when
1:44the price taps that level for the third
1:45or fourth time, a good move could come
1:47from there. Now, how do we increase
1:49this probability? We will understand
1:51this particular thing by going deep
1:52into this same concept and
1:54understanding it in detail. For
1:55instance, suppose I have created a
1:56resistance level here. If I create a
1:58resistance level here and I have seen
1:59that the price has tapped here three
2:01times and gone back down. Then what is
2:03the guarantee that it will go down
2:04after tapping the fourth time? It could
2:05also happen that the price breaks the
2:07resistance level and goes up, just like
2:09that. And that is exactly what we need
2:11to understand in depth. The second
2:13basic concept is very simple: when the
2:14price takes resistance twice, takes
2:16resistance the third time, and breaks
2:17it the fourth time, then when this
2:19resistance breaks, it becomes support.
2:21So whenever a resistance is breaking,
2:22it becomes a support, and whenever a
2:24support breaks, the opposite happens.
2:26Suppose this is a support level. The
2:27price is coming up from here repeatedly
2:28. And whenever a support level breaks,
2:30it becomes a resistance. As you can see
2:33here, this was a resistance level. Now
2:35this resistance level has become
2:36support. There is a very high chance.
2:37If the price taps this level again, it
2:39will go back up from here. Here you can
2:42see the price has come to this
2:43particular level. There is a very high
2:45chance the price will continue upwards
2:47from here because this was a resistance
2:48level. Let us look at another example
2:50of when support turns into resistance
2:52levels. So this is a very simple
2:54example. As you can see here, the price
2:56took support here, and after that, the
2:57price went down. And then when the
2:59price came back to this level, it
3:00became a resistance, and the price went
3:02down from here. So this is also a very
3:04simple concept. Here you can see that
3:05the price had taken support here
3:06earlier as well. The price took support
3:08from here twice. So after that, when
3:09the price went down and the support
3:11level finally broke, the price started
3:12trading it like a resistance again, and
3:14from there you can see the price
3:15started falling downwards. So these are
3:17two very basic concepts that you should
3:19already know if you want to master zone
3:21marking. If you understand this, that
3:23is very good. Let me explain the logic
3:24behind this to you. And perhaps very
3:25few people are able to explain this.
3:27Very few people perhaps even know why a
3:28support level turns into a resistance
3:30level when it breaks. Suppose I am a
3:31buyer. And I have bought here. I have
3:33bought here. Now I can see that
3:35whenever the price comes to this level,
3:36it moves upwards from here. Now if I
3:38see that yes, I am buying repeatedly at
3:404400 and the price is going up. The
3:41first time I bought at 4400, I made a
3:43profit. The second time I bought here,
3:45I made a profit. But now, the third
3:46time the price came, I felt that the
3:47price is support. It will respect it. I
3:49buy again at 4400 from here. The price
3:51will go up from here. What happened?
3:52The price went down. Now when the price
3:54went down. I was sitting on a buying
3:55position at 4400. When the price came
3:57back up, it's a very basic thing. I had
3:59bought and held at 4400. Now the price
4:01has come back up. The price has
4:02returned to the level where I had
4:04bought. What will I do? My first
4:06reaction would be, I was in a loss, let
4:08me cut it and get out. And that is
4:10exactly why when support breaks, it
4:12turns into a resistance level. That is
4:15one very simple logic which is also
4:16very easy to understand. And similarly,
4:18why does a resistance level become
4:20support when it breaks? It is very
4:21simple. Suppose the price was
4:23repeatedly going down after hitting
4:24this particular level at 5,600. So what
4:26were you doing? You were seeing that
4:27yes, the price is repeatedly going down
4:28from here. So I do one thing. You have
4:29bought from here. You have bought at
4:315300. Whenever it hits 5600, you are
4:33selling. Selling is happening here.
4:34Selling is happening. Selling is
4:35happening. Now suppose what happens one
4:36time? You sold. You felt that yes, it's
4:38fine, it hit 5600. And the price will
4:40only go down. You sold. The price came
4:42back up. You sold here. But what
4:43happened? The price gave a breakout.
4:45The resistance level broke. Now when
4:47the price comes back to 5600. What will
4:49you think? I should buy again. Because
4:51it has broken through. The chances of
4:52it going up again are higher. So now,
4:53the selling I was doing here, I have
4:55now become a buyer. I will do the
4:56buying here. So, what was previously my
4:58resistance will now become support for
4:59me. So that is how the market behaves,
5:01that is how the market reacts. There is
5:02a very basic human psychology behind
5:03this, which I have told you. Of course,
5:05there are more technicalities behind
5:06this, more advanced things, and
5:08algorithms. But this is the easiest way
5:09to understand that when support breaks,
5:11it becomes resistance, and when
5:12resistance breaks, it becomes support.
5:14So I hope you have understood this much
5:15. This is the very basic part of the
5:17video. But now, we will start marking
5:19the zones. So, one thing you have
5:21understood is that, okay, there is a
5:22support and resistance level, a level
5:24where if the price touches two or three
5:26times, we will consider that level as
5:27support and resistance. This is the
5:29basic about support and resistance. But
5:31this is where most people get it wrong.
5:32And that is why I am going to tell you
5:34two such important points that you must
5:36always keep in mind when you are
5:37marking a zone. The very first thing,
5:39okay. The price respected it there. It
5:40gave a move from there, that is why you
5:42marked that zone. But when the price
5:44tapped there, was there strength in the
5:46price? Did the price give a big
5:48reaction from there? Did a good move
5:50come from there? That is the first
5:52question you need to ask yourself.
5:54Second, and this is a bonus but it is
5:55also very important, that when the
5:57price touched that particular
5:58resistance level for the first time,
5:59did the price give a break of structure
6:01when it moved from there? I will
6:03explain what a break of structure is,
6:05and I will also explain how to look for
6:06strength. So here, let's take an
6:07example and let's try to understand
6:09exactly what I am trying to explain.
6:10Now, here we can see that this was a
6:12particular level. Okay? This is our
6:14support level. Here we can see that yes
6:15, the price has touched here twice and
6:17given a move from here. But look,
6:18everyone always thinks that if it
6:19tapped twice, then okay, it is a
6:21support. If it tapped twice, then okay,
6:22it is a resistance. But that is not all
6:23. Question number one: has a move with
6:26strength come from here or not? Look,
6:28what is our job? What does support and
6:29resistance tell us? Support and
6:31resistance fundamentally tell us
6:32whether buyers and sellers are present
6:33there or not. We are just applying our
6:35additional factors to confirm whether
6:37buyers and sellers are actually there.
6:38That’s one thing. But whether strong
6:40buyers and sellers are present there or
6:41not? That matters more. Because if
6:43there are buyers there but they aren't
6:45strong, then that support can also
6:46break. There is support, there are
6:48buyers, but strong buyers who have the
6:50capacity to push the price up—they
6:52matter more to us. That will give us a
6:54profitable trade. So, here is a support
6:56level. There is a support level. The
6:57price moved upward. It also gave a move
6:59with strength. That is a good thing.
7:00Now, did a break of structure happen?
7:02Did the market make a fresh higher high
7:04? Yes. The market made a fresh higher
7:05high. The price definitely went up and
7:07the price continued the trend. Now,
7:09suppose if the price just stopped here
7:11and came back down, we would not call
7:12that a break of structure. The price
7:14has broken the market structure to the
7:16upside and gone higher. Meaning,
7:18because of this particular support
7:20level, the price touched a level it
7:21hadn't touched before. In very simple
7:24language, it is a break of structure.
7:26So the price confirmed both points for
7:27us, that yes, this is a valid support
7:29level, a strong move came from here to
7:31the upside, and a break of structure is
7:33also confirmed. So now, suppose
7:35whenever the price comes to this
7:36support level. Right? We wait for the
7:38price to come to this support level.
7:39Now the price has come to the support
7:40level. Now, in very simple language, if
7:41the price gives me a green candle here,
7:43then it will be a confirmation for me
7:44that, okay, fine. I have received a
7:46green candle. I can buy here. Suppose
7:48my stop loss will be below this zone.
7:49My target will be here. And if the
7:51price had given a fresh breakout from
7:53this particular level. Given a fresh
7:54break of structure. There is also a
7:55very high chance that from here too,
7:57the price can give a fresh breakout or
7:58break of structure and strong momentum
8:00can come from there. So let's assume I
8:01set a target of a round figure of 4500.
8:03Suppose I bought here. And you can see
8:07that the price went up, almost came
8:09back down, but after tapping that same
8:11level, we get to see a big move. So
8:13this is how you mark the correct zones.
8:16Now, of course, we are marking on the
8:17four-hour timeframe. But we will also
8:18take this to smaller timeframes. And we
8:20will discuss in more detail exactly how
8:22to spot such examples. So, this was our
8:24basic support example. Let's take a
8:25resistance example as well. After that,
8:27we will take some advanced examples. We
8:28will take an example of support turning
8:29into resistance. Then we will take
8:31examples of resistance breaking into
8:32support. First, let's take a resistance
8:33example. Okay? So here, if you look at
8:36this particular chart, for someone who
8:38is a complete beginner, it might be a
8:39bit difficult to understand, like, oh,
8:41I see so many zones here. I see this
8:43resistance level, which turned into a
8:45support. Okay, I see this level. Okay,
8:47then I see this level. Which one should
8:49I mark? I don't understand. This is
8:51what a beginner goes through. And again
8:52, let me simplify things for you in a
8:53very simple manner. Forget everything
8:55here. Simply remember one thing: where
8:57did the big move start? From where?
9:00That is all that matters. So if you
9:02look, where did this strong downside
9:04momentum exactly start from? Take a 2-
9:06second pause. Think about it. Okay? If
9:08you got your answer, and if your answer
9:10is this particular level, you are
9:11absolutely correct. Because if you look
9:13, the price is going down. But the big
9:15move that actually started going down
9:16started from here. So if I have to cut
9:19out all the noise and simply mark an
9:21important resistance level, it will be
9:23this one. Because the price has taken
9:24resistance here multiple times as well.
9:26Plus, a strong momentum has also come
9:28from here. Plus, the price has also
9:29given a break of structure to the
9:30downside. This means the price tapped a
9:33level below that it hadn't done before.
9:35This resistance level is responsible
9:37for that particular move. So all
9:39confusions are aside. Now, suppose
9:40someone tells me, "Umar bhai, this was
9:42a support level.""It turned into a
9:43resistance.""The price gave a big move
9:45from here as well." So what should I do
9:47? But if you look closely, when the
9:49price came back up, it tried to tap
9:50this level. It went down. It failed.
9:53The price came back up and is at this
9:54same resistance level. So, it is maybe
9:55too early to judge right now. But price
9:57could go back down from here, or it
9:59might not. But the chances are low.
10:01Because price is coming up with a lot
10:02of force. And if it had to go down from
10:04here, it would have tapped this level
10:06and gone down by now. So, let's assume
10:08we see the chart developing. Here we
10:10can see that the price has already
10:11broken the level. Now that the price
10:12has broken the level, what is the next
10:14level left for us? It is the main
10:15resistance level from where this move
10:17started. So always remember, when you
10:19look at such charts, don't get confused
10:21. First of all, give priority to the
10:24level from where a big move has started
10:26. If a big move hasn't started from
10:27there, do not give priority to that
10:29level. Unless and until the market is
10:30telling you, "Boss, I want to go down
10:32from here." Like for example, assume
10:33this is the level I have marked.
10:35Suppose this resistance level was
10:36something like this. The market has
10:37reached that particular level. It is
10:38giving me a bearish candle right here.
10:39So, that's fine. I can think here that,
10:41okay, I will short the market. My stop
10:42loss will be above this candle. My
10:44risk-reward will be 1: 2. Okay? I will
10:46take this small particular trade. Even
10:48here, this is almost a $ 50 move. It is
10:50called 500 pips in gold. It is more
10:51than enough for you to make money.
10:53Right now, we are on a very higher time
10:54frame. We are still covering just the
10:56basics. Once all this is clear. We will
10:58go to the smaller time frame. So that
10:59if you are doing intraday trading or
11:01clearing props or doing anything, you
11:02will get benefit. Okay? Now let's
11:04forget about this. Assume the price has
11:06given us a move to the upside. Now our
11:08resistance level has been tapped. We
11:09have also seen a red candle. So assume
11:11I take a short position here. Alright?
11:12I will place the stop loss here. Assume
11:14I set the target up to here. I will set
11:16a target up to $ 4000. It is a round
11:18number. Okay? The risk-reward is 1: 3.9
11:20. Assume the stop loss is above. Let's
11:22see what happens. It is possible this
11:24trade could run long. Let's see. Here,
11:27price almost went back up without
11:29hitting our target. And there we go.
11:31Our target has been hit. We used a very
11:33simple principle. This technique I am
11:35telling you can also be used in swing
11:37trading. If you are a working
11:38professional, if you are doing a job or
11:40if you are a student and you want to
11:41take trades that you hold for two to
11:42three days and you don't want to pay
11:44much attention to the charts. What you
11:46can do is you can mark these levels.
11:48You can set alerts on them. Whenever
11:49the market comes to those levels, you
11:51can enter there and set your targets.
11:53This is what is called swing trading,
11:54which we do on a higher time frame. We
11:56are trading on a one-hour time frame.
11:57So this is also something that can be
11:59done. So this is a very simple example
12:00of support and resistance. Now let's
12:02take an example of support broken into
12:03resistance and resistance turned into
12:05support. So, here you can see, this is
12:07a very solid support level. This was
12:08the support level. Here we can see that
12:10when the price reversed from here, a
12:11big move started from this particular
12:13level. Okay? The price went up from
12:14here. After that, when the price tapped
12:16here, it gave an upward move again. It
12:18also gave a bullish break of structure.
12:19Here the price also touched a higher
12:21level. Now finally, this support level
12:22has been broken. Now I have to see
12:24whether strong selling will come from
12:25here later or not. Right? One thing we
12:27talked about is that okay, when we have
12:29to see the price from a support level,
12:30we have to see how strong the support
12:31is. So what do we have to see? We have
12:33to see how strong a move the price gave
12:35upward from there when it was a support
12:37level. What did we have to look for in
12:38resistance? In resistance, we had to
12:40see that if there is a resistance level
12:41, then how solid a sell-side move has
12:42come from there. This will tell us
12:44whether the resistance level is strong
12:45or not. So now, if support has broken
12:46and become resistance, then what
12:47exactly do we have to see? We have to
12:49see that when that support finally
12:50broke. Then the move that broke it, the
12:52selling that finally came, how
12:53aggressively it came. So again, to make
12:55it simple for you. When support breaks
12:57and becomes resistance, the selling
12:58should be aggressive, and if there is a
13:00break of structure, then it's even
13:02better. Usually, when support is broken
13:03, a break of structure happens
13:04naturally. That is very obvious. But
13:06let's try to look at it here. So here
13:08you can see this is a very good example
13:10. This was a support level. Now it has
13:12become resistance. Here you can see the
13:13price has broken to the downside. There
13:15was significant selling pressure. And
13:16here you can see when the price tapped
13:18that particular level again, it gave a
13:19bearish candle. I could directly take a
13:21selling entry right here by placing my
13:23stop loss here. Let's say I set a
13:25target of 4,200 as a round figure. Here
13:27you can see this is a very simple trade
13:29, a very simple example, and in fact,
13:31the price came back and took resistance
13:33at that level again. Now here, again, I
13:35am very sure that the resistance level
13:37will be respected. Why? First of all,
13:38there was such solid selling, and when
13:39the price broke, a break of structure
13:41also occurred. Even when the move
13:42started from here, there was a solid
13:43break of structure to the downside. The
13:44price went down with a lot of strength.
13:46Now let's see what happens. The price
13:48has come back up. It has tapped our
13:49level. Let's wait for a red candle.
13:51Here comes our red candle. Let's assume
13:53we took an entry here. We placed the
13:55stop loss above this candle. Let's
13:56assume we set the target. Let's set a
13:58small target. Let's set it at 4200. So,
14:01in this particular example, the price
14:02hit our stop loss. We incurred a loss.
14:04But if you look, the price definitely
14:07went down. Again, this is a matter of
14:08choice. Ideally, the perfect stop loss
14:10would be above the zone. This would be
14:11the right stop loss. If you look at it
14:13that way, the price definitely went
14:14down. But again, this is not about the
14:15stop loss. Or this is not about the
14:16target. This is about understanding and
14:18marking the zones. Okay? So I hope you
14:20have understood that too. That, okay?
14:22When support breaks and becomes
14:23resistance, what things should we pay
14:24attention to. Similarly, let's talk
14:26about when resistance becomes a support
14:28level, then what things we should pay
14:29attention to. Okay, here we have a very
14:31good example. You can see here, you can
14:33also see that this was a support level.
14:35The price took support from here
14:36multiple times. A very good move has
14:38started from this particular level.
14:40Here, the price was facing resistance,
14:41and this resistance has now broken to
14:43become support. Now this resistance
14:45level is now a support. Now we need to
14:47look at two things. What do we need to
14:48look at? Let's see. When the price
14:50broke the resistance, did it break with
14:52good momentum? The answer is yes. Did
14:53the price provide a bullish break of
14:54structure? Did it break towards the
14:56upside? Yes. Both things are yes. So
14:58now there is a very high chance that
14:59when the price taps this particular
15:00support level and gives a bullish
15:02candle. There is a very high chance of
15:03the price moving upwards from here.
15:05Let's see what happens. Suppose the
15:06price has given us a slight tap here.
15:08Suppose we took an entry here just by
15:10looking at this particular bullish
15:11candle. We placed the stop loss below
15:12the zone. Suppose we set the target
15:14here. Just like that. And here you can
15:16see that the price has given a very,
15:18very, very, very good move. So now if
15:20you have understood this much, your
15:22basics are completely clear on how to
15:24mark zones. To mark zones, I am just
15:26reminding you again. You only need to
15:28look at two things. First, you should
15:29know how to mark basic support and
15:30resistance, which I have already
15:31explained. If you still open the chart,
15:33if you are a beginner and you feel like
15:34, man, I don't understand exactly what
15:35to do. Then it is absolutely okay. You
15:37can go and watch my free 1.5-hour
15:39course on the same YouTube channel.
15:41Complete that course. It contains other
15:44concepts as well, which will improve
15:45your understanding of chart reading and
15:47marking zones. You won't be able to
15:49learn entire trading just by knowing
15:50how to mark zones. So if you want to
15:52learn complete trading, you are a
15:53complete beginner and you have no clue,
15:54you can watch that particular video. I
15:56will also put its link in the
15:57description. It is a 1.5-hour free
15:58course, feel free to watch it. After
16:00that, continue with this video. And if
16:01you are somebody who is already trading
16:03. I hope all your basics have been
16:04brushed up. It has been a good revision
16:06. Now we will talk about some more
16:08advanced topics. We will go to slightly
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17:23me. Let's get back to the video. Okay?
17:25So now let's look at this 15-minute
17:26time frame chart. Now we have come to
17:28the next level. Where we are talking
17:30about intraday trading, where you can
17:32take trades on a particular short time
17:34frame. You can open and close on the
17:36same day. Let's mark a support and
17:38resistance level here. The first thing
17:40I can see is that this is a very strong
17:42resistance level. It was a support, but
17:43now it is a resistance level. I want
17:45you to analyze this particular level to
17:47see why I have marked it this way. It
17:49is a very simple thing. First of all,
17:50look at this; if I extend this zone, it
17:52goes up to here. Price took support at
17:54this level. It gave a bullish move from
17:55here and also gave a bullish break of
17:56structure. That means this was a strong
17:58support level. Now when that support
18:00level is broken, the break is also very
18:01strong toward the downside. That means
18:03this is now a strong resistance level,
18:05brother. That means when the price
18:06comes back up, there is a very high
18:08chance the price will go down from here
18:09. Notice one more thing. The price has
18:11made a fresh low. Here, the price has
18:13also confirmed a bearish break of
18:14structure for us on the 15-minute
18:15timeframe. So when the price comes back
18:17up and if it gives us a bearish candle,
18:19we can definitely look for a short-side
18:21trade. So here you can see that the
18:23price tried to come up. Right? It could
18:25not touch our resistance level. The
18:27price went down. It has come back again
18:29to attempt to touch this particular
18:30resistance level. Let's wait for a
18:32strong bearish candle. Here is our
18:33strong bearish candle. Suppose we took
18:35a short position here. We placed the
18:37stop loss above 159. Almost assume our
18:39stop loss is 200 pips. Assume we kept
18:41the target here below. Our 1: 2 target
18:43became 400 pips. Of course, this is a
18:46very big target. But here you can see
18:48that the target has been achieved. So
18:50again, a very simple principle, a very
18:52simple method. We have seen very simple
18:54things. And of course, you have to mix
18:56market structure with all these things.
18:57If you are someone who is still
18:58watching this video. If you were a
19:00beginner, you would have already
19:01shifted to my free course by now. If
19:02you are watching this video now, that
19:04means you are someone who understands
19:05these things. So the first thing,
19:06whether you are marking zones on the 15
19:08-minute or 5-minute, it doesn't matter.
19:10Market structure is paramount. If you
19:11haven't watched the market structure
19:13video, you can go and watch that video
19:14as well. We just need to focus on the
19:16higher timeframe trend first. If, for
19:19instance, this particular trend were
19:21upwards, I would not have taken this
19:22particular trade. Here I want to give
19:24you a particular example. You can see
19:26that, okay, this is acting as a support
19:27level. This level is fine, this level
19:29is acting as support. Okay, it has also
19:31given a bullish break of structure
19:32upwards, but I would not prefer buying
19:34because the major higher timeframe
19:36trend is towards the downside. So my
19:38zone marking should also be in favor of
19:40the selling side. So I hope this part
19:42is clear. I hope you understand the
19:44daily bias. I hope you understand
19:46market structure. If you don't, I have
19:47made a video on that too. Okay? Now
19:50what happens when you refine this even
19:52more. See, I showed you on 15 minutes,
19:54it's similar on 5 minutes too. How can
19:56we take advantage of this on 1 minute?
19:58Let's try to understand that. Let's
19:59make it a bit more advanced. Let's go a
20:01bit more in-depth. So here you can see
20:02what I am looking at on the 1-minute
20:04timeframe. Suppose I am watching the 15
20:05-minute timeframe. Right? Price has
20:07taken resistance at a particular
20:08resistance level and is going down from
20:09there. Now suppose I see that the price
20:11is going down from here. The train has
20:12already left. Now, how do I participate
20:14in this particular trend? How do I
20:16enter this now? Let's try to understand
20:18. That's how we will enter by shifting
20:20to the smaller timeframe. The first
20:22thing. Now we will go to the 1-minute
20:24timeframe. Now, what do I see after
20:26going to the 1-minute timeframe? First,
20:27we will mark a very strong support
20:29level that we can see and understand is
20:30a support level. Now this is a very
20:32strong support level. As per the 1-
20:33minute timeframe. How is it a strong
20:35support level? Listen carefully. I
20:36already told you, a level from where a
20:38big move started. A strong momentum
20:40started. A strong movement started from
20:42here. Price came. Price tapped here. It
20:45supported upwards again. When the
20:46support broke, it broke with momentum
20:49and gave a bearish break of structure.
20:51Price broke this particular low. On the
20:531-minute timeframe too, both my
20:55criteria were fulfilled. Now this
20:57support level is a strong resistance
20:59level. So now, if I see a red candle on
21:02the 1-minute timeframe, which let's say
21:04this particular candle already is, then
21:06I will make my short entry here. My
21:09stop loss will at most be at this level
21:11and my target could be up to 4130. My
21:14target could even be up to here. I can
21:16even keep my target until here. Because
21:18if the market has to take support here.
21:20Then where did this whole move start
21:21from? The main move started from here.
21:22So ideally, according to my principles,
21:24I can keep the target here. I can keep
21:26a target of 4132. Let's see what
21:28happens. The price tapped exactly that
21:30particular level and reversed from
21:32there. It came back up. And this would
21:34have been an absolutely beautiful trade
21:36. Now, if you don't know, today is the
21:39day I'm shooting this video, which is
21:41the 5th of October 2026. You can go to
21:44my live stream channel and check the
21:45same day. I gave this same exact trade
21:47on my live stream. So this is something
21:49that I use myself. This exact trade I
21:51took myself. I took this trade myself
21:53as well. It was an absolutely beautiful
21:55trade! And how? Very simple. Of course,
21:58I included my strategy, my other
21:59constituents, and my other factors in
22:01this, but if you just learn zone
22:03marking correctly and can observe these
22:05simple things, your trading will
22:06improve so much. So what do you need to
22:09do? If you look closely, what did I do
22:10first? First, I checked the four-hour
22:12time frame, checked the four-hour time
22:13frame, okay? The four-hour time frame
22:14is bearish. I checked the one-hour time
22:15frame; the one-hour will look the same.
22:16Let's go to 15 minutes; what did I
22:17understand after seeing the 15-minute
22:18chart? After seeing the 15-minute chart
22:19, I understood that, well, you know
22:20what, there was an important resistance
22:21level here, the price is respecting the
22:22resistance level and moving down from
22:23here. Okay, understood. Now, on the 5-
22:25minute time frame, it shows that there
22:26is a support level here. If this
22:27support level breaks, it will turn into
22:29resistance after breaking. Nothing much
22:30is clear on the 5-minute time frame. I
22:31went to the 1-minute time frame. Seeing
22:33it on the 1-minute time frame made it
22:34clear, yes, there was a strong support.
22:35The strong support level was broken.
22:37After the break, when the price tapped
22:39the resistance. I took the entry right
22:41there. I set my target at the strong
22:42support level below. And my trade
22:44target was hit. Let's take another
22:46example. Let's understand this in a bit
22:47more detail. And I'll give you more
22:49examples. So here we have another
22:51example. Here you can see that on the 5
22:53-minute time frame, there is a support
22:54level that has now been broken.
22:55Similarly, what do I need to look for?
22:57The first thing I need to see is this.
22:58The support level was strong.
22:59Definitely, such a big move came from
23:01here. When the price tapped here, the
23:02price gave a small move. The support
23:04level was valid. Once the support level
23:06broke, you can see how big a move we
23:08got to the downside. Right? The price
23:10went downwards with strong momentum. If
23:11we go to the 1-minute timeframe. We
23:13just need to make sure that when the
23:15price taps this level, we get a good
23:16bearish move. Let's see what happens?
23:18The price has tapped the level. So now
23:20we will just wait for a strong bearish
23:22candle. Okay, the price has come up
23:23further. The price went even higher.
23:25Now look, this is a very good example.
23:27We didn't get a strong bearish candle
23:28at all. So should we enter? No. So what
23:30should our goal be now? Our goal should
23:33be to find a level that could be our
23:34next strong resistance. So according to
23:37you, what do you think can be your next
23:39strong resistance level? First of all,
23:41this is a very basic resistance level
23:44from where our original move started.
23:46Which zone were we considering earlier?
23:47We were considering this particular
23:49level, but the price did not respect
23:50that level. It did not give us
23:51confirmation. Okay, no problem. Now
23:53this is a particular level where we can
23:55expect it. Because look at one thing, a
23:57solid move came from this particular
23:58resistance. The price tapped that
23:59resistance again and then gave this big
24:01move. So, definitely, selling pressure
24:03could be valid at this particular
24:05resistance level too. If we get a
24:06selling candle at this level. We can
24:09consider entering. So we have received
24:10a strong sell-off here. Let's assume we
24:12entered on this particular candle. We
24:14placed a wider stop loss above the zone
24:16. We placed the target down here. Let's
24:18see what happens. As you can see, the
24:20price has, of course, given a lovely
24:22move to the downside. And again, no
24:24rocket science was required. Didn't
24:26have to overthink it. We simply used
24:28our zone marking principle. Our first
24:31zone didn't work. Which is very normal.
24:33This will happen in the real market.
24:35Every example won't work every time.
24:37And that was again my intention to show
24:39you that waiting for confirmation is
24:41very important. Of course, my goal in
24:43this video is not to teach you trading.
24:45My goal in this video is to teach you
24:46zone marking, which I believe you have
24:48understood well by now. And now you
24:50know zone marking. How to take entries
24:52on it? How many confirmations to wait
24:54for, and what entry model to use? I
24:55leave that up to you. If you want me to
24:57make a video on entry models. And
24:58discuss all these things in detail, let
25:00me know in the comments. But in this
25:01particular video, our goal is to learn
25:03zone marking. And I believe we have
25:04learned zone marking. So, there are
25:06simple principles. You can apply them
25:08on any time frame. But the smaller the
25:09time frame you go, the lower the
25:11accuracy might be. My zone marking is
25:13very refined. It is very smooth. And
25:14you must be wondering how I do it so
25:16easily. I have just been doing this for
25:17seven years. So please try to
25:18understand that all these things do not
25:20happen in a day. It requires a lot of
25:22practice. But when I was starting, no
25:24one even told me this basic framework.
25:26Now you have a very solid framework
25:27with you. You just need to look at two
25:29things. First, you should know how to
25:30mark basic support and resistance,
25:31which I think you already know. It is
25:33very basic. Simply look for levels
25:34where the price has tapped two or three
25:36times. That is basic support and
25:37resistance marking. But at the same
25:39time, did a solid move come from that
25:40particular level or not? Let me give
25:42another example. Here you can see, a
25:43basic normal person would consider this
25:45particular level as resistance. But do
25:47you think, according to our zone
25:48marking principles, this should be a
25:50valid resistance level? I don't think
25:51so, because first of all, fine. I agree
25:53that the price has tapped here three or
25:54four times. But has the price given a
25:56strong move towards the downside? No,
25:57even if a move came. So here you can
25:59see how weak the move was. Right? If
26:01you don't know how to read the strength
26:02and momentum of a candle, then I would
26:04again recommend you to go and watch my
26:051.5-hour free course. I have explained
26:07this concept in that as well. The price
26:08came back up and did not even give a
26:09break of structure to the downside. So
26:10this clearly means that this resistance
26:12level is weak and will not work. Even
26:14though the market is in a downtrend.
26:15The market is going down only. But this
26:17resistance is not going to work. And as
26:18you can see later on, the price
26:19actually broke that particular
26:20resistance. Now this resistance level
26:22has become support. Do you think this
26:23can be a good support? The answer is
26:25yes. Because when the support level
26:26broke, we saw a very solid move and
26:27also got a break of structure. Let's
26:29see if the price comes back and
26:31respects this or if it just breaks it
26:32later on. So the price just broke this
26:35particular support level directly.
26:36Which is fair enough. Again, we don't
26:38look for trades on the buying side in
26:39this particular scenario. But this is
26:41what we need to understand. Because
26:43according to textbooks and basics,
26:44support is a level where the market has
26:46tapped two or three times. Resistance
26:48is the same. No. I hope you understand
26:50this framework now. I have taken as
26:52many examples as possible. I explained
26:53it in the simplest way possible. And
26:55this is all you need to mark the best
26:57zones on any time frame. If you are a
26:59complete beginner, my suggestion to you
27:01is not to go below the 15-minute time
27:03frame. Master zone marking on the 15-
27:05minute time frame. 1 hour, 4 hours, and
27:0715 minutes. It is better if you trade
27:08only on these three time frames. If you
27:10have learned how to mark zones on the 4
27:11-hour, that is very good. 4-hour and 1-
27:13hour zones mostly match. After that,
27:15you can go to the 15-minute time frame
27:17and mark zones there as well. You can
27:18look at your entry to see where to
27:20enter and where not to. And that is, I
27:21think, the best if you are a complete
27:23beginner. If you are not a beginner and
27:24know a little bit about trading, then
27:26of course you can explore 5-minute and
27:271-minute. And if you want daily
27:29guidance and want to see how I mark
27:31zones every day, you can join me. I
27:34live stream on YouTube for free every
27:36single day, coming live at 5:30 PM
27:37India time whenever the market is open
27:39on weekdays. You can join there and
27:42connect with me. I mark zones there
27:44daily, and you will get practical
27:45experience absolutely free of cost. And
27:47if you have watched the video this far
27:50with such attention and liked my way of
27:52explaining, then not just this
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28:26invest in yourself and I will see you
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28:29hope this makes sense, I hope you have
28:30understood it. I wish you all the best
28:32and if you want a video on any other
28:33topic, you can search it on my channel
28:35or you can comment below and I will
28:36make a video on it. Yes.

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