Swing Trading Strategies For the
Master Trader
Build wealth and consistent income without sitting in front of a screen all day. Master a proven, step-by-step price action thought process to profit from high-probability swing trades lasting days to weeks in any market environment.
The Smarter Way to Trade Trends
Designed for active professionals and investors who want high-probability market returns without being chained to trading monitors all day. Profit from market moves lasting days to weeks with objective clarity.
Trends Tend to Persist
Institutional buying and selling programs sustain trends over days to weeks. Learn to catch the meat of these sustained momentum legs rather than chasing noisy intra-day chop.
- High reward-to-risk on multi-day trends
- Objective entry points where trends resume
Low-Stress, Part-Time Routine
You don't need to stare at charts during market hours. Prepare your orders in 20–30 minutes pre-market or post-market, set rules-based stops and alerts, and let the math work for you.
- No screen-glued day trading stress
- Applicable to stocks, ETFs, and options
Top-Down Institutional Flow
Never fight the tide. Align broader market indices with sector relative strength to locate individual stocks primed for explosive breakouts or breakdowns before retail traders notice.
- Sector relative strength matrix
- Market internals timing precision
Course Curriculum & 12 Comprehensive Modules
A complete, institutional-grade masterclass designed to take you from foundational price-action mechanics to executing high-odds swing setups with clinical precision.
Foundation of the Master Trader Approach
Core swing mechanics, timeframes, repeating trend cycles, and trader psychology.Master the foundational principles of professional swing trading. Understand the exact timeframes used, how market trend cycles repeat endlessly, and why widely accepted indicator-based retail mythology fails while raw price action thrives.
- The 4 Stages of the Market Trend Cycle
- Why Lagging Indicators Paralyze Decision-Making
- Trader Psychology at Inflection Points
- Time Horizon Selection: Swing vs. Day vs. Core
How to Determine the Trend for Swing Trading
Objective trend analysis building blocks making direction clear and actionable.Put together the building blocks of an objective trend analysis technique that makes defining the trend and trend changes completely black and white. Never wonder about market bias or stock direction again.
- Defining Higher Highs, Higher Lows & Clean Pivots
- Identifying Trend Transitions Before the Herd
- Trend Quality Scoring: Strong vs. Fragile Trends
- Establishing Your Unbiased Long or Short Posture
How to Determine the Where, When and Why
Support, resistance, and the powerful Master Trader Price VOID concept.Identify where support and resistance live without subjective trendline clutter. Master the proprietary VOID concept—understanding how supply and demand vacuums create fast, frictionless price moves.
- The Master Trader Price VOID Concept
- Major vs. Minor Support and Resistance Levels
- Prior Congestion Overhang & Friction Areas
- Projecting High-Probability Profit Targets
Understanding Candlesticks Like a Master Trader
Bar-by-bar supply and demand reading without memorizing confusing Japanese names.Forget memorizing complex textbook candlestick names that don't make money. Learn to read exactly what candles communicate bar-by-bar about buyers and sellers, trapped participants, and institutional intent.
- Decoding Candlestick Tails, Bodies & Ranges
- Locating Trapped Traders for Fast Momentum
- Reading Expansion Bars vs. Contraction Bars
- The Bar-by-Bar Narrative of Price Direction
Using Basic and Advanced Price Patterns
Recognizing recurring setups, confirmation signals, and trading failed patterns.Discover how price pattern traders read candlestick structures continuously. Learn what every pattern signals in the moment, how to confirm momentum with preceding bars, and how failed patterns create some of the highest-paying trade setups.
- Top Directional Bullish & Bearish Formations
- Failed Breakout & Breakdown Traps as Setups
- Consolidation Breakout & Shakeout Triggers
- Confirmation Timing Across Adjacent Bars
How to Use the Master Trader Moving Averages
Using key moving averages as visual guides to speed up analysis without clutter.Master Trader uses only one visual tool to assist price action: a specific combination of moving averages. Learn how these visual aids speed up multi-timeframe reading and indicate trend health from a single chart.
- The Master Trader MA Formula (20, 50 & 200 SMA)
- Reading Multi-Timeframe Trends on One Screen
- Moving Average Slope & Price Extension Rules
- Support & Resistance Alignment at Key MAs
Using Multiple Time Frames Like a Pro
Harmonizing Macro trends with Micro triggers for precision timing and tighter risk.Combine multiple timeframes (Monthly, Weekly, Daily, Hourly) to maximize swing trading profits. Learn how aligning micro reversals with macro trends allows for optimal entry timing and strictly defined stop loss placement.
- The 3-Timeframe Trinity: Macro, Intermediate, Micro
- Entering at the Start of Micro Reversals
- Filtering Out False Signals & Counter-Trend Traps
- Expanding Reward-to-Risk via Timeframe Alignment
Position and Money Management
Capital preservation formulas, risk per trade, position sizing, and trailing stops.The best technical setups are only half the battle. Without institutional money management, long-term success is impossible. Master exact position sizing formulas, portfolio heat controls, and trailing stop disciplines.
- The 1%–2% Maximum Account Dollar Risk Rule
- Calculating Exact Share & Contract Position Sizes
- Objective Trailing Stop Orders: "Pivots for Exit"
- Scaling Out into Strength to Guarantee Profits
The Top-Down Approach that Defines Where the Money is Going
Tracking institutional money flow: major indices, sector rotation, and market internals.Learn how financial institutions (mutual funds, hedge funds, money managers) allocate capital across the broader market. Track sector relative strength to locate winning stocks, and time market turns using NYSE market internals.
- Broad Index Alignment: SPY, QQQ, IWM & DIA
- Sector Rotation Analysis: Leading vs. Lagging Groups
- Identifying Stocks with Relative Strength and Weakness
- Timing Turns with Market Internals ($TICK, $TRIN, Advance/Decline)
Swing Trading Preparation
Daily scanning routines, watchlists, and Greg's personal chart templates.Streamline your trading routine so preparation takes minutes, not hours. Access personal automated scans and chart layouts to instantly surface pristine trend setups and high-probability candlestick turning points.
- Greg's Automated Swing Scans for TradeStation & TC2000
- Building Efficient Pre-Market & Evening Watchlists
- Chart Workspace Organization for Fast Scanning
- The 20-Minute Daily Preparation Checklist
Swing Trading Setups: Interpretation and Use
A comprehensive arsenal of real-world trade setups with exhaustive chart examples.Master the exact setups to trade based on the complete methodology. Review dozens of real-world historical chart examples to reinforce your pattern recognition and build an arsenal of go-to strategies for life.
- Trend Continuation Pullback Entries
- Breakout & Breakdown Base Clearances
- Reversal Turning Point Triggers at Support/Resistance
- Case Studies: Winning and Losing Trade Reviews
The Professional Swing Trader's Mindset
Constructing your personal written trading business plan for consistent compounding.Synthesize everything you have learned into a disciplined, repeatable business. Learn what separates long-term winners from those who fail, and build your personalized written trading plan with clear rules for every market scenario.
- Constructing Your Written Trading Business Plan
- Emotional Discipline & Trading Journal Best Practices
- Post-Trade Review & Metric Tracking
- Next Steps: Combining Swing Trading with Advisory Letters
What You Receive With Your Enrollment
Master Trader is committed to ensuring you not only master swing trading principles, but execute them with clinical discipline and confidence.
Free Course Retakes
All courses have 24/7 access so you can review your course at your leisure and refresh concepts any time without ever paying twice.
Live Coaching Sessions
Reinforces what you have learned in your courses and memberships, ensuring every strategy is understood and executed with confidence.
Recorded HD Archives
Every session is recorded in HD and archived inside your student dashboard so you can review key trade setups on your own schedule.
Direct Email Mentorship
Have questions on a chart pattern or your trading plan? Reach out directly to support@mastertrader.com for personalized, thoughtful feedback.
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Swing Trading As A Master Trader
Complete 12-module institutional course precisely designed for traders and investors holding positions a few days to weeks.
- Instant Lifetime Access to all 12 Comprehensive Video Modules
- Master Trader Price VOID & Bar-by-Bar Candlestick Playbooks
- Top-Down Institutional Money Flow & Sector Rotation Matrix
- Exclusive Bonus: Automated Scans and Charting Layout Templates
- Position & Money Management Formulas with "Pivots for Exit"
- Free Unlimited Retakes & Personalized Email Mentorship
What Traders Are Saying
Real experiences from students who transformed their market results with Master Trader swing strategies.
"I just finished my first run through the Swing Course. Awesome material! I think it touches all the areas necessary to be successful. I also like the length of the course. I feel like I can get through the course many times in the next month. Like you said in the course, 'I have been given the keys, now I need to pick them up.' Thank you for being out there. I am glad I found Master Trader."
"Hi Greg, Loving this course! I really enjoyed your technical book as well--I actually read it through twice and am sure I will refer back to it often! And I agree--you guys teach a very simple and straightforward trading--price-action is king! I've settled on you guys and really only follow your methods, no others with oscillators etc! Thank you!"
"Dear Greg, You may remember that I recently purchased your MTS course. I just had to let you know it is phenomenal. Although I have not entirely finished it, I am using what I learned and my goodness it has made a big difference. You are truly a master trader sir, and a damn good teacher along with it."
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