Swing Trading the MTS Way: Keeping It Simple

Start With Trend Alignment

You don’t need anything fancy to see what’s happening.

• The 20 MA is above the 50 MA
• The 50 MA is above the 200 MA
• Price is above all of them

That’s what we call stacked moving averages.

This tells you something important:

The trend is aligned across multiple time frames.

In MTS terms:

• The daily chart is in an uptrend
• The weekly trend is aligned (50 MA daily = 10 MA weekly)
• The monthly trend is aligned (200 MA daily = 10 MA monthly)

That’s a powerful way to use moving averages!

When MA alignment is in place, the odds favor long trades.

Define Your Support Levels

Once you know the trend, the next step is simple:

Where should you buy?

We don’t guess—we define structure.

Minor Support → the high prior to a higher high

Major Support → the low prior to that move

These are the areas where buyers previously took control—and where they’re likely to show up again.

Focus on Pullbacks—Not Breakouts

Most traders chase strength.

MTS traders wait for an opportunity.

We don’t chase strength. We wait for opportunity.

Buy pullbacks into support—not extended moves

Now layer in the moving averages:

• Pullback to the 20 MA = shallow strength
• Pullback to the 50 MA = deeper opportunity
• When support + moving average align → probability increases

That alignment is what creates a high-quality location.

Build a Focus List of Strength

We’re not scanning randomly.

We look for:

• Stacked moving averages
• Clean trend structure
• Relative strength

This builds a watchlist of leaders