Execution is Everything Pt6. - Clean Move VS Chop - Level to Level or Scalp? - Important Differences for Intraday Trading

For ease all price action guides will be named “execution is everything” followed by a subtitle to help search out the concepts.

These guides are all meant to flow together. If a concept seems ambiguous it may be because it was referenced in a prior guide. This guide is to character the difference between a daily setup and the chop that often comes after.

What is a Clean Move?:

Every day a plan will release - the focus of the plan at the time of writing is to identify the best setups for next “clean move”. This is where price hits a trigger for entry and continues on to the first target. A trigger for entry can be an untested support, an unfilled back test, sweep, reclaim etc. While the trigger may differ the goal is that the first move is more predictable than what occurs the rest of the day.

The target of the move is usually an unfilled back test or magnet on the chart.

A clean move can be as simple as a stop loss hunt breakdown of a support level triggering a reversal to re-test a resi…