One of the best swing trading strategies is to ride a trend. Trading trends tends to be more profitable as compared to trading ranges. The beauty of trend trading lies in the fact that you don't need to manage the trade a lot. In an uptrend the currency pair or the security price will continue to rise.

Entering a trend early in the first few days allows you to enter when the risk is lowest. Entering a trend when it is already weeks or months old raises the chance of your getting on when you should have been getting off. The difficulty in trend trading lies in identifying when a trend has started and knowing when to get off quickly when the trend is over.

The biggest risk for a swing trader trying to trade a trend lies in entering the trend when it is too late and the trend is about to end. An experienced swing trader describes this phenomenon of new swing traders trying to jump on every trend no matter how late they are as like a dao trying to chase every speeding car. Chasing speeding cars maybe fun for the dog but the dog will get run over by one of the speeding cars one day.

So, minimize your chance of riding a trend that is about to crash. What you need is a trading system that can identify when a trend is late and when it is right to enter the trend. So, you need a couple of indicators or perhaps a few candlestick patterns that can help you identify when the trend is about to start and when it is about to end.

You should use an ADX indicator and only enter if the reading is above 20. However, in all aspects of trading nothing is 100% sure. The best thing you can do is to put the odds in your favor. You can use charts or technical indicators. Charts are much easier. Especially if you know the typical Candlestick patterns that signal a trend reversal like the hanging man and the hammer, you can know for sure that the trend is about to reverse and a new trend is about to start.

You can also use moving averages or MACD. Another approach in swing trading trends is to wait for the trend to pause and only enter on the day of strength or weakness. Whatever, method you use, make sure you only enter the trend after you have confirmed the trading signal. Combination of indicators and candlestick patterns can be highly effective in telling you when to enter the trend and when to exit.