Learn the 4-step market structure strategy I use daily

If you’re tired of staring at a thousand indicators and still not knowing when to enter or exit, then this market structure strategy is exactly what you need.

I’ve used this same 4-step approach to consistently pull over $2,000 per day from the market—without relying on fancy indicators, black box signals, or 10 hours of screen time. And I’ve taught it to thousands of traders in our Bootcamp and live Zoom sessions.

Let’s break it down step by step.

Step 1: Start with Market Structure (Top-Down)

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Before you even look for a pattern or candle, zoom out. Structure is the entire game. Is the stock trending or chopping? Are you near support or resistance? Start from the daily, move to the hourly, and only then zoom into your execution time frame. Every great trade starts with clarity.

Step 2: Filter for Fresh News or Earnings

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The biggest movers come from catalysts. Whether it’s a press release, earnings, or macro news—volume and price follow. When you combine a great technical setup with real news, you get clean, linear moves. I filter through all PR, ER, and post/pre-market movers daily.

Step 3: Align Timeframes for Confirmation

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This is where most traders fail. They see a setup on the 5-minute chart and jump in—without checking what’s happening on the hourly or daily. That’s a recipe for a fakeout. Align your idea with the larger trend. If the daily looks bullish, then find your intraday setup in that direction. That’s when the magic happens.

Step 4: Execute Using Simple Price Action Entries

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You don’t need 20 strategies. Here are the 3 I use nearly every day:

• First Pullback to the 9 EMA
• VWAP Bounce
• Flat Top Breakout

These work across all markets—stocks, futures, even options. Add in basic risk control (stop under VWAP or prior low) and dynamic sizing, and you’re now trading with a real system.

Case Study: Trading HIMS on Earnings
In a recent live session, we nailed HIMS on a textbook move. Earnings were out. The daily was trending. The hourly had a clean test of support. We waited for a red-to-green move above prior day highs, entered with a tight stop, and scaled out as it trended. Rinse and repeat. I use tc2000 to do all mhy charting and make my watchlist. Its how i filter what stocks have earnings and news out.

Risk Management Built In
Each setup has a built-in stop:

• VWAP bounce? Stop under VWAP.
• Flag breakout? Stop under 9 EMA.
• First pullback? Stop under the pivot.

Then you size based on the risk. If your stop is $0.50 and you risk $500, you take 1,000 shares. Same logic for smaller accounts. You don’t need to overcomplicate it.

What Tools I Use to Track Performance
I track everything using Tradezella. I journal every trade, review my hot spots, and analyze where I’m nailing or failing. I even grade my students’ trades—so we’re learning in real-time together.

This Strategy Works Because It’s Clean
We’re not following candles. We’re not guessing. We’re building from structure → to context → to execution. The result? A repeatable market structure strategy that prints every week—no matter what the market’s doing.

Want to Trade This With Me Live?
Join my free trading community and I’ll walk you through these setups live—4 times a week. Plus, get access to my $3,000 day trading course (now 100% free). If you’re serious about going full-time or finally getting consistent, the next step is our 60-Day Bootcamp.

👉 Click here to join the 60-Day Bootcamp

Also check out: 21 Trading Principles Every Day Trader Must Master

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About the Author
Kunal Desai is the founder of Bulls on Wall Street and a full-time day trader since 2008. He’s taught over 7,000 traders how to master clean technical setups, control risk, and trade like a professional.

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