To successfully trade Price Action a trader must be able to identify if a market is trending or ranging. Once this has been assessed clear levels for support or resistance must be marked for possible setups to trade either long or short.

Identifying the Trend

Technical traders use can use many different tools to identify the trend such as moving averages, however the best tool the trader has at their disposal is their eyes. After much experience and chart time a trader begins to get a feel for how a market is unfolding and moving.
When learning to identify trends it is always best to start on the larger time frames such as the daily charts. These larger time frames hold the key to all the big moves in the market. The chart below shows the daily chart of the EURUSD which is in a very obvious down trend.

Marking Support and Resistance Support and resistance is a very important part of the Forex market. Price will often bounce or move away from support or resistance so learning how to mark these levels correctly is critical.
To mark support and resistance we need to mark the most obvious levels on the larger time frames charts such as the 1 day chart. The levels we plot on the daily chart will guide us when trading on the intraday charts such as the 4hr and 1hr.
Below is a chart of the daily EURAUD. Only the very clear and obvious levels have been marked. Take note just how closely price respects these areas.

Waiting For Price to Reach Key Levels Once support and resistance levels have been marked clearly on a chart, the next job of a Price Action trader is to watch and wait for price to reach these important levels in the market. Price Action gives clues all the time as to what direction it is looking to trade in.
Traders should pay particular attention to what price does when it reaches the support and resistance levels and whether price rejects these levels or breaks out. Traders all over the world are watching these levels and watching for trading opportunities.
The following chart shows an example of an area that traders would be watching and waiting for price to reach.

Matching Price Action Setups with Support and Resistance Once traders have worked out the strength and direction of the trend and also identified the key places in the market they would like to enter, they then need to learn to trade Price Action signals from these key areas.
Examples of powerful Price Action signals are;
The Pin Bar Reversal
The Engulfing Bar
The 2 Bar Reversal
Traders can learn the ins and outs of how to trade Price Action signals through a course such as Forex School Online’s Advanced Price Action Course
To successfully trade Price Action setups traders will need to learn everything about the setups, including how to enter, how place stops and how to correctly manage trades once they are in them.
Putting it All Together

Trading with as many factors in your favour is going to increase the chance of placing a winning trade. Smart traders try to trade with as much confluence as they possibly can. When looking to trade Price Action signals try to trade with;
The trend in your favour
From key levels in the market
Reliable and proven Price Action signals
Trading Price Action does not need to be a made complicated. The traders that usually turn out to be the successful Price Action traders always look to trade with as many market factors in their favour as they can.