How to Trade Futures

How to create a Roadmap for Swing Trading

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to create a comprehensive roadmap specifically designed for swing trading and position trading. Unlike scalping roadmaps that require frequent updates, swing trading roadmaps can often be used for multiple days when market conditions remain stable, giving you a wider perspective on key trading levels.

We start by switching to larger timeframes to identify bigger trading opportunities. The process begins on the 30 minute timeframe, where you look for areas of high concentration, high volatility, and put support. From there, you’ll use the Fibonacci tool to connect significant levels, such as connecting high volatility to put support or mapping levels between different BL (level) points like BL3 to BL4 or BL5 to BL10.

A critical step involves confirming your identified areas on higher timeframes. After mapping levels on the 30 minute chart, you’ll switch to the four hour timeframe and one hour timeframe to verify that these areas were respected historically. When you see confirmation across multiple timeframes—like the 50 level being respected or areas showing strong historical reactions—you’ve found what’s called a golden bullseye for your swing trades.

The practical benefit of this approach is that you create wider areas suitable for holding positions for multiple days rather than quick scalps. By connecting anchor points and using Fibonacci rectangles to mark zones, you build a clear visual roadmap that shows exactly where to look for entry and exit opportunities. The roadmap only needs updating when the market moves significantly outside your mapped areas.

This technique works by first mapping the downside areas, then systematically working through upside levels by connecting various BL points with candle tops and bottoms. You’ll fill gaps between areas to create a complete picture, ensuring you have defined zones across the entire price range for your swing trading strategy.

Video Chapters

  1. 00:00 – Introduction to swing trading roadmaps and when to update them
  2. 01:23 – Starting the swing trader roadmap creation process
  3. 01:48 – Identifying high concentration areas and using Fibonacci
  4. 04:43 – Mapping BL4 and confirming on higher timeframes
  5. 06:13 – Creating additional areas from BL5 to BL10
  6. 08:07 – Mapping upside levels and finding golden bullseyes

Key Takeaways

  1. Swing trading roadmaps use larger timeframes like 30 minute, one hour, and four hour charts to identify wider trading areas
  2. Always confirm your mapped areas on higher timeframes to ensure they were historically respected by the market
  3. Connect BL levels using Fibonacci tools to create zones, looking for golden bullseye areas with multiple confirmations
  4. Swing trading roadmaps can be used for multiple days and only need updating when markets move significantly outside your mapped zones
Video Transcription

[00:00:06.02] - Speaker 1
So and did we must change our road map. So for example, we can use this roadmap also for tomorrow. Because if the market is not big changing. If the market is tomorrow here in this area or technical in this area, we can use the roadmap also. If the roadmap is in play, you must not change. You can change it if the market goes crazy and wild and we go back in this area and you. And you have no roadmap here or we going crazy to the downside and you have no roadmap here. So technical you must. You can do the work maybe twice a. Twice, twice a week or I don't know, based on the market. If you trade to crude oil like Dean or Sean, maybe you have not to change your roadmap because it's always the same, always the same areas. And yeah, so this could be your roadmap. But again, there's no rule what we should connect and must make always stand for the left side. Now this is for a scalper like me, my roadmap. And I will do a roadmap or a position trader. Swing trader, where we have wider area.

[00:01:23.21] - Speaker 1
Let's start. First we map out a roadmap for swing traders. All right. After this we go into the next step. Are you cool with this, Fabian? All right. Perfect. Thank you. All right, so let's delete the drawings.

[00:01:46.08] - Speaker 2
Here we go.

[00:01:48.08] - Speaker 1
Take on the levels again. So now, again, this is our indicator with the levels. And now we are sync. And now we came from the perspective of an intraday swing trader, position trader or swing trader. We're looking for bigger levels. So technical. If I be a swing trader, I won't go to a bigger time frame. That's my number one thing, going to a bigger time frame because it's important maybe not to the one hour. Let's go to the 30 minute that we have a little bit more. More space. All right. So technical. This is what we can see where we have high concentration, of course in this area where we are now today. But recovering also put support here. High volatility. Did we cover something else? No. Okay, let's start first take out our Fibonacci. Let's connect high volatility to put support. This could be a nice area for swing trading.

[00:02:58.21] - Speaker 2
Here we go.

[00:03:02.14] - Speaker 1
Boom. Take out the indicators. Go to the four hour time frame. Check if this area makes sense for you as a swing trader. I would say it makes totally sense. This area. Why I see it directly with my eyes. Look in this area. We get big confirmation here. This was respected Respected many times so technical. We must find a really good area for swing trading position trading intraday swing whatever. It's a good area. So we cover one downside area. Let's go back to the 30 minute time frame. So what we can look into this what we are really interested in. So I would say let's look to the left side. We have now here our pitch. What you can see what candles are really nice for us to cover. So we play around a little bit with our Fibonacci. Let's do it again. Let's test a little bit. Should we use from BL8? No. BL7. No no no. Makes no sense. No, this makes no sense what I was doing before. So in this case let's start again. We connect BL3. Let's look what we can cover. Let's say we go to BL4. But I would more like to stop here.

[00:04:43.14] - Speaker 1
What we was mapping out before so there's no rule what we should connect it must always confirm from the market. So BL4 to this area here. What was mapped out before makes sense. Let's map this out.

[00:04:59.07] - Speaker 2
Here we go.

[00:05:02.11] - Speaker 1
And then let's find out if we're looking to the higher time frame. If this area was making sense. Go back to the one hour time frame. Take out the indicators. Oh shams. Makes sense. Makes totally sense for me. 50 level we cover something we can. We can draw this a little bit higher that we maybe cover this area also. But I think that's good. It's good for now. So go back again looking for some areas 30 minute time frame. I see you have some questions. We will answer this. No worries. But let's map out this first and then we will going through few questions. I will promise you we will do this. We have time. So let's. Let's find the next area what could be really interesting. Yeah. So BL5 to BL10 would be really interesting. I really like this area.

[00:06:13.06] - Speaker 2
Here we go.

[00:06:13.25] - Speaker 1
Let's map out this area. Take out the Fibonacci boom. Take out the indicator. Was this area a good area for intraday swing position trading? Yes, for sure. Look at this. Makes totally sense. And then go to the our hourly time frame. Yeah, makes sense again. Makes sense. So technical. We have now some other area. Are we looking for some other swing points? Trading points? Call it whatever you want. And then let's look into this to the left side what makes sense. Yeah. BL4 to BL8 makes sense because if I'm looking here we cover this Area here. It's. It's a golden, golden golden bullseye.

[00:07:11.24] - Speaker 2
Here we go.

[00:07:13.00] - Speaker 1
Map this out.

[00:07:15.22] - Speaker 2
Here we go.

[00:07:18.11] - Speaker 1
Take out the indicators and el voila what we was covering. Makes completely sense.

[00:07:25.20] - Speaker 2
Here we go.

[00:07:27.22] - Speaker 1
Look at this. It's beauty. Now it's based on swing trading intelligence. Swing holding the position maybe for a few days. No scalping. We have bigger and wider areas. Take on the indicators again. What we should should connect now for the upside. Oh, sorry. I'm on the one hour time frame. No worries. So connect BL8 to one day max. Make the sense? Yeah, could make sense. Let's go map this out.

[00:08:07.28] - Speaker 2
Here we go.

[00:08:11.07] - Speaker 1
And then if we look now to the left side and we have here BL8. So what we can technically do is we have no more levels there but we can play around with the next mix. So let's see. This is the next high. Ah, sorry. This is the next high. And then connect the dots.

[00:08:38.13] - Speaker 2
Here we go.

[00:08:39.17] - Speaker 1
We stopped here on this area what he was mapping out before using our Fibonacci area. Let's draw the Fibonacci folder. Fibonacci with the rectangle. Take it out. Boom. Take out the areas. Maybe you don't need this. As a swing trader I would say you don't need this area. But this was helpful to find this area for you. And now you get no technical your in today's swing of position holding. Multi day holding. I get it. Now let's look to the four hour time frame.

[00:09:21.13] - Speaker 2
Here we go.

[00:09:23.04] - Speaker 1
Make this area sense what he was covering 100%. So now we're on the four hour time frame. If you want fill the gap between this area here and this area here. So what you can technically do. We have here our anchor point. Connect this with the candle top here in this area. Map out your Fibonacci and you will see that the magic has happened.

[00:09:53.09] - Speaker 2
Here we go.

[00:09:54.02] - Speaker 1
We cover a really nice area also to the top. We do the same principe to the downside.

[00:10:07.29] - Speaker 2
So here we go.

[00:10:10.28] - Speaker 1
Let's map out this. We start here using this one stop and then let's connect this area and you will see that will be make at the end. Totally sense. And now I would say to you Congratulations. You get a nice and clear roadmap for intraday swing of position trading.