Trading Supply Zone with Price Action Trade Management
This daily chart of the USD/JPY above shows a trade example with a supply zone.
The two small blue arrows on the chart show the creation of the first two tops in the supply zone. We will look for Short trades that interact with that level.
The USD/JPY could be sold after the bounce as shown with the first green arrow on the chart. The price starts decreasing afterwards. Soon after, a swing low is created and we see a sharp price move to the upside. This area subsequently forms a solid demand zone on the chart.
The price returns to the supply zone for a re-test afterwards. See that the USD/JPY bounces sharply in the bearish direction. This creates another short opportunity on the chart. The pair could be sold again after the bounce from the level. After the price decreases, it reaches the magenta demand level on the chart, creating another bounce. The second short trade could be closed when you recognize the bounce from the magenta demand line.
The price returns to the supply zone and bounces again downwards. This leads to a new price decrease. However, this time the price action creates a strong market gap down and almost goes through the already established demand zone, meaning that the bearish force is stronger than usual. In this case you would have had a sufficient reason to hold the trade on the assumption that the selling pressure has taken over, and the pair is entering a bearish trend.
We use the big bearish yellow trend line to measure the intensity of the downwards move. Then we hold the trade until the price action breaks the yellow bearish trend line. The last red arrow shows the moment when price breaks thru the trend line to the upside, which would be a valid signal that the trade needs to be closed.
The stop loss orders for the three short trades are indicated with the red horizontal lines above the supply zone.












