How to Trade with tradeCompass

How to Trade with tradeCompass: A Complete Guide for Traders

In today’s fast-moving markets, traders often face two critical questions:
Where should I enter the trade?
Where should I take profits or cut losses?

That’s exactly where tradeCompass comes in — a professional, structured, and highly actionable decision-support tool designed for day traders, swing traders, and investors who want to navigate markets with clarity and discipline.

In this article, we’ll explain what is tradeCompass, how to use it effectively, and why it has become a go-to tool for traders in Bitcoin, Nasdaq, Gold, and other major markets.

What is tradeCompass?

tradeCompass is your daily market map — a professional analysis that highlights the key price levels, potential breakout and reversal zones, and provides ready-made bullish and bearish trade plans based on technical analysis, volume profile, VWAP levels, and liquidity pools.

Each tradeCompass report includes:

✅ The most important key support and resistance levels
✅ Clear bullish and bearish thresholds
✅ Pre-defined partial profit-taking levels
✅ Trade management guidance to help protect profits
✅ Professional market commentary explaining the logic behind the levels

It’s built for traders who want a clear, pre-session orientation without the noise, helping them prepare actionable scenarios in advance.

How to Trade with tradeCompass

The process is straightforward and built to keep you disciplined and focused:

1. Use the Bullish and Bearish Thresholds

Every tradeCompass report defines two critical directional levels:

• Bullish Threshold → If price crosses above this level, the analysis suggests looking for long (buy) opportunities.

• Bearish Threshold → If price drops below this level, the analysis suggests looking for short (sell) opportunities.

Traders are encouraged to wait for a sustained crossing of these levels. For example, if you trade on 5-minute timeframes, you may want to see a confirmed close above the bullish threshold to avoid falling into fakeouts or liquidity spikes.

2. Take Partial Profits at Key Levels

One of the most valuable features of tradeCompass is its pre-defined partial profit-taking targets. These levels are not random — they are calculated based on professional analysis of VWAP bands, liquidity zones, and market structure.

For example, in a recent Bitcoin tradeCompass, the bullish threshold was set at $86,800 with three partial profit targets:

• Target 1: $86,900 (0.25% move)

• Target 2: $87,250 (0.5% move)

• Target 3: $87,900 (not reached in this example)

These levels help traders scale out of their positions and secure profits without guessing.

3. Adjust Your Stop After Hitting Targets

A key risk management principle of tradeCompass is:
Once the second target is hit, consider moving your stop to break-even (entry price).
This allows you to protect profits on the remaining position while leaving room for further gains.

Some traders may choose to adjust their stop even after the first target, depending on distance and market conditions.

4. Trade Only One Direction Per Session

Another important rule is:
Limit yourself to one directional trade per tradeCompass.
If you took a bullish trade and either hit your profit targets or got stopped out → you don’t take another long based on that day’s tradeCompass. However, you can still take the bearish setup if price crosses the bearish threshold later.

This keeps you objective and prevents overtrading.

5. Respect the Thresholds for Your Stop-Loss

If you are bullish and planning a long trade, your stop-loss should not be below the bearish threshold.
If you are bearish, your stop-loss should not be above the bullish threshold.
This keeps your trade aligned with the tradeCompass structure and prevents large, emotional stop placements.

How to Trade with tradeCompass – the above principles are exemplified within this video

The Logic Behind the tradeCompass Analysis Approach

The tradeCompass methodology is built on institutional-grade technical analysis and advanced market structure concepts. It’s not based on indicators or opinions — it’s based on objective, repeatable analysis of how markets behave around key price zones.

Here’s a quick breakdown of the analytical tools behind every tradeCompass report:

🔍 Volume Profile & High Volume Nodes (HVNs)

The Volume Profile shows how much trading activity occurred at each price level during a specific period.
High Volume Nodes (HVNs) are price areas where a large amount of volume was traded — essentially, areas where the market spent a lot of time and many traders agreed on price.

Why it matters:
HVNs act as magnets and barriers — price often stalls, consolidates, or reverses around these areas because that’s where large institutional traders have built positions.

📊 VWAP & Standard Deviations

VWAP (Volume-Weighted Average Price) is a key institutional benchmark that shows the average price paid for an asset, weighted by volume.

Standard Deviations of VWAP are dynamic bands that adjust based on market activity, similar to Bollinger Bands but volume-sensitive:

• When markets trend, these bands expand.

• When markets consolidate, they contract.

Why it matters:
Traders use VWAP bands to identify overbought/oversold zones, trend continuation points, and mean reversion areas.

🚩 Clusters of Key Levels

The analysis looks for clusters of significant levels — for example, when the VWAP, yesterday’s POC (Point of Control), and a major support/resistance level all converge within a tight price area.

Why it matters:
When multiple key levels align, they create a high-probability reaction zone. Price is more likely to react aggressively (bounce, reject, or break through) at these clusters.

🟢 Naked Key Levels

Naked key levels are price levels from previous sessions (like yesterday’s Value Area High, Low, or POC) that were not tested or touched in the following session.
They remain “naked” until price returns to them.

Why it matters:
These levels often act as price magnets in future sessions. Professional traders and algorithms watch these naked levels because they represent unfinished business in the market structure.

Why Use tradeCompass

tradeCompass is not a signal service. It is a professional, data-driven decision-support tool designed to:

🎯 Keep traders objective and prepared
🎯 Remove emotional, reactive trading
🎯 Help manage risk with pre-defined targets and stop adjustments
🎯 Map out both bullish and bearish scenarios in advance
🎯 Prevent overtrading by sticking to one direction per session

Whether you trade Bitcoin, Nasdaq, Gold, or other instruments — tradeCompass gives you a clear, structured framework to navigate the market each day.

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This article was written by Itai Levitan at www.forexlive.com.