Firstly, change the chart type to “candle”. After that, set the trading period in 15 sec.
Now choose the trading amount according to your risk preference. The investment amount should be 1% or 2%, according to the money management rules.
If you want to follow the alligator strategy, then keep the expiry time a maximum of 2 min.
Mostly, these 3 lines are known as trend followers. You have to follow 3 confirmation from these lines. If these 3 lines are upward, then you can place a trade.
Similarly, you can execute a trade, if these lines are simultaneously downward.
Placing trade is strongly prohibited if these 3 lines go horizontally. Because at the mentioned time, the market becomes volatile. It is difficult to predict the market duration, when it is not stable. So, placing a trade is not safe.
But, you can place a trade or should be in the market only when a candle closes above or below all 3 lines.
Note that you have to wait for the period. Sometimes, it takes more than an hour to build this in a graph. So, patience is mandatory while trading with the Alligator indicator.