Entry Strategies
Precision-first entry models that define exactly when and how to enter a trade using structure, breakouts, and confirmation.
4 Strategy Templates
Entry Strategies isolate the specific mechanical signal that triggers a trade. The line between observation and action. Every trading methodology eventually reduces to an entry rule: a closing-candle condition, a break of a specific level, a retest of a broken zone, a candle pattern at a session-defined time. The strategies in this category are timeframe- and style-agnostic; they're designed to be combined with a directional thesis from elsewhere (trend-following, mean-reversion, structure-based) rather than stand alone.
The distinction that matters is between breakout entries (enter on the break itself, trading momentum) and retest entries (wait for a return to the broken level, trading the second move with a tighter stop). Retest entries sacrifice fill rate for entry quality. You'll miss the fastest trends but take fewer false starts. Opening-range breakouts are the canonical session-timed entry, while pullback-to-EMA bounces rely on trend continuity being statistically reliable at specific dynamic-support levels. Choose entry rules that match your setup's underlying flow: trend continuations tolerate aggressive breakout entries, reversals benefit from patient retest waits.
The quintessential institutional entry. Price breaks above a key resistance level, pulls back to retest that level as new support, and is met with a bullish candlestick confirmation.
The mirror image of Break & Retest Long. Price breaks below key support, rallies back to test the broken support as new resistance.
The simplest high-probability trend continuation: in a confirmed uptrend, buy the first rejection off the 20-period EMA. Clean, mechanical, and works on every market with sufficient trend structure.
The opening range (first 5 minutes after market open) establishes the day's initial battle lines. Breaking this range with momentum signals directional intent for the session. Works especially well on...