Entry Strategies
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Break & Retest: Long Trading Strategy
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 confirmatio…
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Medium Risk Strategies
44 trading strategies tagged as Medium Risk (risk profile). Each template is fully documented with entry rules, indicators, risk management, and configuration parameters.
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Entry Strategies
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Break & Retest: Short Trading Strategy
The mirror image of Break & Retest Long. Price breaks below key support, rallies back to test the broken support as new resistance.
Entry Strategies
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5-Min Opening Range Breakout Trading Strategy
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. Work…
Scalping Strategies
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VWAP Reclaim Scalp Trading Strategy
Quick scalp into session VWAP reclaim: when price dips below VWAP then pushes back above it with volume, traders who sold the dip get trapped. Enter on the reclaim close and target…
Scalping Strategies
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Keltner Channel Bounce Scalp Trading Strategy
Keltner Channels use ATR to build dynamic envelopes around an EMA. In trending intraday conditions, bounces off the middle EMA (or lower band in uptrend) offer quick scalping entri…
Scalping Strategies
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Supertrend Flip Scalp Trading Strategy
Supertrend with fast settings (period 5, multiplier 2) flips direction on smaller moves, making it suitable for scalp entries. Trade each Supertrend flip with tight stops for quick…
Smart Money Concepts
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Liquidity Grab Reversal Trading Strategy
Price often sweeps prior swing highs/lows to collect retail stop orders before reversing. This is 'liquidity grab.' Trade the reversal that follows: after a sharp sweep of a swing …
Harmonic Patterns
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Butterfly Pattern Entry Trading Strategy
Butterfly pattern: a reversal harmonic where D extends beyond X at 1.272-1.618 of XA. Catches exhaustion points at the end of strong moves. Price overshoots the original swing and …
Harmonic Patterns
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Cypher Pattern Entry Trading Strategy
The Cypher pattern is a reliable harmonic with distinctive ratios: B retraces 0.382-0.618 of XA, C extends 1.272-1.414 of XA, and D retraces 0.786 of XC. Known for its tight stop p…
Elliott Wave
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ABC Correction Entry Trading Strategy
After a strong 5-wave impulse completes, price enters a corrective ABC pattern. Enter on the completion of wave C (typically 0.618-1.272 of wave A) to catch the resumption of the p…
Elliott Wave
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Wave 5 Divergence Exit Trading Strategy
Wave 5 of an Elliott impulse often terminates with momentum divergence. Price makes new extreme while RSI/MACD show weaker readings than wave 3. This signals trend exhaustion and p…
Swing Trading Strategies
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Range Breakout Swing Trading Strategy
Trade breakouts from multi-day consolidation ranges. Identify compression, wait for a strong directional candle to break the range with volume.
Swing Trading Strategies
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Darvas Box Breakout Trading Strategy
A Darvas box forms when a stock trades in a tight range after a significant advance. Breaking above the box high with volume signals continuation. Ride the next leg up until a new …
Price Action Strategies
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Engulfing Pattern Momentum Trading Strategy
Trade engulfing candle patterns that completely swallow the previous candle, signaling a powerful momentum shift.
Price Action Strategies
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Double Top Reversal Trading Strategy
Two consecutive peaks at roughly the same price level, separated by a clear trough, signal buyer exhaustion. Trade the neckline break for measured-move profit targets.
Candlestick Patterns
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Doji Reversal System Trading Strategy
Doji candles at key levels signal indecision and potential reversal. Dragonfly, Gravestone, and Long-legged Dojis each have specific meanings.
Candlestick Patterns
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Three White Soldiers Momentum Trading Strategy
Three consecutive strong bullish candles, each closing at or near its high with minimal upper wicks, signal sustained buying pressure. After a base/consolidation, this pattern ofte…
Chart Pattern Strategies
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Cup & Handle Breakout Trading Strategy
A rounded basing pattern (cup) followed by a small consolidation near resistance (handle) creates one of the most reliable long continuation patterns, especially in growth stocks c…
Range & Renko Strategies
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Renko Double Top Short Trading Strategy
Renko filters out time and minor noise, making chart patterns exceptionally clean. A double-top on Renko is a rare, high-reliability reversal signal. Two failed attempts at the sam…
Volume Profile Strategies
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Naked POC Retest Trading Strategy
A 'naked' Point of Control is a prior session's POC that has not yet been revisited. Markets have a strong tendency to return to naked POCs, trade the return for magnet-to-level mo…
Order Flow Strategies
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Cumulative Delta Divergence Trading Strategy
Cumulative delta tracks net aggressive buying vs selling over time. When price makes a new high but cumulative delta fails to confirm (divergence), it signals weakening conviction.…
TD Sequential
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TD 9 Exhaustion Trading Strategy
The TD Sequential 9-count marks potential trend exhaustion. After 9 consecutive closes higher/lower than 4 bars ago, a reversal or pause is likely.
TD Sequential
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TD Countdown 13 Reversal Trading Strategy
After a completed TD Setup (count of 9), the TD Countdown begins. Counting 13 specific closing relationships that signal deeper exhaustion. A confirmed 13 Countdown is one of the s…
TD Sequential
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TD Perfected Setup Trading Strategy
A 'perfected' TD Setup requires bars 8 or 9 to trade below (for buy) or above (for sell) the low/high of bars 6 and 7. This extra qualifier filters out weaker setups and typically …
Key Level Strategies
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Prior Day High/Low Break Trading Strategy
The prior day's high (PDH) and low (PDL) are among the most-watched intraday reference levels. A clean break of PDH or PDL with momentum signals session bias continuation.
Gap Trading Strategies
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Gap Fill Strategy Trading Strategy
Most gaps fill within the same or next session. Trade the reversion back to the previous close when a gap shows signs of rejection.
Gap Trading Strategies
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Gap-Up Fade (Opening Reversal) Trading Strategy
Stocks and indices that gap up significantly on the open often fade back toward the prior close as early-morning euphoria fades. Short the gap-up after confirming rejection in the …
Gap Trading Strategies
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Breakaway Gap Follow-Through Trading Strategy
Breakaway gaps mark the start of new trends. They gap out of a consolidation range or key resistance level with strong volume. Unlike common gaps, these don't fill and signal insti…
Market Structure
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Equal Highs Liquidity Sweep Trading Strategy
When two or more swing highs form at the same price level, stop orders from short sellers cluster above them. Price often sweeps these 'equal highs' to harvest liquidity before rev…
Market Structure
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Structure Shift Early Entry Trading Strategy
A Change of Character (ChoCH) is the first lower-high after a series of higher-highs (or first higher-low after lower-lows). Enter on the confirmation of the shift. Catching the ne…
Gann Analysis
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Gann Fan Angles Trading Strategy
Gann Fan angles (1×1, 1×2, 2×1) create dynamic support and resistance from significant highs and lows. The 1×1 (45°) is the most important.
Gann Analysis
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Gann 1×1 Angle Trend Trading Strategy
Gann's 1×1 angle moves 1 unit of price per 1 unit of time. The backbone of his trend analysis. Price above the rising 1×1 is bullish; breaks of the 1×1 signal trend reversal. Use t…
Al Brooks Price Action
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Always-In Trade Trading Strategy
The always-in concept: the market is always either always-in-long or always-in-short. When it flips, you reverse your position.
Al Brooks Price Action
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Brooks Wedge Reversal Trading Strategy
A three-push wedge. Three consecutive higher-highs (or lower-lows) forming a narrowing channel. signals trend exhaustion. The third push is typically weakest and marks reversal ter…
Market Profile
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Initial Balance Breakout Trading Strategy
The Initial Balance (IB) is the range formed in the first hour of trading. Breakouts from the IB often define the day type and directional bias.
Market Profile
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Initial Balance Failure Trading Strategy
The Initial Balance (first 60 minutes of the US cash session) defines the day's early range. When price breaks out of IB but fails to hold, it signals responsive sellers (IB high) …
Market Profile
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Poor High Short Trading Strategy
A 'poor high' is a market profile high formed by only 1-2 single prints, indicating the upper extreme was not auction-accepted. These unfinished highs typically get revisited and s…
ICT Advanced Models
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ICT Silver Bullet Trading Strategy
The Silver Bullet setup targets specific kill zones (10:00-11:00 AM, 2:00-3:00 PM EST) where institutional activity creates Fair Value Gaps.
ICT Advanced Models
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Power of 3 (PO3) Trading Strategy
Power of 3 describes the daily cycle: Accumulation → Manipulation → Distribution. Price accumulates in an Asian session range, manipulates (runs stops) at London open, then distrib…
Volatility Strategies
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Volatility Squeeze Breakout Trading Strategy
When Bollinger Bands compress inside Keltner Channels, a squeeze is occurring. The eventual breakout from the squeeze produces explosive moves.
Volatility Strategies
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NR7 Breakout Trading Strategy
NR7 (Narrowest Range of 7 days): today's range is the smallest of the last 7 trading days. A clear volatility contraction. Explosive breakouts follow these compressed days more oft…
Volatility Strategies
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Inside Day + Low ATR Trading Strategy
An inside day (entirely within prior day's range) combined with 20-day-low ATR signals double volatility compression. A coiled spring. Trade the break of the inside day in the dire…
Wyckoff Method
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Wyckoff Phase C Test Trading Strategy
Phase C of Wyckoff accumulation features a 'test'. Price returns to the Spring low on decreasing volume, confirming supply exhaustion. This is the lowest-risk long entry in the ent…
Advanced Quantitative
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Turtle System Rule 1 (Donchian Breakout) Trading Strategy
The original Turtle trading system rule: buy on breakouts above the 20-day high, sell below the 20-day low. Position size based on ATR (1 unit = 1% account risk per N, where N = 20…