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…
36 trading strategies tagged as 2:1 R:R (risk/reward ratio). Each template is fully documented with entry rules, indicators, risk management, and configuration parameters.
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…
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 sufficien…
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…
When Bollinger Bands contract tightly (low volatility compression), the eventual breakout is often explosive. Scalp the directional break of the bands on a volume surge. Catching t…
The classic harmonic pattern with specific Fibonacci ratios. XA retracement of 0.618 at B, completion at 0.786 XA at D.
Hidden divergence signals trend continuation. When price makes a higher low but RSI/MACD makes a lower low, it indicates the underlying trend is strong.
Trade high-probability reversals using pin bars (long wick rejection candles) at key support and resistance levels.
Inside bars represent consolidation and indecision. Trade the breakout direction when the range is broken with conviction.
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.
Three-candle reversal patterns. Morning Star (bullish reversal at bottom) and Evening Star (bearish reversal at top) are among the most reliable candlestick patterns.
Three consecutive strong-bodied candles in the same direction. Three White Soldiers signal bullish reversal, Three Black Crows signal bearish reversal.
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…
The most reliable reversal pattern. Three peaks with the middle (head) being the highest, connected by a neckline. Break of neckline triggers entry.
Ascending, descending, and symmetrical triangles. Price converges to the apex before breaking out with momentum.
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…
Range bars build only on price movement, not time, making VWAP crosses cleaner and more significant. Trade VWAP reclaims on range bars for noise-filtered intraday signals with natu…
The Point of Control (POC) is the price with the most volume traded. Price tends to gravitate back to this level, trade the reversion.
High Volume Nodes (HVNs) are price levels where significant trading activity has occurred. They act as strong magnets and support/resistance. Trade the bounce off an untested HVN f…
When a supply zone is broken, it flips to demand (and vice versa). Trade the retest of the flipped zone.
When price makes new highs but cumulative delta diverges (makes lower highs), aggressive sellers are absorbing buy orders. Reversal imminent.
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.
Previous day high (PDH) and low (PDL) are the most watched institutional levels. Trade the breakout or rejection at these levels.
Round numbers (1.0000 in FX, $100 in stocks, $50,000 in crypto) act as psychological support and resistance because retail traders cluster orders at these levels. Trade the first c…
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.
Most gaps fill within the same or next session. Trade the reversion back to the previous close when a gap shows signs of rejection.
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 …
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.
The always-in concept: the market is always either always-in-long or always-in-short. When it flips, you reverse your position.
Most pullbacks in a trend have two legs (two pushes against the trend). The second leg ending provides the highest probability re-entry.
The H1 (High 1) entry: in an established bull trend, after the first pullback bar fails to make a new low below a pullback swing, enter long on a stop order above that bar's high. …
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.
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) …
When the ATR rises above its moving average, volatility is expanding. Trade in the direction of the expansion for momentum captures.
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…
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…