Smart Money Concepts
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Order Block Entry Trading Strategy
Enter at institutional order blocks where smart money has placed significant orders, creating high-quality reversal zones.
3:1 R:R Strategies
35 trading strategies tagged as 3:1 R:R (risk/reward ratio). Each template is fully documented with entry rules, indicators, risk management, and configuration parameters.
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Smart Money Concepts
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Fair Value Gap Fill Entry Trading Strategy
Fair Value Gaps (imbalances between buyers and sellers) tend to get filled as price returns to them. Enter at the 50% level of a bullish FVG during a return, targeting the next liq…
Harmonic Patterns
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Bat Pattern Entry Trading Strategy
The Bat pattern is a precision harmonic formation with a 0.886 XA retracement at point D. One of the deepest harmonic entries. The tight stop beyond D creates excellent risk:reward…
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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Wave 3 Entry Trading Strategy
Capture the most powerful wave in Elliott structure. Wave 3 is typically the longest and strongest impulse wave.
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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Trend Pullback Entry Trading Strategy
Enter on pullbacks within a confirmed trend. Wait for price to retrace to dynamic support (EMA/MA zone) before entering in the direction of the trend.
Swing Trading Strategies
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200-SMA Swing Bounce Trading Strategy
The 200-period SMA on the daily chart is the most-watched long-term support/resistance level in equities. Bounces off a rising 200-SMA in a long-term uptrend are among the highest-…
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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Failed Breakout Reversal Trading Strategy
When price breaks out of a clear range but fails to hold above the breakout level, trapped breakout buyers become forced sellers. Fade the failed breakout for a move back through t…
Chart Pattern Strategies
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Bull Flag Continuation Trading Strategy
After a strong upward thrust (flagpole), price consolidates in a tight downward-sloping channel (flag). The break above the flag signals continuation of the primary trend with meas…
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 recognizable long continuation patterns, especially in growth stocks c…
Range & Renko Strategies
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Renko Trend Following Trading Strategy
Renko bricks filter noise by only printing when price moves a fixed amount. Trade color changes with trend confirmation for clean entries.
Volume Profile Strategies
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Low Volume Node Breakout Trading Strategy
Low Volume Nodes (LVN) are price levels with minimal trading activity. Price moves quickly through these zones, trade the acceleration.
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…
Supply & Demand Zones
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Fresh Zone Entry Trading Strategy
Trade the first retest of fresh (untested) supply or demand zones. Fresh zones have a high-quality as unfilled orders remain.
Supply & Demand Zones
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Drop-Base-Rally Demand Trading Strategy
Drop-Base-Rally (DBR): price drops sharply, consolidates briefly (base), then explodes higher. The base marks a fresh demand zone where institutional buying absorbed all selling. F…
Supply & Demand Zones
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Rally-Base-Drop Supply Trading Strategy
Rally-Base-Drop (RBD): price rallies, bases briefly, then drops sharply. The base is a supply zone where institutional selling absorbed buying pressure. Fresh RBD zones reliably ca…
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.…
Order Flow Strategies
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Selling Climax Reversal Trading Strategy
A selling climax is extreme panic selling. Volume spikes to 3-5× average as capitulation unfolds. The following candle's reversal often marks a major low. Trade the bounce after co…
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…
Gap Trading Strategies
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Gap & Go Continuation Trading Strategy
When a gap occurs with massive volume and a catalyst, trade the continuation in the gap direction instead of fading it.
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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Change of Character (CHOCH) Trading Strategy
CHOCH is the first sign of a trend reversal. When an uptrend breaks its first significant low, or a downtrend breaks its first high, character changes.
Gann Analysis
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Gann Square of 9 Levels Trading Strategy
Gann's Square of 9 uses geometric angles (45°, 90°, 180°) from significant price points to project future support and resistance levels. Trade bounces and rejections at Square of 9…
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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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…
Wyckoff Method
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Wyckoff Upthrust Trading Strategy
The Upthrust is the distribution equivalent of the Spring. Price spikes above resistance to trap buyers, then reverses sharply as smart money distributes.
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 tightest-stop long entry in the ent…
Advanced Quantitative
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Multi-Timeframe Confluence Trading Strategy
Align signals across three timeframes for maximum conviction. Higher TF sets bias, mid TF confirms structure, lower TF times the entry.