Showing 1–10 of 31 matching strategies
Evidence: WeakBeginner
RSI Overbought and Oversold
what the 70 and 30 lines actually tell youRSI above 70 is called overbought and below 30 oversold, and beginners are taught to sell the first and buy the second. Traded that way it is one of the more reliable ways to lose money in a trending market, because in a strong trend the RSI stays above 70 for weeks while price keeps going.
H1 to D1Foundations · Oscillator
Evidence: WeakBeginner
Fibonacci Retracement
the most popular tool with the least supportDraw from a swing low to a swing high and the tool marks 38.2%, 50% and 61.8%. The claim is that pullbacks stall at these fractions because of a mathematical relationship found in nature.
H1 to D1Foundations · Retracement
Evidence: ModerateIntermediate
ATR Channel Breakout
a level that moves with volatilityEvery other level in this book is fixed once it is drawn. This one is not: the channel sits a set number of average true ranges away from a moving average, so it widens when the market gets loud and tightens when it goes quiet.
H1 primary · H4 for contextBreakout · Volatility band
Evidence: WeakBeginner
Trendline Breakout
the level you drew yourselfA descending trendline connects successive lower highs. When price closes above it, the sequence that defined the move has ended.
H1 primary · H4 to find the lineBreakout · Price action
Evidence: ModerateBeginner
Consolidation Box Breakout
a rectangle with four touchesA consolidation box is two horizontal lines that price has respected at least twice on each side. It is the halfway house between a trendline and a session range: drawn by hand like the first, but horizontal and objective like the second.
M15 primary · H1 to find the boxBreakout · Price action
Evidence: ModerateIntermediate
Asian Range → London Breakout
session opening range breakoutGenuine EUR and GBP flow is thin through Tokyo hours, so price compresses into a narrow range. At the London open the largest share of global FX turnover comes online, and that compression breaks.
M15 execution · H1 contextBreakout · Session-based
Evidence: ModerateBeginner
Previous Day High / Low Break and Retest
PDH / PDL liquidity levelsThe previous trading day's high and low are the most widely watched intraday levels in FX. The trade is continuation on the break of one of them.
D1 levels · H1 / M15 executionBreakout · Support & Resistance
Evidence: ModerateBeginner
Bollinger Squeeze Expansion
bandwidth percentile breakoutBandwidth = (upper − lower) ÷ middle. When it sits in the bottom 20th percentile of its own 120-bar history, the squeeze is on.
H1 · H4 · D1 — the multi-timeframe variant is the strongestVolatility · Breakout
Evidence: StrongProfessional
Local-Hours Currency Momentum
the time-of-day tiltFX returns carry a documented time-of-day pattern: currencies tend to depreciate during their own local trading hours and appreciate during foreign hours.
M15 primary · H1 secondaryMomentum · Session
Evidence: WeakBeginner
MACD Histogram Acceleration
the popular one, and what it actually measuresThe MACD histogram is the difference between two exponential averages, minus a third average of that difference. Rising histogram is usually described as accelerating momentum.
H1 or H4Momentum · Indicator