Breakouts & Ranges strategies
Breakout strategies wait for price to leave a range or a level everyone can see, betting that the move has energy behind it. Their constant enemy is the fakeout, so most of the rules are about telling a real break from a false one.
7
strategies in this family
7
animated replays
1
with published research
7
other families
- 5beginner
- 2intermediate
- Breakouts & RangesResearchedOpening range breakout (ORB)Mark the high and low of the first minutes of the session, then trade the first decisive break out of that range.Day tradingBeginner
- Breakouts & RangesTested, mixedBreakout and retestLet price break a level, wait for it to come back and hold that level from the other side, then enter.Day trading, Swing tradingBeginner
- Breakouts & RangesPopular, untestedBollinger Band squeeze breakoutWhen the Bollinger Bands pinch to their narrowest, a big move is often near: trade the first close outside the bands.Day trading, Swing tradingIntermediate
- Breakouts & RangesTested, mixedLondon breakoutMark the quiet Asian session's range, then trade the first strong break of it when London opens.Day tradingBeginner
- Breakouts & RangesPopular, untestedInside bar breakoutAfter a candle that stays entirely inside the previous one's range, trade the break of the larger candle's high or low.Day trading, Swing tradingBeginner
- Breakouts & RangesPopular, untestedRange tradingWhen price swings between the same two levels, buy near support and sell near resistance, with the stop just outside the range.Day trading, Swing tradingBeginner
- Breakouts & RangesPopular, untestedGap and goWhen a stock opens far above yesterday's close on news, buy the break of the first candle's high and ride the momentum.Day tradingIntermediate