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Capturing Trend Days

TradersLog — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 18:07:00 +0000

A trend day occurs when there is an expansion in the daily trading range and the open and close are near opposite extremes. The first half-hour of trading often comprises less than 10% of the day’s total range; there is usually very little intraday price retracement.

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Rubber Band Trading Strategy

Dan Blystone — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 09:33:23 +0000

The Rubber Band trading strategy aims to identify points where the market is overbought or oversold and likely to snap back towards the mean. Some traders use Keltner Channels for this strategy, while others use Bollinger Bands. We’ll take a look at how this strategy is used with Kelter Channels. The strategy uses a 40

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King Keltner Trading Strategy

Dan Blystone — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 09:35:22 +0000

Keltner Channels are a volatility-based technical indicator. The channels are composed of two bands plotted around an Exponential Moving Average (EMA) of the data for a given period and are they are calculated by adding or subtracting twice the Average True Range (ATR) from the moving average. The King Keltner trading strategy generates a buy

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Directory of Trading Strategies

Dan Blystone — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 13:13:33 +0000

In this article we compile a wide range of popular trading strategies. These can be useful to test and to help you come up with your own unique trading strategies. London Opening Range Breakout This strategy seeks to take advantage of the liquidity and volatility of the London trading session and has a maximum of

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Bladerunner Trading Strategy

Dan Blystone — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 12:55:59 +0000

Bladerunner is a simple trend following strategy that uses a 20-period exponential moving average (EMA) along with price action patterns. The strategy can be traded across multiple currency pairs and also multiple timeframes, although it is most popular on shorter term timeframes. Since it is a trend following strategy it works best with instruments that

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Bollinger Bandit Trading Strategy

Dan Blystone — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 12:34:25 +0000

John Bollinger invented Bollinger Bands way back in the 1980s. His indicator uses standard deviation to determine support and resistance levels. Price is viewed as overextended at the upper or lower bands, which are considered resistance or support areas. Traders often look for price to revert to the mean at the upper or lower bands.

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London Opening Range Breakout Strategy

Dan Blystone — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 09:14:53 +0000

The London Opening Range Breakout is a strategy that is simple to understand and apply. It also has the appeal that it requires relatively little time to trade it, generating at most one trade per day.

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What is the Reflation Trade?

Dan Blystone — Sun, 02 May 2021 13:01:49 +0000

In this article we cover the meaning of the Reflation Trade and explain ideas and strategies relating to this economic theme.

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Introduction to Price Action Trading Strategies

Dan Blystone — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 10:21:11 +0000

Price action trading is a term that you frequently hear among traders currently. It is popular due to its minimalism and applicability across different markets and timeframes.

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