Trading strategies

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Scalping, day trading, swing, position trading, carry trade, breakout — what suits whom and how to measure performance.

  1. 01Scalping — what is it and does it make sense for retail?
  2. 02Three trading styles — trend, range and breakout compared
  3. 03Swing trading — the basics for someone with a full-time job
  4. 04Day trading vs position trading — which style for you?
  5. 05Range trading — how to profit in consolidation without trend?
  6. 06Martingale in forex — trap that always destroys account
  7. 07Mean reversion — the return-to-the-mean strategy
  8. 08News trading and spread widening — the hidden cost of trading the data
  9. 09Order block trading — the SMC institutional zone, honestly
  10. 10Currency Pair Correlation and the Retail "Arbitrage" Myth
  11. 11Range Trading Framework — A Systematic Process
  12. 12Trade Exit Strategy — When to Close a Position
  13. 13Position Trader vs Day Trader — Which Style Suits You
  14. 14Trading edge — how to find and validate a real one
  15. 15Trade management — what to do after you are in
  16. 16Setup checklist — your go/no-go list before entering
  17. 17Asymmetric bets — convexity and expected value in trading
  18. 18What is the carry trade — earning on the interest-rate differential
  19. 19AB=CD pattern — leg symmetry and the 0.618/1.272 levels
  20. 20Deep Crab pattern — the deeper variant of Carney's Crab
  21. 21Nen Star pattern — Suri Duddella rare harmonic formation
  22. 22The candlestick patterns that matter and how to read them
  23. 235-0 pattern strategy — Carney Shark hybrid harmonic reversal
  24. 24News trader vs technical trader — two philosophies compared
  25. 25Scalping vs day trading — seconds or hours in the trade?
  26. 26Evening star — the three rivers reversal at a trend top
  27. 27Morning star — the three-candle reversal at a trend bottom
  28. 28Butterfly pattern — harmonic X-A-B-C-D reversal beyond point X
  29. 29Wedge pattern — trading the rising and falling wedge
  30. 30Heikin-Ashi — "average bar" candles for reading the trend
  31. 31RSI Divergence — a Reversal Strategy That Needs Confirmation
  32. 32Three white soldiers — three candles that announce the buyers are back
  33. 33Donchian Channel — the Turtle breakout system step by step
  34. 34OBV On-Balance Volume — the volume indicator on forex
  35. 35Change of Character (ChoCh) — the SMC trend-reversal signal
  36. 36ABCD pattern — a trading guide to the harmonic building block
  37. 37Smart Money Concepts (SMC) — market mechanics through an institutional lens
  38. 38Three black crows — three candles that announce the sellers have taken over
  39. 39Breaker block in SMC — a failed order block flips role
  40. 40Andrews' Pitchfork — Alan Andrews' median-line method
  41. 41Schiff Pitchfork — Andrews' fork with a shifted origin
  42. 42Renko charts — a price-based brick chart, not a time-based one
  43. 43Bullish and Bearish Engulfing — the candle that takes control
  44. 44Kagi charts — a price-based Japanese chart, not a time-based one
  45. 45Three Line Break — a price-based Japanese chart, not a time-based one
  46. 46Volume Profile — POC, Value Area and the honest forex caveat
  47. 47Wolfe Wave — a five-point reversal formation and the EPA line
  48. 48Bullish and Bearish Harami — two-candle reversal pattern
  49. 49Three Drives pattern — a harmonic reversal after three drives
  50. 50Gartley pattern — the original harmonic formation with entry at 0.786 of XA
  51. 51Bat pattern — harmonic X-A-B-C-D with entry at 0.886 of the XA leg
  52. 52Crab pattern — Scott Carney harmonic X-A-B-C-D reversal
  53. 53Cypher pattern — Darren Oglesbee's harmonic formation (X-A-B-C-D)
  54. 54Piercing Line and Dark Cloud Cover — two-candle reversals
  55. 55Shark pattern — Carney's O-X-A-B-C harmonic reversal
  56. 56Spinning top and doji — the candles of indecision
  57. 57Inverted hammer and shooting star — one shape, two signals
  58. 58Abandoned Baby — rare reversal pattern with a doji and gaps
  59. 59Three Inside Up and Down — Harami with confirmation
  60. 60Three Outside Up and Down — Engulfing with confirmation
  61. 61Three Stars in South — rare bullish exhaustion candlestick pattern
  62. 62Upside Gap Three Methods — five candles of bullish continuation
  63. 63Downside Gap Three Methods — five-candle bearish continuation pattern
  64. 64Head and Shoulders — the Classic Trend-Reversal Pattern
  65. 65Double Top and Double Bottom — Reversal Patterns
  66. 66Harmonic patterns — a guide to the Fibonacci X-A-B-C-D formations
  67. 67Hammer — the candlestick reversal at the bottom of a downtrend
  68. 68Inside Bar — the Breakout Strategy from the Inside Candle
  69. 69Breakout strategy — a complete how-to guide
  70. 70Momentum trading — a complete guide to trend strength
  71. 71Gap trading — how price gaps work in theory and practice
  72. 72Swing Trading on a 2-7 Day Horizon — A Step-by-Step Process
  73. 73Trend Following — Trend-Riding Systems from the Turtles to Donchian
  74. 74Pre-trade step-by-step checklist — 10-point validation
  75. 75How to write a trading plan — step-by-step template