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How to Trade Breakouts
What are breakouts and how can I take advantage of them?
Breakouts!
Unlike the breakouts you might have had as a teenager, a breakout in the trading world is a little different!
A breakout occurs when the price “breaks out” (get it?) of some kind of consolidation or trading range.
A breakout can also occur when a specific price level is breached such as support and resistance levels, pivot points, Fibonacci levels, etc.
With breakout trades, the goal is to enter the market right when the price makes a breakout and then continue to ride the trade until volatility dies down.
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You’ll notice that unlike trading stocks or futures, there is no way for you to see the volume of trades made in the forex market.
With stock or future trades, volume is essential for making good breakout trades so not having this data available in the forex leaves us at a disadvantage.
Because of this disadvantage, we have to rely not only on good risk management, but also on certain criteria in order to position ourselves for a good potential breakout.
If there is large price movement within a short amount of time then volatility would be considered high.
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On the other hand, if there is relatively little movement in a short period of time then volatility would be considered low.
While it’s tempting to get in the market when it is moving faster than a speeding bullet, you will often find yourself more stressed and anxious; making bad decisions as your money goes in and then goes right back out.
This high volatility is what attracts a lot of forex traders, but it’s this same volatility that kills a lot of them as well.
The goal here is to use volatility to your advantage.:woo:
Rather than following the herd and trying to jump in when the market is super volatile, it would be better to look for currency pairs with volatility that is very low.
This way, you can position yourself and be ready for when a breakout occurs and volatility skyrockets!
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How to Trade Fakeouts
In order to fade breakouts, you need to know where potential fakeouts can occur.
Potential fakeouts are usually found at support and resistance levels created through trend lines, chart patterns, or previous daily highs or lows.
Trend lines
In fading breakouts, always remember that there should be SPACE between the trend line and price.
If there is a gap between the trend line and price, it means price is heading more in the direction of the trend and away from the trend line. Like in the example below, having space between the trend line and price allows price to retrace back towards the trend line, perhaps even breaking it, and provide fading opportunities.
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The SPEED of price movement is also very important.
If price is inching like a caterpillar towards the trend line, a false breakout may be likely. However, a fast price movement towards the trend line could prove to be a successful breakout. With a high price movement speed, momentum can carry price past the trend line and beyond. In this situation, it is better to step back from fading the breakout.
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How do we fade trend line breaks?
It’s very simple actually. Just enter when price pops back inside.
This will allow you to take the safe route and avoid jumping the gun. You don’t want sell above or below a trend line only to find out later that the breakout was real!
Using the first chart example, let’s point out possible entry points by zooming in a little.
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hart Patterns
Chart patterns are physical groupings of price you can actually see with your own eyes. They are an important part of technical analysis and also help you in your decision-making process.
Two common patterns where false breakouts tend to occur are:
Head and Shoulders
Double Top/Bottom
The head and shoulders chart pattern is actually one of the hardest patterns for new traders to spot. However, with time and experience, this pattern can become an instrumental part of your trading arsenal.
The head and shoulders pattern is considered a reversal. If formed at the end of an uptrend, it could signal a bearish reversal. Conversely, if it is formed the end of a downtrend, it could signal a bullish reversal. Head and shoulders are known for generating false breakouts and creating perfect opportunities for fading breakouts.
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In a head and shoulders pattern, you can assume that the first break tends to be false.
You can fade the breakout with a limit order back in the neckline and just put your stop above the high of the fake out candle.
You could place your target a little below the high of the second shoulder or a little above the low of the second shoulder of the inverse pattern.
The next pattern is the double top or the double bottom.
Traders just love these patterns! Why you ask? Well it is because they’re the easiest to spot!
When price breaks below the neckline, it signals a possible trend reversal. Because of this, plenty of traders place their entry orders very near the neckline in case of a reversal.
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Similar to the head and shoulders pattern, you can place your order once price goes back in to catch the bounce. You can set your stops just beyond the fake out candle.
What kind of market should I fade breakouts?
The best results tend to occur in a range-bound market. However, you cannot ignore market sentiment, major news events, common sense, and other types of market analysis.
Financial markets spend a lot time bouncing back and forth between a range of prices and do not deviate much from these highs and lows.
Ranges are bound by a support level and a resistance level, and buyers and sellers continually push prices up and down within those levels. Fading the breakouts in these range-bound environments can prove to be very profitable. However, at some point, one side is eventually going to take over and a new trending stage will form.
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Trading Breakouts
With breakout trades, the goal is to enter the market right when the price makes a breakout and then continue to ride the trade until volatility dies down.
Breakouts are significant because they indicate a change in the supply and demand of the currency pair you are trading.
You’ll notice that unlike trading stocks or futures, there is no way for you to see the volume of trades made in the forex. Because of this, we need to rely on volatility.
Volatility measures the overall price fluctuations over a certain time and this information can be used to detect potential breakouts.
There are a few indicators that can help you gauge a pair’s current volatility. Using these indicators can help you tremendously when looking for breakout opportunities.
Moving Averages
Bollinger Bands
Average True Range (ATR)
There are two types of breakouts:
Continuation
Reversal
To spot breakouts, you can look at:
Chart Patterns
Trend lines
Channels
Triangles
You can measure the strength of a breakout using the following:
Moving Average Convergence/Divergence (MACD)
RSI
Finally, breakouts usually work best and FOR REAL with some kind of economic event or news catalyst. Always be sure to check the forex calendar and news before figuring out whether or not a breakout trade is the right play for the situation.
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Trading Fakeouts
Institutional traders like to fade breakouts. So we must like to fade breakouts also.
Are you going to follow the crowd, or are you going to follow the money?
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Fading breakouts simply means trading in the opposite direction as the breakout. You would fade a breakout if you believe that a breakout from a support or resistance level is false and unable to keep moving in the same direction.
In cases in which the support or resistance level broken is significant, fading breakouts may prove to be smarter than trading the breakout.
Potential fake outs are usually found at support and resistance levels created through trend lines, chart patterns, or previous daily highs or lows.
The best results tend to occur in a range-bound market. However, you cannot ignore market sentiment, common sense, and other types of market analysis.
Financial markets spend a lot time bouncing back and forth between a range of prices and do not deviate much from these highs and lows.
Finally, the odds of a fake out are higher when there is no major economic event or news catalyst to shift forex traders’ sentiment in the direction of the break.
