Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Breakouts



If there is one market condition that excites traders and analysts alike, it would probably be the breakout

Breakouts occur in fast markets, when news or fundamentals have triggered a strong rush of buyers or sellers into the marketplace, as prices purge previously respected support or resistance barriers. 



To take a breakout strategy a step further, traders can look to filter there trading opportunities with various indicators. Some traders look to trade breaks only in the direction of the trend – so they might look to a moving average to denote which direction the trend is moving so that the breakout entry order can be properly applied. 

There are numerous mannerisms of trading breakouts, but most revolve around a similar premise: Identifying resistance levels that traders want to buy if broken, or support levels that traders want to sell if broken. This can be done with Price Action, Pivot Points, Fibonacci, or any other mechanism of identifying support or resistance levels.

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