Common Strategies
Breakout Vs Range Trading
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What the common strategies guide covers
Most trading strategies are variations on a few ideas: follow a trend, trade a breakout from a range, fade the edges of a range, or hold swings over several days. Each tries to capture a particular kind of market behavior, and none works in every condition. Choosing a strategy is really about matching an approach to the market you are in and to how much time and risk you can handle.