Trading Strategies

Discover popular swing and day trading strategies and explore different types of setup. Trend trading, mean reversion and scalping strategies.

Trading Strategies - Traders Mastermind

Finding the best trading strategy for you can be a challenge.

There are so many popular trading strategies to choose from, how do you choose which to include in your own personal trading plan?

In this article I’ll explore selection of strategies for you to review. Trend trading strategies, mean reversion, news trading, scalping and more.

Whether you want to create a complete new trading method or are looking to improve your trading by adding a new trading strategy to your playbook these will provide you with a trading guide and outline for you to research further.

Remember – no strategy is without risk, and no strategy works all the time.

Always always always deploy good risk management and do your own research into a trading strategy before running it in a live trading account!

Are you sitting comfortably?

Then let’s begin…

Table of Contents

Opening Range Breakout

One of my favourite trading strategies. Here is a detailed guide to mastering the opening range breakout trade.

  • What is the opening range breakout?
  • Trade filters and trigger rules
  • Stops and targets

Click here to explore the opening range breakout trading strategy in more depth.

30 minute opening range
gap types

Gap Trading Strategies

When markets gap up or down that creates opportunity for short term traders. Take an in depth look at a selection of gap trading strategies.

  • Gap fill vs gap fade
  • Screening process
  • Common mistakes to avoid

Here’a a two part webinar series: Gap trading strategies – Momentum and Gap trading strategies – fading and filling. 

VWAP trading strategies

The VWAP is an institutional benchmark. A very useful indicator for an intraday trader to have on their charts.
  • VWAP strategies to explore
  • Using VWAP to day trade the DAX (AUDIO)

Check out the VWAP strategies to explore article, or listen the the VWAP podcast episode.

VWAP trading strategies
Daytrading strategies

Day Trading Strategies

Trend trading or mean reversion, deploying the right strategy for the conditions is essential.
  • Intraday price reversals
  • Mean reversion strategies
  • Designing a customised day trading playbook Part 1
  • Designing a customised day trading playbook Part 2

 I suggest starting with Daytrading playbook part 1 and part 2. Then explore mean reversion trading strategies and the intraday price reversals deep dive.

Trading Strategies For The Close

The market close often provides a good supply, demand imbalance opportunity. Good for part time index traders. DAX, DOW, S&P, NASDAQ, FTSE etc Evening traders playbook and day trading the close.

  • Noon ballon trade
  • Stretched spring reversal
  • Afternoon breakout
  • Trend day phase III
scalping rules

Scalping Strategies For The Open

Discover different ways to capitalise on the volatile market open.
  • Pre market preperation
  • 2 - Way open
  • Boomerang open
  • Flush identification

Scalping the open: The scalper’s blueprint for the opening bell.

TICK Index Day Trading Strategies

The TICK index is a useful short term sentiment indicator. A handy trading tool for day traders and scalpers to time entries and exits with more precision.
  • What is the TICK index
  • Setting up your screens to use the TICK
  • Implementing the TICK index into your strategy
  • TICKS to zero scalp trade
  • Exhaustions in TICKS

Deep dive into TICK index trading strategies for day traders.

News trading strategy

Trading The News

Day trading strategies for Pre, during and post news events.
  • Three distinct phases to headlines
  • The pre announcement trade
  • The announcement scalp trade (fib tool)
  • The post announcement trend trade

Click here to explore news trading strategies.

Trading Strategy Ideas

Crafting your trading edge or trading strategy is a key pillar to becoming a successful trader.
Explore some of the articles below to discover new trading strategies and perhaps ignite inspiration to build your own!

Day Trading Strategies

Trading Tactics and Risk Management

Your trading strategy is important but so too is trading psychology.

If you are looking to improve your discipline and traders mindset then click here for my Trading Psychology main page.

Hungry for more strategies?

My 10 Trend trading strategies webinar is worth a watch to get some new setup ideas.
And the follow up to that, 10 mean reversion trading strategies. 

For you higher timeframe traders, take a look at Harmonic trading patterns and of course our old pal Richard Wyckoff and the Wyckoff method.

On the move? No time to read?

Have a listen to my trading podcast with solo episodes, expert interviews and the developing trader series. (available on all the usual podcast platforms, just search for Traders Mastermind)

Good trading,

Mark Holstead

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