Forex Trading Strategy: CCI Breakout Strategy – Ideal For Part Time Traders!

You must have used the Commodities Channel Index (CCI) as a trader. CCI is an oscillator that is often used by the traders to measure the strength of the market cycle and to predict when the current market cycle will end. This CCI Oscillator oscillates between two extreme values of +100 and -100. A value above +100 means the market is overbought and a value below -100 means that market is oversold!

When the value of CCI rises above -100, traders take it as a signal to buy. Similarly when the CCI oscillator value falls below +100, traders take it as a sell signal. Now, we will be using this information in conjunction with the usual support and resistance levels on daily chart in our Commodities Channel Index CCI Breakout Strategy!

Let’s suppose CCI Breakout takes place with its value rising above -100 or falling below +100. When this happens, the market usually tends to make a retracement before continuing with the breakout. We will be using this fact in our CCI Breakout strategy by placing an Entry Order at the Open Price of the Daily Candle that caused the breakout.

What this means is that the price action will make a retracement and in most cases your entry order will get filled on the following day. But in some cases, the momentum is strong enough for the price action to move forward for several days without making any pullback.

If this happens and your entry order doesn’t get filled for the next let’s say five trading days or the CCI oscillator again falls back to the overbought or the oversold condition, simply remove the entry order and wait for another trade. When using the CCI Breakout Strategy, you will get ample of hours before the entry order is filled by the market. You can utilize this time to think and plan your trade well using Fibonacci Ratios.

You can use this CCI Breakout to identify trend, counter trend as well as range trades. You will identify the take profit target with Fibonacci Retracement Levels in case of Counter Trend or Range Trades and with Fibonacci Extension Levels in case of Trend Trades. Place the stop below or above the immediate low or high set prior to the CCI Breakout. Only enter the trade if the risk to reward ratio is less than 1:3 otherwise skip.

You can fist practice this CCI Breakout Strategy on your demo account. This strategy is ideal for part time traders who do regular jobs and trade in the evenings or in their spare time. Good Luck!

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Forex Trading Strategy – 200 EMA Forex Strategy For Newbies Called Bucking The Trend

The challenge for many new forex traders is to identify the overall trend on the intraday charts. The 200 Exponential Moving Average (EMA) can solve the problem for them. 200 EMA is one of the most popular technical analysis indicators amongst forex traders.

Let’s start with our simple 200 EMA Forex strategy. On your MT4 Platform, open the 4 hour, 1 hour and the 15 minutes chart and plot the 200 EMA with the red color.

Now, tile the three charts, the 4 hour, 1 hour and the 15 minute vertically. This will help you view all the three charts easily with one glance of your eye. Scroll through the different currency pairs like the USDCHF, GBPUSD, EURUSD, USDJPY or whatever you like to trade. Keep this in mind, choose that currency pair to trade that is liquid and has low spreads.

What you are looking for is a currency pair that bucks the trend on the 15 Minute Chart. Now, if the price is well above the 200 EMA on the 4 hour chart, it is well above the 200 EMA on the 1 hour chart but it is below the 200 EMA on the 15 minute chart, you have found the pair that is bucking the trend on the 15 minute chart. Suppose, this is the USD/JPY pair.

What this means is that the price action is bucking the overall trend temporarily on the 15 minute chart.

On the 15 minutes chart search for a suitable entry point using candlestick patterns like the hammer or the hanging man.

With a little practice on your demo account, you will be able to master this very simple 200 EMA Forex Strategy and realize how powerful it is. You will be able to find the suitable currency pair that is bucking the trend on the 15 minutes chart within a few minutes after a little practice.

So, what you will be doing is finding a currency pair that is bucking the trend on the 15 minutes chart and trade it with the help of candlesticks in this 200 EMA Forex Strategy!

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