Once price breaks the bollinger bands tunnel, it tends to move for a few pips more. This tendency, is utilized for scalping in this forex strategy. We will be looking for a 5 - 10 pips of profit. Risk reward ratio is negative. However strategy can offer very high win ratio. Strategy is provided with free expert advisor.
Used tools and indicators
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Apply in 1 to 4H chart of any major pair.
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Breakout tunnel: Bollinger bands, period 40 deviation 2.0
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Breakout signal candle: crucial part of the signal, we will be looking for candle of at least 40 pips, with volume larger than previous candle
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Trailing stop: Placed according to last closed candle. Adjusted only in the direction of winning trade. Extra distance of 60 pips is added to put trailing stop further from current price.
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Take profit: 5 - 10 pips
Rules
Sell

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Breakout candle (40 to 150 pips) closing below the bottom bollinger band (40,2).
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Previous candle close occurred within the BB tunnel
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It must surpass the low of previous candle, on higher volume than previous candle.
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Trailing stop is placed at last closed candle high, with etra distance applied (60 pips).
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Take profit: 5 - 10 pips
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*We can use moving averages to define trend and trade only in that direction.
Buy

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Breakout candle (40 to 150 pips) closing below the bottom bollinger band (40,2).
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Previous candle close occurred within the BB tunnel
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It must surpass the low of previous candle, on higher volume than previous candle.
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Trailing stop is placed at last closed candle high, with etra distance applied (60 pips).
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Take profit: 5 - 10 pips
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*We can use moving averages to define trend and trade only in that direction.