Pullback entries or breakout entries: which has worked better in your trading?

A pullback entry waits for price to return to a level after a move. A breakout entry acts as price leaves a range. Each suits different conditions, and each produces different losing trades. How to trade with RSI covers a momentum indicator some members use to time entries, and it is one way to check whether a pullback is losing steam before you enter.

The useful comparison is over a sample of real trades, not a few memorable ones. A pullback strategy can look excellent in a trend and poor in a range, while a breakout strategy often loses in a quiet market and wins in a fast one. Members who keep a record can see which failure they keep repeating, and that is more useful than remembering the best trade of the month.

We would like to hear your results:

• Which entry style have you used most, and how many trades did it take to judge it?
• What does a losing pullback entry look like for you, compared with a losing breakout?
• Do you change your entry style around scheduled news?
• What would make you stop using one style for the other?

Please share your own approach and reasoning, not calls for others to copy. Posts that promise a direction or sell signals will be removed.