Trading the first pullback of a breakout: what's your entry?

The breakout itself is often a trap; the first pullback is where the patient money enters. The trade: wait for the break, wait for the retest, enter with the stop under the retest's low.

Trading the first pullback of a breakout: what's your entry? — support and resistance diagram
Price bouncing between support and resistance

How do you trade it?

  • the criteria the retest must meet
  • your entry trigger on the pullback
  • what you do when the retest never comes
Trading the first pullback of a breakout: what's your entry? — risk-reward diagram
A risk-reward ratio of 1 to 2

The support and resistance guide explains the flip mechanics behind the retest.

Comments

Log in to join the discussion. Comments follow the community guidelines.

Log in to comment

Loading comments…