Forex strategy · Beginner–Intermediate
Range Trading
Trade repeated reactions between established support and resistance while the market lacks a durable trend.
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Typical timeframe30M, 1H, 4H
Market focusPairs displaying stable mean-reverting structure
When the strategy tends to make sense
Balanced markets with repeated rejection at clearly defined boundaries.
When it tends to fail
The moment a real trend or macro repricing breaks the range.
Testing checklist
- Require multiple reactions before calling an area a range.
- Avoid entering in the middle of the range.
- Define the break condition that invalidates the setup.
- Use a target that reflects realistic distance to the opposing boundary.
- Stop using the setup when the market regime changes.
Key risk
The largest range-trading losses often occur when a trader keeps fading a market after the range has already broken.