Forex strategy · Beginner–Intermediate
Trend Following
Trade in the direction of an established market trend instead of trying to pick the turning point.
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Typical timeframe1H, 4H, Daily
Market focusLiquid majors and crosses with sustained directional movement
When the strategy tends to make sense
Markets with persistent momentum and clean higher-high/higher-low or lower-high/lower-low structure.
When it tends to fail
Sideways markets where repeated reversals create whipsaw losses.
Testing checklist
- Define the trend with price structure before choosing an indicator.
- Choose a pullback or breakout entry rule.
- Place the invalidation level before calculating position size.
- Trail or scale exits according to a written rule.
- Record whether losses came from bad execution or a normal regime change.
Key risk
Trend strategies can suffer a series of small losses while waiting for a larger move. Avoid increasing size simply because several trades failed in a range.