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01

Intermediate strategies

Build repeatable setups with clear confirmation and risk rules.

30 playbooks
Intermediate Intraday 01
Breakout

Opening Range Breakout

Trade the first decisive move beyond the opening range, with volume confirmation, a defined invalidation, and a structured post-trade review.

  • Stocks
  • Futures
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Intermediate Intraday 02
Trend

VWAP Pullback

Use VWAP as an intraday value reference, then plan pullback entries only when price structure and participation support the prevailing move.

  • Stocks
  • Futures
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Intermediate Swing 03
Trend

EMA Crossover

Combine fast and slow exponential averages with price structure to identify trend changes while filtering late or low-quality crossover signals.

  • Stocks
  • Forex
  • Crypto
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Intermediate Swing 04
Trend

Supertrend Continuation

Follow established moves with Supertrend direction, pullback confirmation, and ATR-aware risk instead of reacting to every indicator flip.

  • Stocks
  • Futures
  • Crypto
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Intermediate Swing 05
Volatility

Bollinger Band Squeeze

Spot volatility compression before expansion, validate the breakout with participation, and journal failed squeezes separately from clean releases.

  • Stocks
  • Futures
  • Forex
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Intermediate Swing 06
Reversal

RSI Divergence

Read disagreement between price and momentum near important levels, then wait for structure confirmation before treating divergence as a reversal.

  • Stocks
  • Forex
  • Crypto
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Intermediate Swing 07
Momentum

MACD Momentum Crossover

Use MACD line, signal, and histogram behaviour to frame momentum shifts within a larger trend rather than trading crossovers in isolation.

  • Stocks
  • Forex
  • Crypto
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Intermediate Intraday 08
Price Action

Support & Resistance Bounce

Plan reactions at pre-marked levels using rejection, confirmation, and clear invalidation so each bounce trade has objective context.

  • Stocks
  • Futures
  • Forex
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Intermediate Swing 09
Breakout

Trendline Breakout

Trade a break of established trend structure only after testing slope quality, close confirmation, and the strength of the follow-through.

  • Stocks
  • Forex
  • Crypto
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Intermediate Intraday 10
Momentum

Gap and Go

Build a plan around strong opening gaps, relative volume, and early consolidation while avoiding entries after momentum has already exhausted.

  • Stocks
  • Futures
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Intermediate Swing 11
Price Action

Inside Bar Breakout

Use inside-bar compression as a decision zone, align the break with broader structure, and place risk beyond the mother bar.

  • Stocks
  • Futures
  • Forex
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Intermediate Swing 12
Pattern

Flag & Pennant Continuation

Identify orderly pauses after an impulsive move and measure whether volume, depth, and breakout quality justify a continuation entry.

  • Stocks
  • Futures
  • Crypto
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Intermediate Positional 13
Trend

Donchian Channel Breakout

Follow new period highs or lows with systematic entries, volatility-sized risk, and rules designed for frequent small losses and occasional large trends.

  • Stocks
  • Futures
  • Forex
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Intermediate Swing 14
Trend

ADX Trend Strength

Use ADX and directional movement to separate trending from ranging conditions, then journal which threshold produces your cleanest setups.

  • Stocks
  • Futures
  • Forex
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Intermediate Swing 15
Risk Management

ATR Trailing Stop

Adapt stop distance to current volatility, trail winning positions without choking normal movement, and compare results across ATR multiples.

  • Stocks
  • Futures
  • Forex
  • Crypto
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Intermediate Intraday 16
Reversal

Pivot Point Reversal

Frame intraday reversals around daily pivots and confluence, using rejection and order-flow clues to avoid blindly fading momentum.

  • Stocks
  • Futures
  • Forex
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Intermediate Swing 17
Retracement

Fibonacci Pullback

Map retracement zones within a clean impulse, then require price-action confirmation and favourable structure before entering the continuation.

  • Stocks
  • Futures
  • Forex
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Intermediate Intraday 18
Breakout

Volume Breakout

Confirm range expansion with relative volume and closing strength while recording whether high participation led to continuation or exhaustion.

  • Stocks
  • Futures
  • Crypto
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Intermediate Intraday 19
Price Action

Previous Day High / Low

Use prior-session extremes as liquidity and decision zones for breakouts, rejections, and retests with session-aware trade management.

  • Stocks
  • Futures
  • Forex
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Intermediate Swing 20
Trend

Moving Average Pullback

Join established trends on controlled retracements to a moving average, supported by structure, momentum, and a precise invalidation point.

  • Stocks
  • Futures
  • Forex
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Intermediate Intraday 21
Breakout

Range Breakout

Define a balanced range, wait for acceptance beyond its boundary, and distinguish genuine expansion from a liquidity grab.

  • Stocks
  • Futures
  • Forex
  • Crypto
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Intermediate Intraday 22
Reversal

Mean Reversion

Fade statistically stretched moves back toward value only when regime, volatility, and risk limits support a reversion thesis.

  • Stocks
  • Futures
  • Forex
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Intermediate Swing 23
Momentum

Relative Strength Breakout

Find stocks outperforming their benchmark, then use price and volume confirmation to enter when relative leadership becomes a clean breakout.

  • Stocks
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Intermediate Positional 24
Pattern

Cup & Handle

Assess the depth, symmetry, handle quality, and breakout volume of this continuation base before committing to a longer-duration trade.

  • Stocks
  • Crypto
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Intermediate Swing 25
Pattern

Double Top / Bottom

Treat repeated tests as potential reversal structure, entering only after neckline confirmation and recording failed patterns as continuation evidence.

  • Stocks
  • Futures
  • Forex
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Intermediate Swing 26
Pattern

Head & Shoulders

Evaluate symmetry, neckline behaviour, and volume context to trade a structural reversal without anticipating it too early.

  • Stocks
  • Futures
  • Forex
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Intermediate Swing 27
Options

Bull Call Spread

Express a moderately bullish view with defined risk by buying a call and selling a higher strike, then track payoff versus implied volatility.

  • Options
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Intermediate Swing 28
Options

Bear Put Spread

Build a defined-risk bearish position using debit put spreads and journal whether strike selection delivered the intended reward-to-risk profile.

  • Options
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Intermediate Positional 29
Options

Covered Call

Generate option premium against owned shares while understanding capped upside, assignment risk, and the conditions that make overwriting worthwhile.

  • Stocks
  • Options
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Intermediate Positional 30
Options

Cash-Secured Put

Sell puts only at prices where you are willing to own the underlying, with capital reserved and assignment outcomes included in the journal.

  • Stocks
  • Options
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02

Advanced strategies

Explore multi-leg, volatility, order-flow, and portfolio-level playbooks.

30 playbooks
Advanced Swing 01
Options

Iron Condor

Structure a defined-risk range trade with four option legs, then manage tested sides using probability, volatility, and days-to-expiry rules.

  • Options
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Advanced Intraday 02
Options

Iron Butterfly

Sell concentrated premium around a central strike with protective wings, balancing a narrow profit zone against favourable credit received.

  • Options
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Advanced Intraday 03
Volatility

Long Straddle

Buy calls and puts at the same strike when realised movement may exceed implied expectations, with explicit controls for theta decay.

  • Options
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Advanced Swing 04
Volatility

Long Strangle

Position for a large move with out-of-the-money calls and puts, comparing lower cost against wider break-even points and volatility risk.

  • Options
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Advanced Intraday 05
Volatility

Short Straddle

Sell at-the-money volatility only with defined adjustment and loss limits, carefully tracking gamma risk as expiry approaches.

  • Options
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Advanced Swing 06
Options

Calendar Spread

Trade differences in time decay by selling a near-term option and buying a later expiry at the same strike, with volatility term structure in focus.

  • Options
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Advanced Positional 07
Options

Diagonal Spread

Combine different strikes and expiries to shape directional exposure, theta, and cost while planning adjustments before either leg becomes problematic.

  • Options
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Advanced Swing 08
Options

Ratio Spread

Use unequal option quantities to create a targeted payoff, documenting the open-ended risk and exact level where the structure changes character.

  • Options
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Advanced Swing 09
Options

Butterfly Spread

Target a specific expiry zone with a limited-risk three-strike structure, choosing width and centre strike from a clear price thesis.

  • Options
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Advanced Swing 10
Options

Broken-Wing Butterfly

Shift one butterfly wing to reduce cost or directional risk while measuring the deliberately asymmetric payoff before entry.

  • Options
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Advanced Swing 11
Options

Jade Lizard

Combine a short put with a call credit spread to collect premium while designing the upside so no additional risk exists above the call wing.

  • Options
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Advanced Positional 12
Options

The Wheel Strategy

Cycle between cash-secured puts and covered calls with assignment-aware rules, capital planning, and total-return journaling.

  • Stocks
  • Options
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Advanced Scalping 13
Volatility

Gamma Scalping

Actively hedge a long-gamma options book as the underlying moves, separating realised hedge gains from theta and volatility costs.

  • Options
  • Futures
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Advanced Intraday 14
Risk Management

Delta-Neutral Hedging

Rebalance directional exposure across options and futures while setting practical delta bands that account for fees and hedge frequency.

  • Options
  • Futures
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Advanced Swing 15
Volatility

Options Skew Reversal

Study relative implied volatility across strikes to structure trades when downside or upside skew appears stretched against historical behaviour.

  • Options
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Advanced Intraday 16
Volatility

Implied Volatility Crush

Plan around the rapid post-event fall in implied volatility, comparing expected movement, premium paid, and timing risk before entry.

  • Options
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Advanced Positional 17
Arbitrage

Futures Basis Trade

Monitor the gap between spot and futures, carrying costs, and expiry convergence to evaluate basis opportunities after real execution expenses.

  • Stocks
  • Futures
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Advanced Swing 18
Arbitrage

Calendar Futures Spread

Trade the relationship between two expiries of the same futures contract using spread behaviour instead of an outright directional forecast.

  • Futures
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Advanced Positional 19
Risk Management

Index Futures Hedge

Reduce portfolio beta with index futures by calculating hedge size, basis effects, and the trade-off between protection and upside participation.

  • Stocks
  • Futures
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Advanced Swing 20
Relative Value

Pairs Trading

Trade convergence between related instruments after testing correlation stability, spread behaviour, and a disciplined exit threshold.

  • Stocks
  • Futures
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Advanced Intraday 21
Quantitative

Statistical Arbitrage

Turn repeatable statistical relationships into rules for selection, entry, sizing, and regime detection while accounting for execution drag.

  • Stocks
  • Futures
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Advanced Intraday 22
Auction Market

Market Profile Value Area

Use value area, point of control, and profile shape to frame whether the market is accepting price or searching for a new balance.

  • Stocks
  • Futures
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Advanced Intraday 23
Auction Market

Volume Profile Auction

Read high- and low-volume nodes as acceptance and rejection zones, then journal how price auctions between them.

  • Stocks
  • Futures
  • Crypto
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Advanced Scalping 24
Order Flow

Order Flow Imbalance

Use bid-ask aggression and footprint imbalance to time entries while distinguishing genuine initiative activity from absorbed volume.

  • Futures
  • Crypto
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Advanced Scalping 25
Price Action

Liquidity Sweep Reversal

Trade a failed push through obvious highs or lows only after price reclaims structure and confirms that the liquidity run was rejected.

  • Stocks
  • Futures
  • Forex
  • Crypto
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Advanced Intraday 26
Momentum

Opening Drive

Recognise one-sided institutional participation at the open and enter on controlled continuation patterns without chasing the initial expansion.

  • Stocks
  • Futures
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Advanced Intraday 27
Mean Reversion

VWAP Deviation Bands

Use standard-deviation bands around VWAP to quantify extension, choosing between reversion and continuation based on the day type.

  • Stocks
  • Futures
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Advanced Swing 28
Momentum

Multi-Timeframe Momentum

Align regime, setup, and trigger across higher and lower timeframes so the entry has both directional context and precise risk.

  • Stocks
  • Futures
  • Forex
  • Crypto
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Advanced Positional 29
Relative Strength

Sector Rotation

Rank sectors by relative strength and breadth, then rotate toward emerging leadership with benchmark-aware risk and review criteria.

  • Stocks
  • Futures
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Advanced Swing 30
Event Driven

Earnings Volatility Play

Compare implied and historical earnings moves to select defined-risk long or short volatility structures before a scheduled result.

  • Stocks
  • Options
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