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Published in TZ Latest News 12 July, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff

Testing the breakout of a range… How?

Hi all,

Testing an opening range breakout strategy isn’t that hard since the range is easily and objectively defined.

But what about breakouts of a multiday trading range?

For instance, today, the SPY broke out of such a range upon the Open and successfully closed in the green. A 4 or 5 day range depending on how it’s defined…

So, I assume the first step is to define the actual range and herein is the challenge for me. Sometimes this range might be 2 or 3 days of trading. Other times…

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