Dual Thrust Breakout System Using a Range-Based Trading Channel

Summary

Dual Thrust is described as a trend-following system that defines a recent trading range using the larger of two spans: the highest high minus the lowest close, or the highest close minus the lowest low, over a lookback period. The system places an upper buy threshold and lower sell threshold around the current opening price, scaled by separate parameters. A break above the upper threshold triggers a long position, reversing any short; a break below the lower threshold triggers a short, reversing any long.

For a stock application, the document suggests buying on an upper-boundary break and exiting after specified short-term declines, with an additional market-based stop. It gives the range construction and general trade logic, but omits concrete lookback and threshold settings and does not describe execution assumptions or test results. The stock exit rules are presented separately from the core two-sided breakout system, so their interaction with short entries and reversals is not specified. Claims about historical reputation do not constitute performance evidence for a particular implementation.

Key ideas

• The range is the greater of the high-to-low-close span and the high-close-to-low span over a lookback window.
• Buy and sell thresholds are formed by scaling that range around the current open.
• Crossing either threshold reverses an opposing position or opens a position in the breakout direction.
• The stock example adds percentage-based exits and a broad-market stop.
• The document omits parameter values, execution details, and backtest evidence.

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