Trading Cryptocurrency Ranges Between Support and Resistance
Summary
The article defines a trading range as horizontal price movement bounded by support and resistance, without the sequence of higher highs and higher lows or lower lows and lower highs associated with trends. It proposes validating a range with at least two touches at each boundary, then buying near support and selling near resistance. An oscillator may add confirmation when price tests either edge.
It advises avoiding entries near the middle, where the potential reward is smaller relative to the risk. Repeated tests may also weaken a boundary and raise the chance of a break, whose direction the trader cannot know in advance. Bitcoin examples use stated support and resistance levels, but the article offers no backtest or performance data, stop placement, position sizing, or detailed exit rules. Its comparison of range trading and breakouts is qualitative, so the approach needs risk controls and independent validation.
Key ideas
- A range is bounded by horizontal support and resistance rather than a continuing sequence of trend highs or lows.
- The proposed validation rule looks for at least two touches at both support and resistance.
- The strategy buys near support and sells near resistance, with an oscillator available as added confirmation.
- The article advises avoiding mid-range entries because the reward opportunity is smaller relative to risk.
- More tests of a boundary may increase the chance that it breaks, and the breakout direction is uncertain.
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