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100 Simple Moving Average Trendline Break Strategy

    The 100 Simple Moving Average (SMA) Trend Line break strategy is a simple yet effective strategy to trade forex profitable.

    Obviously, you need to know how to draw a trend line before applying this strategy to your advantage.

    Trading Tools/Settings

    Used Indicators: 100 period Simple Moving Average
    Analysis tools: Trend Lines
    Time frame(s): All
    Trading sessions: All
    Currency pairs: All

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    Download the 100 Simple Moving Average Trendline Strategy.

    Trading Rules

    Buy Trade: Go long when the currency price trades above the 100 simple moving average and the price closes above a falling trend line from below.

    Place your protective stop-loss below the most recent support.

    Take you profit at 1:2 risk to reward ratio or better (or use any other TP method).

    Sell Trade: Go short when the currency pair trades below the 100 simple moving average and the price closes below a rising trend line from above.

    Place your protective stop-loss above the most recent resistance.

    Take you profit at 1:2 risk to reward ratio or better (or use any other TP method). See pictures for clarification.

    AUD/USD 4 Hour Chart Example

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    AUD/USD 4 Hour Chart Example

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