Last updated: May 8, 2025

Forex Channel Breakout Strategy

This system uses a 4 hour, daily and weekly timeframe and applicable to all pairs.

Setup:

• Calculate a 10-bar price channel of highs and lows.

Long Entry:

• There must be a close above the top line of a 10-bar price channel.
• There must be a new four-bar low within 10 bars of the breakout.
• Buy on the next open.

Short Entry:

• There must be a close below the bottom line of a 10-bar price channel.
• There must be a new four-bar high within 10 bars of the breakout.
• Sell short on the next open.

Exit Position:

There are various option in exiting a position. First is we enable a money management stop, a break-even stop, and a % Risk Trailing stop.
Second would be exiting a long position on a rally to a new eight-bar high and a short position on a decline to a new eight-bar low.

Take Profit at 60 pips on EU, 70 pips on GU at a 4 hour Time Frame.

For Daily time frame, take 200 pips for Eu and 250 for GU.