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Part 6: Risk Optimisation & Exit Strategies

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Strategy 49: Meditation & Stoic Journaling

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Strategy 32: Earnings Gap Fade (Contrarian Momentum)

After an earnings gap >5%, fade the second candle if it fails to hold the high. Part 6: Risk Optimisation & Exit Strategies Trading

Part 1: Trend Following Strategies (Optimise Momentum)

The trend is your friend until the bend at the end. These 10 strategies help you capture sustained directional moves.

  1. The 50/200 Golden Cross (SMA Crossover): Buy when the 50-day Simple Moving Average crosses above the 200-day SMA. Optimise exit when they cross back (Death Cross).
  2. The 10-Week Smoothing Strategy: For business treasuries with weekly reporting cycles. Enter long if price closes above the 10-week exponential moving average (EMA) after 4 weeks of consolidation.
  3. ADX Directional Filter (25+): Only trade when the Average Directional Index (ADX) is above 25. Optimise your filters by ignoring all ranging signals below this threshold.
  4. The Parabolic SAR Trailing Stop: Use the Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) not as an entry, but as a dynamic trailing stop to protect business capital during parabolic runs.
  5. Donchian Channel Breakout (20-period): Enter when price breaks the 20-day high. A classic turtle trading strategy. Optimise by taking 50% profit at 1x ATR (Average True Range).
  6. The "Trend Pullback" (RSI 40-60 Bounce): In a strong uptrend, watch for RSI to dip to 40 (not oversold). Enter on the candle close back above 50 RSI.
  7. Ichimoku Cloud Kumo Break: For quarterly business cycles. Buy when price breaks above the Kumo (cloud) and the cloud turns bullish (green) ahead of price.
  8. Linear Regression Trend Channel: Draw a 50-period linear regression line. Enter on bounces off the lower -2 standard deviation band in an uptrend.
  9. The 1-2-3 Reversal (Trend Change): Identify a swing low, a retrace, then a break below the swing low. Reverse your business position on the break of the subsequent high.
  10. Elder’s Thermometer (Triple Screen): Use a weekly chart MACD for trend, a daily chart for pullbacks, and a 60-minute chart for entry. Optimise by aligning all three timeframes.

Part 4: Volatility-Based Strategies

  1. ATR Trailing Stop – Stop loss = 3 × ATR from entry.
  2. VIX Mean Reversion – Buy VIX calls when VIX < 12.
  3. Straddle Before Earnings – Long volatility ahead of events.