How to Trade a Range : Trade the Most Interesting Market in the World

How to Trade a RangeTrade the Most Interesting Market in the WorldFinancial markets are predominantly trading in trendless zones, which traders call trading ranges or sideways markets. It then appears that they earn money when a market is in a trend and they should avoid trendless markets, because here there is nothing to write home about.Despite this apparent finding, most short-term trading strategies rely on the trend-following model, although it is demonstrably difficult to implement. Most traders are more or less looking for a bigger move. The experience shows, however, that trading "moves" or "trends" is not that easy. Either the trader recognizes the trend too late, or the movement offers hardly any opportunities to enter.There is, however, a specialized group of traders who do not care about trends. They do exactly the opposite. They trade when the market is in a range. This book describes the methods and tactics of these traders. It is not about how to identify a range and then to trade the outbreak from it, but how to trade the range itself.