The Schaff Trend Cycle (STC) is the perfect tool for traders hoping to capture price swings within a long-term trend. In this post, I’ll cover the following aspects of the STC: Calculation and Interpretation Comparisons vs. the MACD and Stochastic Limitations… The Kelly criterion is a famous mathematical formula that attempts to maximize your long-term capital growth. In this post, I’ll apply it to a EURUSD breakout strategy and explain some of its potential shortcomings when applied to forex trading. Traders often… Knowledge of intermarket correlations can improve your forex trading win rate. Here I explain three important types of correlations, and how you can use them to benefit your trading. Most algorithmic traders like myself swear by technical analysis. Nonetheless,… 
A temporary trading pause can improve your win rate if you’re trend following a volatile market. Here I’ll program a trading pause into a simple breakout strategy, and test its effectiveness on the Widow Maker – the GBPJPY. If you’re a trend… Partial profit taking is a dilemma often faced by long-term trend followers. Could this benefit your overall strategy performance? Let’s test! You’ve probably heard the saying ‘Nobody ever got hurt taking a profit.’ In partial profit taking,… StrategyQuant offers a support & resistance ranking indicator to help predict and detect breakouts. Let’s use it to program an automated 15-minute USDJPY strategy! You can download the strategy below from the Free Strategies section. If you’re a trend…
