Magicbreakout+: Forex Trading Strategy
Magicbreakout+: Forex Trading Strategy
Magicbreakout+: Forex Trading Strategy
Net
introduce
MagicBreakout+
Forex Trading Strategy
Your guide to financial freedom.
© Tim Trush, Julie Lavrin, T&J Profit Club, 2007, All rights reserved
www.magicbreakout.com
Table Of Contents
Chapter I: Introduction
www.magicbreakout.com 2
Chapter VI: Examples
www.magicbreakout.com 3
Chapter I: Introduction
www.magicbreakout.com 4
I.2. Example
We got an automated buy signal at 2.0003. Our strategy tells us to place a stoploss at 1.9973. We are
risking only 30 pips.
The stoploss was moved several times. Our account was growing until the last stoploss was hit.
We exited at 2.0155 and made 152 pips. Reward-risk ratio is 152 / 30, greater than five! Using our safe
money management (you will learn in Chapter VI. Examples) we opened 8 minilots and we made
1216 dollars in one single trade.
www.magicbreakout.com 5
Chapter II: MagicBreakout+ proprietary indicators
Actually that's not an indicator that make us successful. We know some very profitable traders trading
with basic indicators or no indicators at all! There is no indicator that will make you successful. It's
about the discipline and money management. You can find many people in the forums spending
countless hours testing new indicators. Exploring hundreds or thousands of indicators is a waste of
time. Frankly, we were also there. As we were developing our strategy, we were trying to find the most
suitable indicators. But we were not looking for indicators that should hit the best entries and exits.
First, we had an idea about a trading system and then we were looking for indicators that would
describe our strategy exactly. That's the way how profitable traders achieved their success. The others
are wasting time and money testing new popular indicators and switching from one to another. It is
highly unlikely that you will find a profitable strategy by randomly testing indicators. One can do far
better gambling in Las Vegas. You need an intelligent approach. Maybe we could be profitable without
any indicators. But indicators help much. It is much easier for a beginner to trade a mechanical system
based on indicators. For a beginner, it is much easier to trade a mechanical system based on indicators.
An year later, you can remove them from your chart because you will get a feeling of the market swing
patterns.
II.2. Setup
To import our new indicators into MetaTrader platform, you have to copy all the files *.ex4 (Wave.ex4,
UpperWave.ex4, ColorCCI.ex4, MagicEntry.ex4) into the folder where all MetaTrader indicators are
installed.
Start MetaTrader.
Expand the Custom Indicators left box (double click) and you will find there four new indicators:
Wave, UpperWave, ColorCCI and MagicEntry
www.magicbreakout.com 6
Wave
The Wave is nothing special, it actually consists of three exponential moving averages with period 34.
UpperWave
This indicator is similar to the Wave indicator, but UpperWave is computed from the upper timeframe.
For example, UpperWave on the M30 (30-minute) chart is identical to the Wave on the H1 (hourly)
chart. We need both indicators in one single chart and that's why we hired a programmer to build this
indicator for us.
www.magicbreakout.com 7
ColorCCI
This indicator is an improved CCI indicator to fit our needs. It consists of three colors: red, yellow and
green.
MagicEntry
This is the hart of our system. We will talk about it later in Chapter IV: Magic Entry.
You can edit the ShowAlert and SendEmail values to enable / disable the alerts or to send trade signals
to your e-mail. To configure your e-mail in MetaTrader, just go to Tools → Options → Email tab and
enter the SMTP server of your Internet service provider.
The Look_Back parameter sets the number of candles to look back in the history and show the entry
arrows.
www.magicbreakout.com 8
Now, our chart is prepared for trading the MagicBreakout+ strategy. It will look like this:
In the next chapter, we will talk about the Wave and UpperWave indicators and the trend definition.
www.magicbreakout.com 9
Chapter III: Perfect trend
In the MagicBreakout strategy book, you have learned how to define a trend. When price is above the
Wave, there is an uptrend. When price is below the Wave, there is a downtrend. More exactly, the
market is trending up when price is above the Wave-bottom. Similarly, the market is trending down
when price is below the Wave-top.
Uptrend Downtrend
This condition depends on timeframe. Imagine: one trader is trading EUR/USD on hourly chart and he
has defined an uptrend. The second trader is trading the same currency pair EUR/USD on 30-minute
chart and he has defined a downtrend. There is a conflict. The market can move up on one timeframe,
but down on another. We would do better if we defined a trend on both timeframes. Most traders stick
to one timeframe without any idea what happens on another timeframe. Their approach is not bad, but
we will do better watching the higher timeframe too.
● There is a perfect uptrend when you see an uptrend on two consecutive timeframes;
● There is a perfect downtrend when you see a downtrend on two consecutive timeframes.
In MetaTrader 4, the two consecutive timeframes are: M1 and M5; M5 and M15; M15 and M30; M30
and H1; H1 and H4; H4 and D1; D1 and W1; W1 and MN. For example, if you are trading on 30-
minute timeframe (M30), switch to hourly timeframe (H1), check the trend and switch back. Switching
between timeframes is impractical, so we have developed the UpperWave indicator. We will not only
be able to define a perfect trend watching one single timeframe, but we will define a more perfect trend
using both waves together. We will talk about a more perfect trend in the next paragraph.
www.magicbreakout.com 10
III.3. The trend indicators
Look at the chart we have prepared. There are two waves: one red indicator called the Wave and one
blue indicator called the UpperWave. It is dark colored to have our chart more visible, but you can
simply change the colors you feel comfortable with.
By default, you should see something like this (we recommend to hide the grid by pressing CTRL+G):
There is a perfect uptrend in this picture. The price is above the Wave and above the UpperWave at the
same time. In addition, the Wave is above the UpperWave. This is the last condition for our final
definition.
www.magicbreakout.com 11
A perfect uptrend:
A perfect downtrend:
Now, you own a strong weapon to identify the trend better than anybody else.
www.magicbreakout.com 12
Chapter IV: Magic Entry
The ColorCCI indicator is a standard CCI indicator with period 20, but it looks somewhat different.
There are red, yellow and green lines below our chart. Let's explain what do they mean.
● CCI crossed the +100 level upwards when the color changed from yellow to green;
● CCI crossed the -100 level downwards when the color changed from yellow to red.
The rules are similar to the MagicBreakout strategy rules. First, we will discuss long entries. Have an
eye to the changes.
www.magicbreakout.com 13
Practical implementation
www.magicbreakout.com 14
You can simply create the rules for a short entry:
www.magicbreakout.com 15
IV.3. The MagicEntry indicator
All the rules are tested for you automatically with this great indicator! The blue arrows indicate buy
signals and the red arrows indicate sell signals.
The small yellow dot marks a candle where to place a stoploss order. This indicator detects the swing
low for us.
● Long position: you should place a stoploss order just one point below the candle low.
● Short position: you should place a stoploss order just one point above the candle high.
Attention: Use this automated indicator carefully! Read the Chapter VI: Examples first!
www.magicbreakout.com 16
Chapter V: Magic Exit
We mentioned the simple exit rule in the basic MagicBreakout strategy book. Recall:
Long position:
● Place the first profit target (sell-limit order) at 1.618 Fibonacci level;
● Place the second profit target (sell-limit order) at 2.0 Fibonacci level;
● Place stoploss (sell-stop order) at 0.0 Fibonacci level.
Short position:
● Place the first profit target (buy-limit order) at 1.618 Fibonacci level;
● Place the second profit target (buy-limit order) at 2.0 Fibonacci level;
● Place stoploss (buy-stop order) at 0.0 Fibonacci level.
www.magicbreakout.com 17
V.2. Advanced Exit
The market can move your way and you make profit or it quickly reverses back and hits your stoploss.
In some cases, the market hits your both profit targets and continues to move for a long time. You see
the market making a huge move without you. You could make thousands of dollars in one single trade
but you don't because you have already exited. How to avoid that? How to make a huge profit from one
big move?
The market continues to move up. Wait for the UpperWave cross and take profit. In such a big move
you don't need to watch the market constantly. We look at the chart every four or eight hours (a
successful trader sleeps at least eight hours :-). It doesn't make a big difference (sometimes the market
quickly retraces back up and continues to move).
● Long position: exit when the price crosses the UpperWave-bottom downward;
● Short position: exit when the price crosses the UpperWave-top upward.
www.magicbreakout.com 18
V.3. Magic Exit
Look at the previous example once again. There are more blue arrows on the way. Some traders would
buy more lots and add to the long position to achieve greater profit. Don't do that! Your opened
position may become too big. Remember, greed is your worst enemy. We will handle these magic
entries in other way.
On every magic entry, move your stoploss just one point below the swing low (marked with the yellow
dot). As you can see in the chart, the last stoploss was hit before the UpperWave-bottom was crossed.
The stoploss protects our accumulated profit.
The magic exit is a combination of simple exit and advanced exit. In addition, a stoploss is moved. You
should close a part of your position at Fibonacci levels and one third of your position has a potential to
accumulate unlimited profit.
www.magicbreakout.com 19
Chapter VI: Examples
Many Forex signal providers or system sellers show how many pips they generated. This is a
completely misleading statistics! We do not earn any pips. We earn money, not pips. How many pips –
at what risk? Think about it. It's easy to make 100 pips if you were risking 1000 pips because there is a
high probability that such a risky trade will be a winner.
You should ask: “How much money I would make if I risk no more than...”, that's the right question.
Let us demonstrate a few trades on GBP/USD currency pair starting with June, 2007. We recommend
you to trade GBP/USD on 30-minute chart because it is a well trending currency pair. To make things
clear, we will not use the Fibonacci exit targets. With them, the results would be even better.
In this example, we have a $5000 account and we are risking no more than 5% on every trade. This is a
very conservative approach.
(approximately, 250 / 27 = 9)
www.magicbreakout.com 20
There were two more buy signals later. We moved
the stoploss on every signal. The price hit our
stoploss (and pierced the UpperWave) and we are
out at 1.9913. We made 1.9913 – 1.9793 = 120
pips. Since we have opened 9 minilots, we made 9
* 120 = 1080 dollars. Yes, on thousand dollars!
We made 20% of our initial account in one single
trade risking no more than 5%. Wow!
www.magicbreakout.com 21
Move on. There is a sell signal, so we open a
short position at 1.9720 and place a stoploss at
1.9739.
www.magicbreakout.com 22
We moved the stoploss to 1.9906 and suddenly it
was hit.
www.magicbreakout.com 23
Another good signal. Buy at 2.0003 and place a
stoploss at 1.9973. Look, we enter the market just
before the big move.
Our account is growing very fast. Our initial account was $5000 and now is
www.magicbreakout.com 24
VI.3. Summary for the next two months
Starting with $5000, there is $13 100 on our account after three months. We made $8100 or +162% in
three months! Did you believe that you can double or triple your money in such a short time risking
only 5% per trade? Here is the proof.
If you started with $10 000, you would make $16 200. If you started with $500, you would make $810.
For a small account, we strongly recommend you a Forex broker that supports microlots
(1 microlot = 0.1 minilot = 0.01 lot). These results come from a very conservative approach. As your
account grows, you can risk more than 5% of your initial account, actually 5% of your current account.
This way your account grows faster and you can make explosive profits in a short time.
Note: To look at the MetaTrader historical data, disable autoscroll function and simply look back
using the left key on your keyboard.
If the indicators look strange when loading historical data, restart MetaTrader.
www.magicbreakout.com 25
Chapter VII: How to trade with the trend
Although strong trends offer big profit potential, sometimes prices move sideways for a while, the
market behavior is unpredictable and you can suffer a series of small losses. With this little trick, you
can filter those losses and dramatically increase the winning percentage. The less you trade, the more
you make!
Chop, also known as horizontal price movement, flat market, range-bound market or sideways market,
is a situation where the prices change little over a specific period of time. There is no clear direction for
the market.
Trend Chop
To distinguish between the trend and chop requires practice, but actually, it can be done simply – using
the Wave.
Trend Chop
• The market is in chop when the Wave is traveling at three o'clock. We should not take any
signal.
• The market is in strong uptrend when the Wave is traveling at noon to two o'clock.
• The market is in strong downtrend when the Wave is traveling at four to six o'clock.
Now you see that we can do much better taking only the signals with the strong trend.
www.magicbreakout.com 26
www.magicbreakout.com 27
Chapter VIII: Squeeze the trend to the end
Our student Alex Fitz made a phenomenal profit of 5400% in one year. He surpassed our performance
several times, so we believed he was a lucky boy or a pure gambler. We couldn't accept that it is
possible to make such a huge profit from conservative trading. Finally, he revealed his secret and
kindly allowed us to publish it at the end of this book. Thanks, Alex!
Alex: “One day, I traded this strategy as usual. I noticed that I often get out from the market too early.
I have found something called divergence that allows me to catch the huge trend to the end. It was my
happy day.”
The trend was going up and suddenly reversed. My discovery allowed me to forecast that the trend is
going to reverse. There is an RSI indicator (Relative Strength Index) on the chart. It gives us some kind
of information about the market strength.
In the bull market, the greater the RSI value, the greater the market strength. In the bear market, the
lower the RSI value, the greater the market strength . For example, if RSI is close to zero and the
market is trending up, it means that the strength is very low, there are only few buyers. It's not a good
www.magicbreakout.com 28
idea to open a long position.
Back to the divergence. How do you know that the trend is going to reverse?
The market made two significant highs. I connected them with a red line. Then I connected the
corresponding highs on the RSI indicator with a blue line. Look what happens. The red line is trending
up however the blue line is trending down. This interesting pattern is called divergence and predicts a
possible change of the trend. I use to exit immediately when I see a divergence.
The market is going up, but the RSI is going down. In other words, the strength diminishes. It looks like
there are no more buyers to sustain the uptrend. It is very dangerous to stay with the trend. It's more
safe to exit.
No, this pattern does not predict a trend reversal 100%. It only tells you that it would be better to exit
because the trend may reverse. I used this pattern as my own exit rule and that's the secret how I made
money on huge trends.
Licensed to
www.magicbreakout.com 29
Happy Trading!
Risk disclaimer:
Trading foreign exchange on margin carries a high level of risk, and may not be suitable for all investors. The high degree
of leverage can work against you as well as for you. Before deciding to invest in foreign exchange you should carefully
consider your investment objectives, level of experience, and risk appetite. The possibility exists that you could sustain a
loss of some or all of your initial investment and therefore you should not invest money that you cannot afford to lose.
CFTC RULE 4.41 - Hypothetical performance results have many inherent limitations. No representation is being made that
any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those shown. In fact, there are frequently sharp differences
between hypothetical performance results and the actual results subsequently achieved by any particular trading program.
One of the limitations of hypothetical performance results is that they are generally prepared with the benefit of hindsight.
In addition, hypothetical trading does not involve financial risk. Variables such as the ability to adhere to a particular trading
program in spite of trading losses as well as maintaining adequate liquidity are material points which can adversely affect
actual real trading results.
www.magicbreakout.com 30
Www.ForexWinners.Net