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LOGIN Subscribe Forgot Subscriber ID? Contact Info SITE INFO: PRINT THIS ARTICLE BREAKOUTS Short-Term Patterns: High Probability Short-Term Trading Strategies, Linda Bradford Raschke and Laurence A. Connors introduced the Turtle Soup pattern.

In the s, a group of traders known as the Turtles used a trend-following system based on breakout of prices.

This kind of system, Raschke and Connors noted, can be profitable when traded on a large basket of markets, and its success is dependent on capturing very significant trends. It's beside the point to say that the percentage of wins is low due to the number of false breakouts and that the drawdown of the system is very large.

To trade it in the real markets, you have to strongly believe in the concepts that it applies. You must also keep your nerve and rely on a system that sooner or later will ride the trend that will reward you for your strong will and patience.

In the meantime, this is where the Turtle Soup opportunities lie. The aim of the pattern is to profit from false breakouts.

Turtle Soup Pattern | Trading Strategy (Setup & Exit 1)

When the trend is strong, the reversal will not be long. However, sometimes reversals can be quite profitable. It is a typical swing trading pattern, working well in volatile markets. The rules for buys are: The stop-loss is one tick under today's low. The authors suggest using a trailing stop for a trade that might last a few hours or even a few days.

It can be applied either on futures markets or stocks. Normally, you should try to lock in your profits when the market makes them available. A variation of this pattern is the "Turtle Soup Plus One. It benefits from the fact that many traders enter the day of the breakout on close. This way, the trap is set up for even more traders! The rules for buys: The close for the day must be at or below the previous day low.

The same rules apply for sell entries for both patterns, of course.

Once again Turtle Soup ..

Let's see how the two patterns work: The pattern was applied on a minute chart. On April 21, , at After a pullback lasted only three hours, prices went down again to new lows. This happened on April 22, with the Prices entered back into the previous low-bar range, giving the buy signal above 1.

Trailing your stop, you would have probably closed your trade about 14 hours later at 1. Turtle Soup Plus One, oats. On December 3, , in the oats futures contract, the market printed a new day high. After a sort of bullish triangle lasted 13 days, prices closed at a new day high -- interesting enough for a trend-follower and someone who would look at chart patterns like triangles. This day is a setup for the Turtle Soup Plus One. The next day after a gapup open common in these situations , prices go back into the previous day's range giving a sell signal.

Luckily, you have found here a volatility expansion, giving you very nice profits. Depending on your exit strategy, you could have closed your trade at the close the same day, or at the next day open blue arrow , hoping for a gap in your favor this turned out not to be the case , or trailing your stop result much depending on your choices. Prices after this short sell-off trap resumed their uptrend to new highs soon thereafter.

Using these patterns, you can get significant gains from reversals. It is difficult to quantify the results of the pattern, because their profitability depends at least on: In summary, it is not a mechanical system.

It would be too easy and there would be too many rich people around if you could find your way to riches applying a couple of simple rules in a mechanical fashion. Moreover, many times it will happen that you will be stopped out because of the market noise or some engineered move and then the market goes again your way. The pattern has its validity and its statistical value. Looking for particular conditions like the ones used for these two patterns or, for example, the other well-known pattern called , also by Raschke and Connors , you will note that to the retest of the x-day high does not follow also a close above it.

It means that most of the times, the markets tend at least to retrace from these significant levels. And here, you can find a profit opportunity.

Paolo Pezzutti He is the author of the book "Trading the US Markets - A Comprehensive Guide to US Markets for International Traders and Investors" - Harriman House July Rome, Italy E-mail address: Article Usefulness 5 most useful 4 3 2 1 least useful.

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