# Strategy Library | DT Academy

> Well-known setups to learn, make your own and practice. Break and retest, the London breakout, supply and demand and more, each with its rules and a worked example.

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# Strategy Library

Well-known setups to learn, make your own and practice. By DT Terminal.

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[Price action](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/break_and_retest)

Beginner

### Break and retest

Wait for a level to break, then trade the retest from the other side.

Any liquid market M15, H1, H4

[Trend](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/trend_pullback_ma)

Beginner

### Trend pullback to a moving average

In a clear trend, wait for a dip back to the 20 or 21 EMA and trade the bounce.

Trending markets H1, H4, D1

[Trend](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/moving_average_crossover)

Beginner

### Moving average crossover

Trade when a fast moving average crosses a slow one, in the new direction.

Indices, crypto, forex, gold H4, D1

[Price action](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/pin_bar_at_level)

Beginner

### Pin bar at a key level

A long-wick rejection candle at support or resistance, traded on its break.

Forex, gold, indices H4, D1

[Session](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/london_breakout)

Beginner

### London breakout

Mark the Asian session range, then trade the first clean break as London opens.

Forex majors, most often GBPUSD and EURUSD M5, M15

[Price action](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/inside_bar_breakout)

Beginner

### Inside bar breakout

A candle inside the one before it: trade the break of the bigger candle.

Forex, indices, gold, crypto H4, D1

[Trend](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/fibonacci_pullback)

Beginner

### Fibonacci pullback

In a trend, wait for the pullback to reach 38.2 to 61.8% and confirm.

Forex, indices, gold, crypto, stocks H1, H4, D1

[Range](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/range_trading)

Intermediate

### Range trading

When price moves sideways, buy near support and sell near resistance.

Forex crosses, indices, any market that is not trending M15, H1, H4

[Breakout](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/opening_range_breakout)

Intermediate

### Opening range breakout

Mark the first minutes after the open and trade a break beyond either side.

Index futures and US stocks; anything with a clear session open M1, M5, M15

[Zones](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/supply_and_demand)

Intermediate

### Supply and demand zones

Mark where price left a base fast, then trade its first return to that zone.

Any market; higher timeframes carry more weight M15, H1, H4, D1

[ICT](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/turtle_soup)

Intermediate

### Turtle soup

Fade a new 20-day high or low that fails to hold, back inside the range.

Index futures, stocks, forex, gold H1, D1

[Breakout](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/turtle_breakout)

Intermediate

### Turtle channel breakout

Buy a new 20 or 55-day high, size by volatility, ride it to the opposite break.

Liquid futures in the original (bonds, currencies, indices, metals, energy, softs); the sources do not cover spot forex, CFDs or crypto D1

[Trend](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/rsi2_mean_reversion)

Intermediate

### RSI(2) pullback

Above the 200-day average, buy a sharp dip when the 2-period RSI is very low.

Stocks and stock indices in the source; the sources do not cover forex, gold, crypto or intraday charts D1

[Breakout](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/bollinger_squeeze)

Intermediate

### Bollinger Band squeeze

When the bands pinch to their narrowest in months, trade the break that follows.

Stocks in the source (daily bars); the sources give no guidance for other markets or timeframes H4, D1

[ICT](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/order_blocks_fvg)

Advanced

### Order blocks and fair value gaps

ICT ideas: after a structure break, trade the return to an order block or gap.

Forex, indices, gold M1, M5, M15, H1

[ICT](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/ict_silver_bullet)

Advanced

### ICT Silver Bullet

A one-hour ICT window: wait for a sweep, then trade the gap that forms in it.

Index futures, forex majors, gold M1, M5

[ICT](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/ict_2022_model)

Advanced

### ICT 2022 model

Sweep a liquidity pool, shift structure with a gap, enter on the return to it.

Forex majors, index futures, gold M1, M5, M15

[ICT](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/ict_power_of_three)

Advanced

### Power of three and the Judas swing

Read the day as range, false move, then the real move, and trade the turn.

Forex majors, index futures M5, M15

[ICT](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/ict_ote_pullback)

Advanced

### Optimal trade entry (OTE)

In a fresh leg, buy the 62 to 79% pullback in discount, or sell it in premium.

Forex, indices, gold M15, H1, H4

[ICT](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/ict_breaker_block)

Advanced

### Breaker block retest

After a sweep and a break, trade the failed order block from the other side.

Forex, indices, gold M5, M15, H1

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