Opening Range Breakout (ORB)

ORB trading strategy has become very famous among the trader's community. It is
because it lets you make quick money and traders love this technical analysis set up.
However, quick money can also quickly take away your hard earned money.

Moreover, ORB lets you quickly print money irrespective of the bull or bear attack.

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ORB is nothing but the opening range breakout trading strategy. You may find it
when a range has been broken after a certain period of time from the market
opening time.

You need to allow the markets or stocks to form the range. In ORB trading strategy,
certain things you need to consider first.

First, you need to take the time frame so that a range formed. Different traders make
use of different ranges like 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes and so on. Secondly,
you need to find out the high and low of that range of a particular stock or index.

So, I prefer to consider 2 hours from the market opens as an opening range. I believe
that the first one hour will be volatile and then market consolidates in the next hour.

Moreover, if the stock open with a huge gap up or gap down, then avoid trading for
the day. Sometimes, it is wise not to trade.

ORB Trading Strategy - Winning Trade Set Up for Day Traders

You might be wondering whether the ORB trading strategy is simple!

In fact, this is not as simple as it sounds. You need to consider some more factors
that need to be taken care of before you just hop into a trade.

So, you need to figure out whether the opening range breakout is a real one or fake.
The answer is "Volume" and so you also need to consider a high volume at the time
of breakout.
However, the volume can contribute in either way. So, if volume increases with heavy
buying, then the stock price might go up. In the same way, if volume increases with
heavy selling, then the stock price may go down.

If high of an opening range break with heavy buying coming into the market, then
the stock price will go up. Similarly, break below low of the range with heavy selling
gives you an opportunity to short it.

This part is really tough for you to analyze and it may check your patience. So, this is
very important and you need to have a hawk eye on it. Basically, what I am trying to
convey to you that the price action must be synchronized with the volume.

Once, it happens, you may consider the breakout is real and not the fake one. People
lose money because of their impatient behavior and not the markets.

So, you need to sit tight and hold your nerve, until you get the conviction to trade.
Let the trade setup to be formed and then enter in it. I am sure you will be on the
winning side.

ORB Setup in Chart - BankNifty Future Contract

So, let's take an example which helps you to understand the ORB trading strategy in
a better way.

For instance, let's take the BankNifty future contract in NSE. At the time of writing
this post, the BankNifty future market price was around 26000 and its lot size is 20.
That means one point movement in BankNifty yield 20 points of profit or loss in one
lot.
BankNifty Future Chart | Expiry: 29-11-2018 | Chart Date: 22-11-2018

The above chart is a BankNifty Future contract chart and the date is 22nd November
2018. The expiry of the contract is 29th November 2018.

As I mentioned earlier BankNifty or any other contract must form the range to start
with. So, here, in this case, I have taken 2 hours of range from the market opens. As
market opens at 9.15 AM IST and after 2 hours of trading you get the range at 11.15
AM IST. For your reference, the range has been marked in blue rectangle area in the
chart.

It makes a high at 26339 and low at 26228. You'll notice that the Range is broken at
13.00 with a long red candle. That's the opening range breakout which is marked by
a green arrow.

Moreover, the breakout is genuine as you can see that there is an increase in selling
volume simultaneously. That's the confirmation now that you can short BankNifty
Future below 26228.
While placing your short order, don't you ever forget to put the stop loss. So, your
stop loss will be the high of the opening range. As soon as it started to move on your
way, keep trailing your stop loss gradually.

You also need to set your target as I mentioned earlier. So, your first target will be
the Support 1 level and if it also breaches then wait for Support 2 level.

You can see that once it breaks the opening range with volume, it reaches its first
target very easily. At this time, either you can book profit or trail your stop loss.

Furthermore, trail your stop loss in such a way that if suddenly price reverse, you
won't make any loss. However, don't be greedy and book profit whenever you are
getting a decent return.

If you are a high-risk trader, you can keep trailing your stop loss and book profit near
support 2 level.

Opening Range Breakout Summary

Range: 2 Hours that is from 9.15 AM to 11.15 AM - Indian Standard Time. This time
is for NSE & BSE based stocks and derivatives.

Chart: 5 Minutes Candlestick Chart

High/Low: Find out the High and Low of the range

Thumb Rule: ORB trading strategy rules say, you need to go long whenever the high
of the range breaks. Similarly, you need to short whenever the low of the range
breaks.

Volume: High buying volume if you are tempted to go for long and high selling
volume if you want to go for short.

Stop Loss: Initially, you can put the Stop Loss at the low of the range. You can
gradually trail the SL if the stock price is moving in your favor.

Exit Plan: Exit if Stop Loss hit or when your target met. Don't be greedy and set your
target before you enter in a trade. Normally, you can set your target near the
Support and Resistance level.

So, follow the rules guys and you'll be rewarded. Having said that, I request you to
backtest the ORB trading strategy as per your needs and requirement. You can tweak
the elements I have used and see what results it produces.

I have a lot of other things that also need to be considered and those are something
that I will cover in my next post.
Opening range breakout trading strategy lets you quickly fetch some money
from day trading. However, try to exit as early as possible and lock your profits.

I believe this strategy will surely help you to make money from online trading.