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UJ Keltner Range M15 Strategy

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Type: Breakout

TimeFrame: M15

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Profit factor 1.39

Instrument: Forex

Supported platforms: MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, StrategyQuant

Strategy description

The USDJPY Keltner Range M15 Strategy is a structured rule-based breakout system designed for the USDJPY M15 market. Its goal is to participate when the market shows directional pressure through a higher-timeframe daily structure, while using Keltner Channel levels and a volatility-based buffer for more disciplined pending entries.

The strategy uses daily high and daily low behavior as its primary directional filter. For long setups, the system looks for a rising daily high structure. For short setups, it looks for a falling daily low structure. This helps the strategy focus on situations where the market is already showing directional intent instead of entering randomly inside unclear range conditions.

Once the directional condition is confirmed, the system does not enter immediately at market. Instead, it places a pending STOP order around the Keltner Channel reference level, shifted by a volatility buffer based on the biggest recent price range. This gives the market additional space to confirm the move before the trade is activated.

For long setups, the strategy places a Buy Stop above the Keltner Channel level plus the volatility buffer. For short setups, it places a Sell Stop below the Keltner Channel level minus the same type of buffer. Pending orders remain valid for 20 bars, duplicate trades are disabled, and pending order replacement is enabled.

Risk management is intentionally simple. Each trade uses a fixed stop-loss of 50 pips. The strategy does not use a fixed profit target, which means exits are mainly controlled by the stop-loss, order logic, and the Friday exit rule.

The system also closes open trades on Friday at 20:00 to reduce weekend exposure.

Market: USDJPY

Timeframe: M15

Entry logic: Daily high/low directional filter + Keltner Channel STOP entry

Volatility filter: Biggest recent price range buffer

Order type: Pending STOP orders

Stop-loss: 50 pips

Profit target: No fixed profit target

Pending order expiration: 20 bars

Duplicate trades: Disabled

Pending order replacement: Enabled

Friday exit: 20:00

Overall, this strategy is built for traders who prefer a clean systematic breakout framework combining daily directional confirmation, Keltner Channel market structure, volatility-adjusted pending entries, and simple fixed-risk trade management on the USDJPY market.

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