FoundryStrat - Ideas

We wanted to show you how we day trade some indices and provide real results. If you want a full run through of this strategy then check out our Strategy Section . First up, lets just do a quick summary of the rules. Market: FTSE 100 , intraday Setup: spring / fake breakout on 5-min Fixed risk per trade: 1R = £50 Initial stop = 1R , always the same £50 risk Take half off at +1R  (£50 move) Remaining half: Stop moved to breakeven (or effectively risk-free) Then trail using str

One of the advantages of long-term investing is that you don’t need to be right often , you just need to be right on a few big decisions and have the discipline to stay the course. Pershing Square Holdings (PSH) is a great real-world example of that mindset in action. FoundryStrat have been a long-standing investor in PSH, and it neatly captures many of the principles we focus on in the long-term portfolios: quality, concentration, patience, and buying assets at the right pri

Sometimes the best trades are the ones that look wrong  for just long enough to trap the crowd. Domino’s Pizza (US) delivered a textbook spring  setup, price briefly undercut prior range lows, triggered stops and breakout sellers… and then immediately reversed back into the range. That false breakdown told us a lot. What is a Spring? In Foundry Strat terms, a spring  occurs when: Price pushes below established support That move fails quickly Price reclaims the range , leaving