Swing Trading: Capture Multi-Day Moves with Five Proven Continuation and Reversion Strategies

A complete swing-trading playbook for NIFTY and Indian stocks — five historically grounded strategies with clear entries, exits, and risk rules, plus an education-only disclaimer.

Published by StratLab

Important Disclaimer

This book is provided for educational purposes only. It is not investment advice, a recommendation, or a solicitation to buy or sell any security.

  • StratLab is not registered with SEBI as an investment adviser, research analyst, or portfolio manager, and does not provide investment advisory services.
  • Trading involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. You can lose part or all of your trading capital.
  • All examples, figures, and historical observations are illustrative. Historical performance never guarantees future results. Strategies described here have worked historically in certain conditions; that does not mean they will work in the future or in your specific situation.
  • Margin, taxes (STT, stamp duty), brokerage, and other regulatory details change over time. Always verify current rules and costs before trading.
  • Nothing in this book should be read as a promise of profit or a guarantee that any strategy will be profitable.

By reading this book, you agree that you are solely responsible for your own trading decisions and that you will consult a SEBI-registered adviser where appropriate.

How to Read This Book

This book teaches swing trading — capturing multi-day price moves over a holding period of a few days to a few weeks — through five historically grounded strategies. Swing trading sits between day trading (too fast) and investing (too slow), and it draws on both of the two great market tendencies: momentum (trends continue) and mean reversion (extremes snap back).

  • Chapters 1–3 build the foundation: what swing trading is, the toolkit (support/resistance, moving averages, RSI, volume, trend structure), and how to read whether a market is trending or ranging.
  • Chapters 4–8 are the five strategies — the heart of the book. Three are continuation (trend-following) and two are reversion (fade-the-extreme). Each is self-contained, with rules, historical context, an Indian-market example, and its risks.
  • Chapters 9–10 cover trade plans, risk management, and the psychology of holding multi-day positions.
  • The appendix condenses all five strategies into a quick-reference table.

A note on language: this book describes what a strategy is and what conditions it historically aligns with — never what you "should" do. Where results are discussed, they are framed as historical observations, not promises. You are responsible for your own decisions.

Table of Contents

  1. What Is Swing Trading?
  2. The Swing Trader's Toolkit
  3. Reading Trend Structure: Trending or Ranging?
  4. Strategy 1 — The Pullback Continuation
  5. Strategy 2 — The Breakout and Retest
  6. Strategy 3 — The New-High Momentum Trade
  7. Strategy 4 — RSI-2 Mean Reversion
  8. Strategy 5 — The Range Fade
  9. Trade Plans and Risk Management
  10. Psychology and Common Mistakes

Appendix — Strategy Quick-Reference Table