# How to trade with a boring trendline strategy that produced $526,454 A rule-based trendline trading system: top-down analysis, drawing trendlines correctly, Action Line entries, Safety Line exits and position sizing. Source: https://karinbetm.top/how-to-trade/ · based on the channel [Tori Trades](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0ep2A36j7gTFdqW2Yvngbg) · Video: [This boring trading strategy made me $526,454](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnIkSLm2yRk) · 2026-10-30 ![How to trade with a boring trendline strategy that produced $526,454](https://karinbetm.top/how-to-trade/how-to-trade.webp) ## Key takeaways - Tori Trades describes a trendline system she says she has used for over 11 years, with reported profits of $526,454. - The method uses no indicators: top-down analysis, hand-drawn trendlines, an Action Line for entries and a Safety Line for exits. - Entries trigger on an Action Line break, with the Safety Line serving as the invalidation level for the position. - Position size is set from the distance between the entry and the Safety Line, so risk per trade stays fixed. - Trendlines must be redrawn as new swing highs and lows form, and re-anchored when moving to lower time frames. Trading with trendlines is a rule-based process: analyse the chart from the higher time frame down, draw lines along confirmed swing points, enter when price breaks the Action Line and exit or invalidate the idea at the Safety Line, with position size derived from the distance between the two. Tori Trades, who presents the breakdown, reports $526,454 in gains from this system, which she says she has used for over 11 years without indicators. A waitlist for her material is open at [the Tori Trades sign-up page](https://go.toritradez.com/9acc4ff4). The appeal is not excitement but repeatability. Every decision — where the line goes, when to enter, when to leave, how big the position is — has a fixed answer, which is why the approach survives across futures, forex and any other liquid market. ## What a trendline actually is and why it needs rules A trendline is a straight line connecting two or more swing points that price has respected, and it only becomes useful once you define what counts as a valid swing point. In an uptrend the line is drawn under successive higher lows; in a downtrend, above successive lower highs. A line touching price once is a guess, a line touching it three times is a reference level. The problem most traders hit is that two people can draw two different lines on the same chart and both claim to be right. The fix is a written rule set: which swing points qualify, how much wick penetration is tolerated, and how far apart the touches must be. Without those rules a trendline strategy is discretionary in the worst sense — you see what you want to see after the trade has already gone against you. ## Top-down analysis before any line is drawn Top-down analysis means starting on the highest time frame you trade and only moving down once the higher-time-frame picture is clear. The sequence is: 1. Identify the direction of the trend on the daily or weekly chart — higher highs and higher lows, or the reverse. 2. Mark the major swing highs and lows that define that structure. 3. Drop to the 4-hour or 1-hour chart and look for the same structure inside the larger move. 4. Draw trendlines on each time frame separately; a lower-time-frame line never overrides the higher-time-frame trend. 5. Only look for entries when the lower time frame agrees with the higher one. This is what keeps a simple system from becoming a random one. If the daily chart is trending up, short setups on the 15-minute chart are counter-trend trades and should be skipped, no matter how clean the line looks. ## How to draw trendlines correctly The mechanics are simple but unforgiving. Anchor the line to the most recent confirmed swing low in an uptrend, then extend it forward and check how price behaves on the next touch. If price closes through the line rather than wicking through it, the line is wrong or the trend has changed. Adjust the anchor to the next swing point only when a new higher low is confirmed, not while price is still moving. Practical rules that keep the chart honest: - Use closing prices to judge a break, not wicks; wicks pierce lines constantly and mean little on their own. - Keep the number of lines on the chart small — one trendline per time frame is usually enough. - Do not redraw a line to make a losing trade look valid; redraw only after a new swing point is confirmed. - When moving to a lower time frame, re-anchor the line to that time frame's swing points instead of copying the higher-time-frame line down. ## The Action Line and the Safety Line The Action Line is the line whose break triggers the trade; the Safety Line is the level that invalidates the idea. In an uptrend, the Action Line sits above the recent consolidation or swing high, and the Safety Line is the trendline or swing low beneath price. In a downtrend the roles are mirrored. Entry criteria: price closes beyond the Action Line in the direction of the higher-time-frame trend, and the distance to the Safety Line is wide enough to be tradeable but not so wide that the position has to be tiny. Exit criteria: price closes back through the Safety Line, or the trendline itself is broken and confirmed on a close. There is nothing to interpret in the moment, which is exactly why the system has lasted — the decision was made before the trade was opened. ## Position sizing and the trailing stop Position size comes directly from the Safety Line. Measure the distance between the entry and the Safety Line, decide the fixed money amount you are willing to lose on the trade, and divide: size = risk ÷ distance. If the stop is far away, the position is small; if the line is close, the position can be larger for the same risk. This keeps every loss roughly the same size regardless of the setup. Trailing works the same way. As price makes new swing points, the Safety Line moves with them — under each new higher low in an uptrend — and the stop follows. The trade is only closed when the trailing level is hit or when the trendline itself fails on a close. Traders who move the stop by feel, or widen it when price approaches, break the only part of the system that controls drawdown. ## Common questions and doubts from traders Beginners ask whether the method works on small accounts, and the answer is that the arithmetic does not change: a $500 account risking 1% per trade risks $5, and the position size simply scales down. The system is not about account size but about consistent risk. Others ask why indicators are excluded. The reasoning is that indicators are calculated from past prices and add a layer of interpretation on top of the chart; trendlines and swing structure are read directly from price. Many traders who moved away from indicator stacks report the chart becoming easier to read, not harder. A third recurring doubt is time. Drawing lines across several time frames takes practice, and the first weeks are slow. The compensation is that the process is short once learned — a few minutes per chart per day — and does not require watching screens continuously. Finally, traders ask whether the strategy works in ranging markets. It does not, and that is a feature: when there is no clean trendline structure, there is no trade, and sitting out is part of the plan. ## Tools and links from the video - Waitlist for the Tori Trades material: https://go.toritradez.com/9acc4ff4 - Trade journaling tool used in the video, TradeZella (discount code TORI20 on the yearly plan): https://go.toritradez.com/yt-tradezella - The broker used in the video, TradeStation: https://go.toritradez.com/yt-tradestation - Instagram: https://go.toritradez.com/yt-instagram - Facebook: https://go.toritradez.com/yt-facebook ## Summary A trendline system earns its keep through rules, not through cleverness: top-down analysis sets the direction, correctly anchored lines define the structure, the Action Line triggers the entry and the Safety Line caps the risk, with position size calculated from the distance between them. Tori Trades, the author of the video breakdown, reports $526,454 from this approach over more than a decade of use, and the mechanics are deliberately unglamorous. The work is in the discipline — redrawing lines only on confirmed swings, skipping counter-trend setups and letting the trailing stop do its job. Anyone who wants the full material can join through [the Tori Trades waitlist](https://go.toritradez.com/9acc4ff4). ## Questions & answers **Does this trendline strategy work on a small account?** Yes, because position size is calculated from the distance between the entry and the Safety Line rather than from a fixed lot size. A small account simply risks a smaller dollar amount per trade, for example 1% of the balance, and the position scales down accordingly. What changes with account size is the dollar result, not the process. **Why does the system use no indicators?** The method reads direction and structure directly from price: swing highs, swing lows and the lines connecting them. Indicators are derived from past prices and add another layer to interpret, which slows decisions and invites second-guessing. Trendlines plus the Action Line and Safety Line give a single, testable rule set. **How do you avoid redrawing a trendline to justify a losing trade?** Only re-anchor a line after a new swing point is confirmed, never while a position is open and moving against you. Breaks should be judged on closing prices rather than wicks, and each time frame gets its own line. If a line has to be moved to keep the idea alive, the idea is already invalid. **What happens when the market is ranging?** There is no valid trendline structure to trade, so the correct action is to stay out. The system depends on a clear higher-time-frame trend and a lower-time-frame setup that agrees with it. Sitting on your hands in the middle of a range is part of the plan, not a missed opportunity.