Range Break Indices, explained
Range Break indices spend most of their time going nowhere in particular — oscillating inside a band — until the price finally breaks out. The number in the name tells you roughly how long that takes.
What it actually is
| Market | Character | Average attempts before breakout |
|---|---|---|
| Range 100 Index | More frequent breakouts | ~100 attempts |
| Range 200 Index | Longer, more drawn-out consolidation | ~200 attempts |
Between breakouts, the price is contained inside its range — bounded, oscillating movement rather than trend. When the breakout comes, it moves outside that band. That's the entire mechanic: most ticks look like a market going sideways, and occasionally one doesn't.
What this means for a bot
This is close to the opposite emphasis of Boom & Crash, which persistently drifts and occasionally spikes against that drift. Range Break mostly doesn't move anywhere, then breaks in whichever direction the breakout happens to go. A directional strategy here spends most of its life in a market with no trend to lean on, then has to handle one sharp move whenever the range finally gives way.
Staking risk works the same way it does on every spike-prone market here: a recovery ladder that's been quietly stepping up during the contained phase is exactly what's exposed when the breakout arrives. Check your exact settings in the backtester, and keep the maximum stake tight rather than relying on the range holding.
Digit contracts here — verify before you assume
As with the other markets in this section, this site's chi-square verification of uniform, independent digits covers the standard volatility indices specifically. Range Break's contained-then-breakout mechanic is a different kind of price series — check the digit analysis tool directly on Range 100 or Range 200 before assuming the same odds apply to digit contracts there.
Run it in Binary Pro
- Open the Bot Builder and select Range 100 or Range 200 from the symbol list.
- Choose your trade type, stake, and thresholds — a tight maximum stake matters here as much as anywhere.
- Test on demo through at least one full range-to-breakout cycle before considering real money.
Related: Jump Index explained · Boom & Crash strategy · test a strategy before running it live
Illustrative figures are rounded and the breakout interval is an average, not a guarantee. Risk disclosure.
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