Quotex Strategy: 6 Potential Strategies To Trade Profitably

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There’s no single best Quotex trading strategy that works on every asset and every timeframe. What actually decides whether a Quotex strategy makes you money is whether your win rate clears the payout you’re trading at, and most people never check that math before they start.

I’ve put together six strategies below, each built specifically around what Quotex’s platform actually lets you do, not generic Quotex strategies copy-pasted from forex sites. I’ll be upfront that these are Quotex strategy frameworks, not backtested results, so treat the entry rules as a starting point to test yourself, not a guarantee.

Now, at Quotex’s 92% payout, you need to win at least 52.1% of your trades just to break even. Below that, it doesn’t matter how good your entries look, because you’re losing money over time. So before I give you a single Quotex strategy, I want you to understand that number, because the rest of this article is just different ways to try to beat it.

How a Quotex Strategy Should Be

Before I get into the six Quotex strategy frameworks, I want to cover something almost nobody writing about this topic actually addresses, which is what the platform itself lets you do. Quotex isn’t MetaTrader. You’re working inside a closed web platform with a fixed toolset, and that changes which strategies are even possible.

There are no custom indicators. You get what’s built in, which are 11 trend indicators and 18 oscillators, plus 23 drawing tools. If a strategy calls for a custom TradingView script or a proprietary MT4 indicator, you can’t run it here.

There’s no backtesting on Quotex. You can’t pull historical data and run a strategy against the last six months of price action. Everything gets tested forward, on demo or live.

You can’t have bots or API access. Anything claiming to auto-execute a Quotex strategy for you is either running outside the platform entirely or lying about what it does.

Finally, and I think this is very important, chart templates are saved locally, not to your account. So, if you switch devices or clear your browser, your saved indicator setups are gone.

So, here’s what all of that means practically: a handful of the strategies you’ll see recommended for Quotex, like hedging with a second live position or scaling into a straddle, don’t really work the way they’re described. Binary options don’t let you average down or run a stop-loss, so a strategy built on that logic falls apart the moment you try to apply it. The six setups I’ll introduce below are built around what the platform actually supports.

The Math Every Quotex Strategy Has to Beat

I touched on this in the intro, but it’s worth slowing down on, because this is the part most Quotex strategy content skips entirely.

Binary options don’t pay you like a regular trade. You don’t win small and lose small. You either get your payout, or you lose your full stake. That means your win rate has to clear a specific number just to break even, and that number moves depending on the payout you’re trading at.

Here’s the formula: break-even win rate = 1 / (1 + payout). So at a 92% payout, that’s 1 / 1.92, which comes out to 52.1%.

Quotex’s max payout is 98%. But in reality, you rarely get that on every asset, every session, all the time. OTC pairs and less liquid assets often pay less, sometimes down around 70-80%. If you’re trading a 70% payout asset, you need to win almost 59% of the time just to break even.

This is why I’d like to emphasize that picking a high-payout asset matters as much as picking a good strategy. A mediocre setup on a 92% payout pair can beat a great-looking setup on a 70% payout pair, purely on the math.

Quotex Indicators Worth Building a Strategy Around

Quotex gives you 29 built-in indicators total. However, you don’t need all of them. A handful cover most of what you actually need for the strategies in this article, and a couple of them are more hype than substance on short expiries. So, let’s get down to it.

Note that ZigZag on its own is basically useless for live entries, since it redraws the last swing point as soon as price moves against it, and if you’ve ever used it, you’ll know that the “confirmed” signal it gave you two candles ago can just disappear. It only earns its place when it’s paired with a confirming oscillator like DeMarker. And MACD, as good as it is on longer timeframes, is too slow for anything under a minute. By the time the lines cross, the move you wanted to catch is usually over.

Also, none of these work well in isolation, which is why every strategy below pairs at least two. Use one for direction and one for confirmation.

Strategy 1: EMA Crossover + RSI Filter (1-Minute)

This is the most straightforward trend-following setup on this list, and it’s a good starting point if you’re still getting a feel for how Quotex indicators behave on short timeframes.

Setup: Add two EMAs to your chart, a 9-period and a 21-period, plus RSI set to the default 14-period. Use the 1-minute chart with a 1-minute expiry.

Entry conditions:

1. The 9 EMA crosses above the 21 EMA for a call, or below it for a put.
2. RSI is above 50 for a call, or below 50 for a put, confirming the crossover isn’t happening against the broader momentum.
3. Enter on the candle close where both conditions line up, not mid-candle.

Best assets and sessions: Works best on major forex OTC pairs during high-liquidity hours, since low-volume periods produce false crossovers. EUR/USD OTC and GBP/USD OTC are the two I’d start testing on.

When it fails: Ranging markets. If the price is chopping sideways, the EMAs will cross back and forth constantly, and RSI will hover near 50, giving you signals that lead nowhere. Check ADX first; if it’s below 20, skip this strategy entirely and wait for a trend to develop.

Strategy 2: Bollinger Band Reversion

Where Strategy 1 needs a trend to work, this one needs the opposite. It’s built for the choppy, sideways conditions that kill EMA crossovers, which makes it a decent complement rather than a competitor.

Setup: Add Bollinger Bands with the default settings, a 20-period moving average with 2 standard deviation bands. Use the 1 or 3-minute chart with a matching expiry. Check ADX first; you want it below 20, confirming there’s no strong trend to fight.

Entry conditions:

1. Price touches or pushes slightly outside the upper band, and the candle closes back inside it, for a put.
2. Price touches or pushes slightly outside the lower band, and the candle closes back inside it, for a call.
3. Skip the trade if the candle closes outside the band instead of back inside it. That’s often the start of a breakout, not a reversion.

Best assets and sessions: OTC pairs during low-volatility windows, like late Asian session or weekend OTC hours, since these tend to range rather than trend. This is also one of the few setups on this list that’s genuinely suited to weekend OTC trading, since Quotex’s OTC pricing tends to range more than trend when regular markets are closed.

When it fails: Any time real volatility shows up, like a news release or a session open. The bands widen, price rides the edge instead of reverting, and you’ll get stopped into a string of losses if you keep taking the same signal through a genuine breakout.

Strategy 3: ZigZag + DeMarker Reversal

This is the setup I referenced earlier when I flagged that ZigZag is close to useless on its own. Paired with DeMarker, it becomes a genuine reversal signal instead of a repainting line that looks good in hindsight.

Setup: Add ZigZag with Deviation set to 5, Depth 12, Backstep 3. Add DeMarker with Period 14, and mark 70 as overbought, 30 as oversold. Works on 1-minute charts with a 1-minute expiry, though it’s also usable stretched out to 3-5 minutes if you want fewer, cleaner signals.

Entry conditions:

1. ZigZag shows the swing has just turned, marking the end of a down-leg for a call, or an up-leg for a put.
2. A confirming candle forms at that turn, like a hammer or bullish engulfing for a call, or a shooting star or bearish engulfing for a put.
3. DeMarker crosses back above 30 for a call, or drops back below 70 for a put, confirming the reversal rather than just the shape of the candle.

Best assets and sessions: Major forex pairs during active trading hours. I’d avoid running this on OTC pairs specifically because the swings tend to be noisier and shallower, which throws off the ZigZag deviation setting.

When it fails: Strong trending moves. DeMarker can sit pinned near an extreme for a long stretch during a real trend instead of reversing, and if you’re only watching for the 30/70 cross without checking the broader trend first, you’ll catch yourself fading a move that just keeps going.

Strategy 4: MACD + Support and Resistance

This one’s built for a slower pace than the last three. MACD is too sluggish for sub-minute expiries, but on a 5-minute chart, that same lag works in your favor by filtering out the noise that trips up faster strategies.

Setup: Add MACD with default settings, 12/26/9. Use the drawing tools to mark horizontal support and resistance levels on the 5-minute chart based on recent swing highs and lows. Use a 5-10 minute expiry.

Entry conditions:

1. Price approaches a marked support or resistance level.
2. MACD shows the histogram flipping, or the MACD line crossing the signal line, in the direction you’d expect off that level, bullish at support, bearish at resistance.
3. Enter on the candle close that confirms both the level reaction and the MACD flip together, not on either signal alone.

Best assets and sessions: Major forex pairs during London and New York session overlap, when levels tend to get respected rather than sliced straight through on thin liquidity.

When it fails: When price breaks straight through a level instead of reacting to it. If that happens, MACD will often flip late, right as the breakout is already underway, and you’ll end up entering in the wrong direction just as the level fails.

Strategy 5: Pin Bar at a Level

Every setup so far has leaned on indicators. This one strips all of that out and trades price action alone, which makes it worth including if you want to see whether indicators are even adding anything for you personally.

Setup: No indicators. Just the drawing tools, to mark horizontal support and resistance from recent swing highs and lows. Works on 1-5 minute charts, with expiry matched to whichever timeframe you’re marking levels on.

Entry conditions:

1. Price reaches a marked level.
2. A pin bar forms at that level, a candle with a small body and a long wick rejecting the level, the wick pointing down at support for a call, or up at resistance for a put.
3. Enter on the close of the candle immediately after the pin bar, in the direction of the rejection.

Best assets and sessions: Major forex pairs during active sessions, where levels get real volume behind them. I’d skip this on thin OTC pairs, since a pin bar there can just be noise rather than a genuine rejection.

When it fails: Weak or poorly drawn levels. If you’re marking a level off a single wick from three days ago instead of a level that’s been tested more than once, the “rejection” you’re trading isn’t really a rejection, it’s a coin flip. This strategy lives or dies on how disciplined you are about which levels actually count.

Strategy 6: Session and News Filter

I want to be upfront about this one. It’s not a standalone strategy, and I’d be misleading you if I framed it as a sixth setup alongside the others. It’s a filter you run any of the previous five through, and it belongs on this list because skipping it is one of the fastest ways to burn through a Quotex account.

Setup: No indicators needed on the chart itself. You need an economic calendar open alongside Quotex, since the platform’s own analytics section is too basic to rely on for this. You can use sites like Forex Factory for the economic calendar/

Filter conditions:

1. Check the calendar before your session. If there’s a high-impact release (NFP, CPI, central bank rate decisions) within 15-30 minutes of when you plan to trade, sit that window out.
2. Stick to major session overlaps for trend and level-based strategies (Strategies 1, 3, 4, 5). London-New York overlap is the most reliable for respected levels and clean trends.
3. Reserve OTC-focused strategies (Strategy 2) for genuinely low-liquidity windows, like late Asian session or weekends, where OTC pricing tends to range rather than trend.

Best use: Layered on top of any of the first five strategies, not traded on its own.

When it fails: It doesn’t really “fail” the way the other strategies can, since it’s a risk filter rather than an entry signal. The mistake is treating it as optional. A perfectly good EMA crossover or Bollinger reversion setup can still lose because a surprise rate decision blew through your level two minutes after you entered.

How to Test a Quotex Strategy on Demo Before You Risk Money

None of the six strategies above come with a guaranteed win rate, and I’ve said that after each one for a reason. The only way to know if a setup actually works for you is to test it properly, and most people skip this step entirely.

Use the Quotex demo account first, every time. Quotex gives you one with no registration required. There’s no reason to risk real money on a strategy you haven’t run at least 50-100 trades through.

Also, make sure to test one variable at a time. If you’re running Strategy 1, don’t also swap your RSI period or change your expiry mid-test. Change one thing, run another 50 trades, then compare. Otherwise, you won’t know what actually moved your win rate.

Finally, log every trade. It’s tempting to only remember the wins. A journal like the one below fixes that. Note that the content in the rows is placeholder, not actual trades.

The “Notes” column is very important here. That’s where you write down whether a loss came from the strategy failing or from you skipping a filter, like trading through news or ignoring ADX on a ranging market. You must separate strategy failures from your own execution errors. Otherwise, you’ll end up abandoning a setup that actually works, just because you didn’t follow it properly.

I’d also recommend aiming for at least 100 trades before you trust the number. Fifty trades can still be noise. If your win rate holds up past 100 trades and clears your break-even line from earlier, that’s when it’s worth considering real size, and even then, start small.

About “5 Second” and “100% Winning” Quotex Strategies

If you’ve searched for a Quotex trading strategy, you’ve run into these: a “secret” setup, a 5-second hack, something promising a sure shot or a 100% win rate. Worth addressing directly, because none of it holds up.

There’s no indicator combination that isn’t publicly documented, no strategy that wins every time (go back to the break-even math earlier; even a genuine edge only pushes you a few points past 52%), and 5-second expiries are structurally worse than anything longer, since execution latency starts eating into the timeframe itself. Most new Quotex strategies are just one of the setups above with a different name and often worse entry rules attached.

A lot of this content exists to funnel you toward a paid signal group or a premium indicator pack, not to teach you anything. If a Quotex strategy is being sold as a secret rather than explained openly, that’s the tell.

Position Sizing and Why Martingale Ends Quotex Accounts

I always suggest sticking to a fixed percentage of your account per trade, something like 1-2%. Not a fixed dollar amount that stays the same as your balance changes, and never a martingale system that doubles your stake after a loss to win it back.

Martingale looks fine on paper because a long enough winning streak eventually recovers a loss. The problem is a losing streak doesn’t need to be long to wipe you out. Five straight losses on a doubling stake take a $10 potential loss to $320.

Additionally, the 3-5-7 rule some traders reference is really just a softer version of the same idea, scaling stake size up in a fixed sequence, and it carries the same risk if the losing streak runs longer than the sequence assumes.

Conclusion

So, that’s six ways to build a Quotex trading strategy, plus the platform limits and the math that decides whether any of them actually make you money. Note that none of these are guaranteed, as they are just ideas and frameworks. I also recommend you give every potential Quotex strategy a real run on a demo account, at least 100 trades, before you’d ever consider sizing up with real money.

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Edris Derakhshi

My name is Edris, and I am the founder of TradingRage, which is a trading and investment content creation agency. I began my trading journey from 2018 and have been a funded forex and crypto trader and asset manager for the last few years. I’ve also been planning content, managing technical and content SEO, and writing online content about finance and the financial markets, as it is my true passion. I’ve written numerous articles, landing pages, and market analyses (for popular websites like Finestel, CryptoQuant and CryptoPotato).