One third of the trade closes at each target, and the stop moves to the entry after target 1.
This is a mechanical short signal on the Nasdaq 100 (US100), generated by a 5-minute EMA 9/21 scalper strategy. The rule triggers a sell when the 9 EMA (27024.6) crosses below the 21 EMA (27026.5) while price is under the 200 EMA (27032.0). Currently, the index is trading around 27005, reflecting heavy longer-term selling pressure with a 12% drop over 20 days, despite today's 1.9% intraday bounce. The trade risks 69.4 points, placing the stop at 27074.6, based on 1.5 times the 5-minute ATR. Note that backtesting shows this setup has historically yielded a slightly negative return of -0.04R per trade on this instrument.
ChartPrice structure on the chart: trend, levels, volatility.
The most common scalping setup: on 5-minute bars, buy at market when the 9 EMA crosses above the 21 EMA while price is above the 200 EMA, and sell on the mirror image. London and New York hours only (07:00 to 20:00 UTC, weekdays), at most six a day per instrument. Stop 1.5 ATR (5-minute), targets 1R, 2R and 3R; the rest closes when the EMAs cross back, or after two hours.
Caveat: One year only (the price feed keeps a year of 5-minute bars): -0.03R per trade over 1,814 trades, gold -0.02R, Nasdaq 100 -0.04R. On EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY and Bitcoin the same rule lost 0.17 to 0.20R a trade, because a 5-minute stop is only a few spreads wide, so it is not run there; that choice was made on the same data.
The idea, explained: Forex scalping
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Its rule was not profitable after costs in every period we tested.
Scalping trade: moves are quick, and the spread takes a bigger share of a small stop.
A high-impact release is due while the order waits or early in the trade: Nonfarm Payrolls, Average Hourly Earnings (MoM), Average Hourly Earnings (YoY) on 6 Nov at 13:30 UTC.
The spread is a small share of the stop distance (under 10%).
High Risk means at least one check flagged this trade. Size it smaller, or skip it if you only follow Cautious signals. The tag was set when the signal was published and is part of its signed record.
The strategy's tested record indicates a negative historical expectancy of -0.04R per trade on this instrument.
Signals scored 40-49 have won 49% of 47 closed.
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