One third of the trade closes at each target, and the stop moves to the entry after target 1.
This is a short-term mechanical scalp buying the Nasdaq 100 (US100). The rule triggers a market buy on the 5-minute chart when the 9 EMA crosses above the 21 EMA while the price remains above the 200 EMA. The stop is set 1.5 ATR (5-minute) below the entry at 26905.7. While the index is up 1.84% intraday, this 5-minute momentum setup fights a deep daily downtrend, with the price down 7.2% over five days and daily RSI at 25.4. More importantly, backtesting shows this strategy has a slightly negative edge on the Nasdaq (-0.04R per trade over one year), meaning it currently lacks a proven statistical advantage.
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: Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index on 6 Nov at 15:00 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 mechanical scalping rule has a historically negative expectation in backtesting and goes against the heavy daily downtrend.
Signals scored 40-49 have won 49% of 47 closed.
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