Trade signals, in public

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.

The idea, explained: Forex scalping

The best of the rules from our October gold scalping study. At the close of each London-hours candle (02:00 to 08:00 New York), when hourly volatility is at or above its 20-day average, a buy stop waits just above the candle's high and a sell stop just below its low for one hour; the first to trigger cancels the other, and each one's stop is the other's entry. Targets 1R, 2R and 3R; trades close after two hours at most.

The idea, explained: Gold scalping

Every hour of the London and New York sessions, ForexR AI reads 5-minute, 15-minute and 1-hour bars with the same facts pack the analysis desk uses and proposes at most one quick trade per instrument (orders wait up to an hour, trades last up to three hours), or none. Code checks every level against the 5-minute ATR before it is published; it stands aside when a high-impact release is due within 30 minutes.

The idea, explained: Forex scalping

The rules of the ForexR Gold London Breakout EA. The Asian session range (18:00 to 02:00 New York time) is bracketed with a buy stop 50 cents above its high and a sell stop 50 cents below its low; the first to trigger cancels the other. It only trades when the range is at least $5 and hourly volatility (ATR 14) is at or above its 480-hour average. Orders wait until 08:00 New York; open trades close at 17:00 New York. Targets are 1R, 2R and 3R.

The idea, explained: The London breakout strategy

Bollinger Band strategies are the second most starred family in our Pine library (99 scripts, 6,061 stars; for example Bollinger Bands Winner). On 1-hour bars, buy at market when price closes below the lower band (20, 2) with RSI 14 under 30, and sell when it closes above the upper band with RSI over 70. Stop 1.5 ATR, targets 1R, 2R and 3R; the rest closes back at the middle band.

The idea, explained: Bollinger Bands

Supertrend is one of the most used trend indicators (75 strategies, 2,162 stars in our Pine library; for example Supertrend + EMA rebound). On 1-hour bars, buy at market when Supertrend (10, 3) flips up and sell when it flips down. The stop is the Supertrend line (at least half an ATR away), targets 1R, 2R and 3R; the rest closes when it flips back.

The idea, explained: The ATR, which Supertrend is built on

Smart Money Concepts are the most actively maintained family in our libraries (89 of 91 Pine strategies updated in the last year; SMC expert advisors such as SMC Unified EA). On 1-hour bars: when price trades above the previous day's high and a candle closes back below it within 6 bars, sell at market with the stop above the sweep high (plus 0.1 ATR); the mirror for a sweep of the previous day's low. Targets 1R, 2R and 3R; max 48 hours.

The idea, explained: Smart money concepts

Fair value gaps are the core of the ICT / Smart Money Concepts style, the most actively maintained family in our libraries (for example the FVG Gold EA and ICT Gold EA, both updated in 2025-26). On 1-hour bars, a bullish gap is a candle whose low sits above the high from two candles earlier, at least 0.3 ATR tall, while the 4-hour 50 EMA is rising: a buy limit waits at the middle of the gap for 6 hours, with the stop just under the gap. Bearish gaps mirror it. Targets 1R, 2R and 3R; max 48 hours.

The idea, explained: Fair value gaps

The rules of Gold ORB, the most starred gold expert advisor on GitHub (yulz008/GOLD_ORB, 311 stars, 102 forks). The 18:00 New York hourly candle sets an opening range, which grows while new candles make higher highs (or lower lows) and freezes after three candles that do not. A bullish candle that closes with its body above the frozen high buys at market; a bearish one below the low sells; at most one of each per day. Stop at least $4 (half an ATR), targets 1R, 2R and 3R; max 24 hours.

The idea, explained: Breakout trading

ForexR AI reads the same facts pack the analysis desk uses (chart levels, trend, volatility, the calendar, headlines, positioning) and proposes at most one trade, or none. Code checks every level before it is published.

The idea, explained: AI trading signals and how to judge them

A classic Donchian 20/10 trend system on 4-hour gold bars. When the last 4-hour close sits within one ATR of the 20-bar high (or low), a buy stop (sell stop) waits at that level for the next 4 hours. The stop loss is the 10-bar low (high), at least half an ATR away. Targets are 1R, 2R and 3R; whatever is left closes when a 4-hour close breaks the previous 10 bars' opposite extreme.

The idea, explained: Breakout trading

The most common strategy in our Pine library (moving-average crossovers: 251 scripts, 6,083 GitHub stars; for example the Simple EMA20/50 Cross strategy). On 4-hour bars, buy at market when the 20 EMA crosses above the 50 EMA and sell when it crosses below. Stop 1.5 ATR from the entry, targets 1R, 2R and 3R; whatever is left closes when the averages cross back.

The idea, explained: Moving averages and crossovers

RSI strategies are the third most starred family in our Pine library (179 scripts, 4,691 stars); this is Larry Connors' RSI(2). On 4-hour bars, buy at market when RSI 2 drops under 10 while price is above its 200 SMA, and sell when RSI 2 rises above 90 below the 200 SMA. Stop 1.5 ATR, targets 1R, 2R and 3R; the rest closes when price crosses back over the 5 SMA, or after 10 bars.

The idea, explained: The RSI indicator

The widely shared "MACD + 200 EMA" strategy (MACD strategies: 117 scripts, 3,803 stars in our Pine library). On 4-hour bars, buy at market when the MACD line (12, 26) crosses above its signal line (9) while both are below zero and price is above the 200 EMA; sell on the mirror image. Stop 1.5 ATR, targets 1R, 2R and 3R; the rest closes on the opposite MACD cross, or after 48 bars.

The idea, explained: The MACD indicator

Once a day before London, ForexR AI reads 4-hour and daily bars with the facts pack (levels, trend, positioning, the week's calendar) and proposes at most one position trade per instrument, held for days to two weeks, or none. Code checks every level against the 4-hour ATR before it is published.

The idea, explained: Swing trading

The classic news straddle. About four minutes before a high-impact data release for the instrument's currencies (US jobs, inflation, rate decisions, PMIs and the like, from our economic calendar; speeches and press conferences are left out), the range of the last 30 minutes is bracketed: a buy stop half an ATR (5-minute) above it and a sell stop the same below it, at least two ATRs apart. The first to trigger cancels the other, and each one's stop is the other's entry. Orders wait 30 minutes after the release; trades close within three hours. Targets 1R, 2R and 3R.

The idea, explained: Trading the news

Trade the first reaction. When the 15-minute candle that contains a high-impact data release closes, buy at market if it closed up and sell if it closed down, with the stop at the other end of that candle (at least half an ATR away). Targets 1R, 2R and 3R; trades close after six hours at most.

The idea, explained: Trading the news

Twenty to sixty minutes before each high-impact release, ForexR AI reads the release (forecast and previous figure), 15-minute and 1-hour bars and the facts pack, and plans at most one trade per instrument for after the numbers: a pending order that waits for the release, or no trade. Code checks every level against the 1-hour ATR before it is published.

The idea, explained: Trading the news