#ScalpingStrategy Essentials

🎯 Goal:

Capture small price movements—5 to 15 pips or 0.3–1% per trade—using high-frequency entries and exits.

🛠️ Core Components

⏱️ Timeframes:

1-min, 3-min, or 5-min charts (higher noise, faster action)

Use 15-min or 1H for trend confirmation

🔍 Indicators:

Indicator Use

EMA (9 & 21) Entry/exit signals via crossovers

VWAP Intraday fair value for mean reversion

MACD / RSI Momentum check (RSI 30/70, MACD divergence)

Bollinger Bands Volatility breakout & fade zones

Order Flow If available, for real-time volume spikes

📋 Scalping Entry Criteria Example:

Price pulls back to 21 EMA

RSI > 50 and rising

MACD crossover bullish

Volume spike or candle engulfing pattern

Confirm trade in the direction of VWAP trend

✅ Enter long

⛔ Tight SL: 0.3–0.5%

🎯 Target: 0.8–1.5%

🧠 Risk Management Rules:

R:R ratio ≥ 1:1.5

Max 1–2% risk per trade

Set a daily profit/loss cap (e.g., stop if 3 losses or 2% drawdown)

No revenge trading or late entries

⚙️ Tools & Platforms:

Binance, Bybit, TradingView for charts

DOM/order book + volume ladder if you're advanced

Hotkeys/macros for fast entries (esp. futures scalping)

🚦 When to Avoid Scalping:

Low liquidity sessions (weekends, holidays)

Just before major news events (FOMC, CPI, Powell speeches)

When spreads are wide or slippage is high.