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🎯 Scalping Strategies

Minutes — dozens of tiny wins

1–3 minute charts. Rapid entries and exits chasing small point-moves. Only viable with very low commissions and near-instant fills. Not for casual traders.

1

SAR + RSI + Heiken Ashi (3-min)

Three-indicator confluence on the 3-minute chart. Buy when Parabolic SAR flips below price, RSI > 50, and Heiken Ashi turns green. Exit on SAR flip. Fast-fire scalp.

Multi-confirm 3m
2

RSI Divergence + Bollinger Bands

Spot RSI making higher-lows while price makes lower-lows (bullish divergence) at the lower Bollinger Band. Enter on the next bar's close inside; target mid-band or upper band.

Divergence 1m / 3m
3

Scalp with RSI + VWAP

VWAP defines fair value; RSI signals stretch. Buy when price is above VWAP AND RSI dips below 40 (pullback in uptrend). Exit at VWAP or a 1-ATR target.

Mean revert to VWAP 1m / 3m
4

1-minute consolidation breakout

Identify a tight 10–15 minute range on the 1-min chart. Buy the first candle that breaks and closes above the range; tight stop inside. Small target — a couple of range-heights.

Range breakout 1m
5

Moving Average scalping

Two fast EMAs (9 and 21) on the 3-min chart. Enter on the crossover; exit on the reverse crossover or a fixed R:R target. Works best in trending sessions.

MA cross 3m
6

Martingale system

Double the position after each loss so that any single win recovers all prior losses. Mathematically fragile — one long losing streak wipes the account. Included for completeness; NOT recommended.

⚠ High risk Any
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