--- title: '1-Minute Scalping with Moving Averages: Is It Really Effective?' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=iB2rdsQyclA' video_id: 'iB2rdsQyclA' date: 2026-08-23 duration_sec: 832 channel: 'Manual do Trader' --- # 1-Minute Scalping with Moving Averages: Is It Really Effective? > Source: [1-Minute Scalping with Moving Averages: Is It Really Effective?](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iB2rdsQyclA) ## Summary This video presents a scalping strategy using three exponential moving averages (EMAs) on a 1-minute chart. The presenters, Luiz and Ricardo, explain the entry and exit rules, risk management, and provide practical examples. They emphasize the importance of discipline and psychological readiness for this fast-paced trading style. ### Key Points - **Scalping Definition** [00:45] — Scalping involves very quick operations, usually lasting 1 to 5 minutes, seeking small but consistent profits. - **Three Moving Averages** [01:28] — The strategy uses three exponential moving averages: a fast (50-period), medium (100-period), and long (150-period) to identify trend direction and strength. - **Entry Rules** [01:40] — For a buy, the 50-period EMA must be above the 100 and 150-period EMAs. For a sell, the 50-period EMA must be below the other two. The averages should be aligned at an angle of 30 to 60 degrees, preferably 45 degrees. - **Entry Signal** [02:21] — A warning signal is triggered when a candle closes between the 50 and 100-period moving averages. Entry is made when the price returns outside the 50-period EMA. - **Exit Rules** [03:03] — The stop loss should be placed below the pullback and moved to break-even as soon as possible. A trailing stop is used for take profit, with no defined profit target. - **Risk Management** [03:34] — Never risk more than 1-2% of capital on each trade. Avoid trading during major news events and prefer assets with higher liquidity. - **Practical Example: Buy** [06:35] — The strategy is demonstrated with a buy entry when the three averages are aligned at 45 degrees, the price closes below the 50 EMA, then closes above it. The stop loss is placed below the pullback, and a trailing stop is used to secure profits. - **Practical Example: Sell** [09:21] — A sell example is shown as the mirror image of the buy setup. The importance of skipping trades with a stop loss that is too wide is highlighted. - **Psychological Discipline** [12:39] — The presenters stress the importance of following the strategy without deviation, moving stop loss to break-even to avoid losses, and accepting that not every trade will be a winner. ### Conclusion The video concludes that this scalping strategy requires discipline, risk management, and patience. The presenters emphasize the importance of following the script and being psychologically prepared for the challenges of scalping. ## Transcript open your manual. I am Luiz. And I am Ricardo. And today we're going to show you a super fast scalping strategy , the three moving averages technique on a 1-minute chart. That 's right. If you want to learn how to identify smart entries and profit from small but consistent trades, this is for you. That's right. And while you're at it , like our video here, the end of the video, we'll give you more tips. And while you're at it, if . Let's go. specifically about this strategy, let's remember what scalping is. Basically, these are very quick operations, usually lasting 1 to 5 minutes, seeking 1 to 5 minutes, seeking small but consistent profits. And for that we use exponential moving averages, in this case moving averages that give more weight to recent prices, helping to identify the direction of the trend. It's a great way to see where the market is going without waiting hours for a major move, giving you a certain level of security when entering the market and preventing you from missing out on great opportunities. For this strategy, we will use three exponential moving averages: the fast, the medium, and the long. The fast timescale is 50 periods, the average timescale is 100 periods, and the long timescale is 150 periods. These combinations show us the direction and strength of the trend. Let's detail and strength of the trend. Let's detail the entry rules. To buy, the the entry rules. To buy, the 50-period moving average must be above the 50-period moving average must be above the 100-period and 150-period moving averages. And the candlestick needs to confirm the upward trend. And to sell, the 50-period exponential moving average must be below the other two. with Keido. Confirming the decrease. It's simple, but it requires a lot of attention. The averages should be aligned, for both buying and selling, at an angle of 30 to 60º, preferably at 45º. When the candle closes between the 50-period and 100-period moving averages, you should obviously trigger a warning signal. Entry will be made precisely when the price returns outside of this 50-period exponential moving average. Avoid trading against the trend, even if the candlestick tries to deceive you. This helps to reduce losses and increase consistency in operations. Remember, you always need to operate while being you always need to operate while being psychologically prepared for some adversity. And certain adversities arise from not realizing when the candle is trying to deceive you. Regarding exit rules, the stop loss Regarding exit rules, the stop loss should be placed below the pullback and, as soon as possible, moved to the brick- even point. Let's remember that we're obviously talking about scalping, so there's no room for error. So, pay close room for error. So, pay close attention and operate with great focus. Risk management is everything in scalping, and knowing how to manage your risk well is very important. Never risk more than 1 to 2% of your risk more than 1 to 2% of your capital on each trade. And for this strategy, we'll use a trading stop for take profit, so we won't have a defined profit target. In this case, you'll follow the trend to set your stop. One very important tip is to your stop. One very important tip is to avoid being psychologically driven to avoid being psychologically driven to act impulsively, right? Do not operate solely based on major news or significant geopolitical or economic developments. Unpredictable movements can lead to quick losses, right? Prefer assets with higher liquidity, for example, assets with higher liquidity, for example, mini-initial futures, mini-dollar futures. And always follow the trend, even if the candle tries to show a contrary movement. So, stay focused on the strategy. And now let's get practical. Beauty? Now that everything has been explained in theory, let's move on to the practical part. The practice is as follows. First, let's include the three moving averages. So, right-click, indicators, moving average. Let's insert the first moving average here of 50, another average of 100, and another average which is the long average of 150. OK? So I'll make it prettier. So, let's put the first average here in green, a little thicker, maybe three, so it's easier to visualize. It's the second average. So let's change to, I don't know, orange, also three thicknesses, and lastly, maybe purple, also three thicknesses . And now we're going to look for that alignment that Lis already mentioned, right, of roughly between 30 and 60º. So here the alignment is perfect, with the three moving averages more or less at these angles, between 30 and 60º. So it indicates here, right, that since the moving average is faster and above them, it clearly indicates a bullish signal, and you can understand that from the chart itself. So, what are we going to look for now? We'll look for a close below, when the price closes below the 50-period moving average price closes below the 50-period moving average and then closes above it. In this case, it even closed more or less down here, but what was the problem? The problem is the next keido, which would be our entry point, and where we would enter immediately after it ends, but at this position, the stop loss is very, very, very long. So with that, uh, the risk becomes very high. Here, the risk would be more or less, let's see, a risk of 340 points for scalping. It's a very reasonable risk, so we're ruling out this trade here. OK? So let's move on to the next one here to get it. This one is definitely much nicer . So let's go. First condition: all three averages are at 45º. condition: all three averages are at 45º. Perfect. So it depends on the price, right? The candle closed below the 50-period moving average, the first moving average, and the fast moving average. It's the first moving average, and the fast moving average. It's closed. OK. And the third condition is that it closed above, and the next candle closed above the 50-period moving average. So these three conditions give an OK signal, which means we should enter right away at the close of the candle, and if it closed above, we enter right here in this region. And where is our stop? Our stop loss is set below the pullback. So, entry up here , stop down here. What are we going to do? So, we're going to make rising, and we'll rise along with him. So, we'll gradually lower our stop loss. He came here, he came here, he arrived, he wanted to climb up here, but no, he didn't continue. Hey, it's already up here. So here we're already placing it a little above the break. Oh, it went up a little more. OK, let's go up a little more. It went up higher, and then higher again. And that's where we were stopped. So, in this operation here, we managed to get around 100 points. Well, looking further ahead, let me digress here. Looking a little further ahead, we have another entrance. Same situation. Well, the three averages at an Same situation. Well, the three averages at an angle of 30 to 60º. It closed below here, it closed above. And we have the entrance at the end of it, right? So, our entry would be at this point here, here, our stop at the end of the pullback, and we're going to do that training stop. Keep it up, keep it up, keep it up, keep it up, keep it up. Oops, it went up. Great, it's already up here. Let's cut to the chase . It went up a little more. Okay. And here, unfortunately, we were stopped, right? So it was stopped in this region here. With that, we had, of course, a small profit, right? A small profit of about 20 points, not much, but if it's scalping... And since it's scalping, you won't just enter with one contract, you'll enter with 10, 20 contracts, right? Because it's a scalping strategy, the number of points is smaller, has to be larger to actually make a good profit, right? So now let's look at a sales example, OK? So, our sales example is exactly the same thing, just reversed, right? It's the opposite. Same situation. The three opposite. Same situation. The three averages are aligned; they are aligned, the averages are aligned; they are aligned, the candle closed above, that is, between the fast moving average and the average. That's it , OK? And here it shut down. But this is the one , OK? And here it shut down. But this is the one . It falls into the same situation as example. What would our problem be, what is our problem? He has a huge stop loss, 135 points. We ca n't make an entrance here. Ah, I even managed to make a small profit here, if you think about it , we were managing to have a profit below expectations. But first of all, we ca n't guess. If you look around a bit, right? The correct place would be here. You don't know what will happen in the future. You don't know what the price will go, whether the asset will fall or not. So we're never going to take risks, never. So in this first situation, it almost fits all the characteristics of this type of entry, this type of technique, but it doesn't make use of scalping, right? So we're not going to get into it. Yes, in this situation we've already managed to do it; and we can now enter. So we make an entry, a we make an entry, a sales entry, right? Our stop is below. It almost hit the stop signal here. Depending on the spread, it might even work, but let's assume it won't. So let's make the trailing stop. Okay, so the candle kept turning, the candle kept turning . Whoa, this one used to be better. We can at least go upstairs for our evening break. This one's already closed. We can close this now. And we were stopped out on this candle here. we were stopped out on this candle here. Our profit. Let's see how much it was. And roughly 40 points. That's great for scalping. It's a great price, a very good value. Let's do just one more example before the video ends. Okay, let's do the next one right here. Uh, it's locked in here. It has n't closed outside yet. It didn't close outside here. It's closed outside. So, our here. It's closed outside. So, our entry point is on the next candle. Let's go. We've placed our entrance here. Our stop loss. Oops. Our stop is up here. I wouldn't put it up here; it could at least be done here, okay? It can't be that long, it doesn't have to be . And we'll keep an eye on the price. Well, the price kept going up, it kept going up. You could close this now. Why? Because it's better to not lose or gain pennies than to take a stop loss. What if the price goes up here and hits the stop loss? So in this case, the profit would be practically zero, right? It would be almost a no- break-even situation here, but you didn't lose. Of course, if you had continued with the stop loss and everything else, you would have made an absurd profit of 150 points in scalping. I would, but you're not going to guess. So we're never going to take risks. If it went up and closed here, close here, raise your stop loss and at least make sure you're not going to lose. You'll have another opportunity that will work out, okay? So, never, ever take risks. If you look a little further ahead, you had the opportunity, but you were stopped here. Next time, you had the same opportunity and made an absurd profit, which already covered your own stop-loss and break-even points from the previous trade. So, be aware, be psychological, train your mind to follow the script, to follow all my procedures so from that. And we've reached the end. And now you know how to trade with three exponential moving averages in one minute. That's right. And remember, you need discipline, risk management, and patience to succeed in this type of operation. And do it like a great scalper. And don't waste any time, leave a like, share, comment, and subscribe to the share, comment, and subscribe to the channel for more content. 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