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title: 'Day Trade - Scalp Strategy in Seconds - Mini Index'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=cuqWH2Tgz2A'
video_id: 'cuqWH2Tgz2A'
date: 2026-07-18
duration_sec: 923
channel: 'Pio Trader - Método Piosar'
---

# Day Trade - Scalp Strategy in Seconds - Mini Index

> Source: [Day Trade - Scalp Strategy in Seconds - Mini Index](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cuqWH2Tgz2A)

## Summary

This video presents a scalping strategy for the Mini Index using a 15-second timeframe. The strategy combines the Tube and Bottom Detector indicator with two exponential moving averages (21 and 144 periods) to identify entry signals based on the relative position of tops and bottoms to the moving averages.

### Key Points

- **Indicator Setup** [00:01] — Add the Tube and Bottom Detector (period 1, thickness 2) and two exponential moving averages: 21-period (lime green, shift D1) and 144-period (red, shift D1).
- **Weak vs Strong Trends** [01:10] — When the green average is above the red average and bottoms appear below the green average, the uptrend is weak. When bottoms appear above the green average, the uptrend is strong.
- **Downtrend Signals** [01:51] — When the green average is below the red average and tops appear above the green average, the downtrend is weak. When tops appear below the green average, the downtrend is strong.
- **Strategy Parameters** [02:35] — Use 150 stop points and 75 profit points. Daily loss limit is one stop (150 points). Daily positive target is two consecutive gains (150 points).
- **Trading Hours** [03:17] — Only look for entry signals from 9:00 AM onwards.
- **Sell Signal Steps** [03:33] — 1) Observe if green average is below red average. 2) Wait for a top below the green average. 3) Place a sell order at that top. Cancel if the green average moves below the order before it triggers.
- **Buy Signal Steps** [07:48] — 1) Observe if green average is above red average. 2) Wait for a bottom above the green average. 3) Place a buy order at that bottom. Cancel if the green average moves above the order.
- **Stop Loss Example** [10:49] — If a buy order is placed and the price stops out, the loss limit is reached and the trading session ends.
- **Trade Detector Usage** [12:07] — In the trade detector, TS represent tops and FRS represent bottoms. Adjust orders quickly as new signals appear.

### Conclusion

The strategy relies on the relative position of tops and bottoms to the moving averages to determine trend strength and entry points. It is designed for scalping on a 15-second chart with strict risk management.

## Transcript

seconds-based chart, and now we have that opportunity. In this strategy, we're going to use the Tube and Bottom Detector and these two moving averages. So, let's put these indicators together on the
chart. You go here, then Indicators, then More Indicators, and search for Tube and Bottom Detector. You click Insert into Chart, click OK. Now you're going to and Bottom Detector. Change the period to one. In Appearance, you can increase it
to two. Click OK. And now, lastly, let's add two moving averages. The first moving average has 21 periods, so double-click on this 21-period moving average. Change the type to exponential, shift D1, then
in Appearance, and set the color to lime green. The thickness is set to two. Now let's add the last moving average. This last moving average has 144 periods. Double-click on the moving average, then exponential, set shift D1, then
in Appearance, change the color to red, and increase the thickness. Then click OK. Observing the Top and Bottom Detector in conjunction with the moving averages, I noticed something very interesting: whenever the green average was above
whenever the green average was above the red average, bottoms appeared below. From the Green Average, this usually meant that we had a weak trend. Okay, so what you can see is that the Green Average was
above the Red Average, and we were having... Look at these bottoms, using the top and bottom detector here in orange, look below the Green Average. When this happened, it meant that the uptrend was weak. But on the other hand,
uptrend was weak. But on the other hand, when bottoms appeared above the Green Average, I could see that the uptrend was usually strong and it could be a great time to buy. And I could also see
that when the Green Average was below the Red Average and then tops appeared above the Green Average, the downtrend was weak. You can see here, look, the price was even moving sideways.
look, the price was even moving sideways. Okay, now when tops appeared below the Green Average, I could see that we usually had a strong downtrend and it could be a great time for us to be selling.
Based on this, I developed the scalping strategy that I'm going to share with you, and all I ask in return is your like on this video and your subscription to this like on this video and your subscription to this channel. Thank you very much.
Mini Index, 15-second timeframe. And in this strategy, we're going to And in this strategy, we're going to use 150...  Stop points and 75 points of profit. The daily loss limit for this strategy is one stop, meaning we
accept a maximum loss of 150 points per day. The daily positive target for this strategy is two consecutive gains, meaning we aim for 150 positive points per day. And since I'm your friend, and I'm here to make your
life easier, I've organized this strategy into a 100% objective step-by-step guide. So let's go. Let's use this trading session as an example. Right from the start, I need to make an observation: we only started looking for
entry signals in this strategy from 9:00 AM onwards. Through the works best from this point onwards, from 9:00 AM onwards. So let's go to the step-by-step guide. First step: we must observe if the green average is above or
below the red average. In this case, it's below the red average, as you can see. First step completed. Second step: since the green average is below the red average, we will wait for a top to appear. I
repeat, we will wait for a top to appear below the green average. So let's now observe the stop and bottom detector. Wait for a high to appear below the green moving average, as just appeared here. Look, we have a high, and this high
is below this green moving average. Second step completed. Third and final step: After a high appears below the green moving average, we will place a sell order at this high and wait for our
sell order to be triggered. So, let's position our sell order right here, and let's wait for some candle to trigger our important observation I have to make to you now: as I
said, we must keep our sell order positioned right here at this high because this high is below the green moving average. And an important observation I have to pass on to you is this: we can only keep this
sell order positioned while it is below the green moving average. If, before our sell order is triggered, the green moving average does this (look), if it's below our sell order, then what should we do? Cancel
our event order. I repeat, we can only keep our sell order positioned while the average is above our order. So let's follow what I told you. No observation now.  It happened, right, in
this example? Okay, but as I said, we would position our sell order at this top here because it's below the green moving average selected here, and the price would move out here below. Look, okay, so we would have the first profit of the
day. To have a positive goal in this strategy, we need to have two consecutive profits, so we need to open another operation to seek the second profit of the day. To do this, just repeat the step-by-step process.
just repeat the step-by-step process. completed. Second step: since the green moving average is below the red moving average,
let's wait for a top below the green moving average to appear. So let's wait for the top and bottom detector to form a top below the
position our sell order right here, look at this top, but as you can see, before this selected order, look what the moving average did. The moving average was the low of our sell order, so what do we
As I've already explained to you, so now we're going to repeat the easy part. We observe if the averages are crossed downwards. So now we wait for a top to appear below the green average. Here we have it, look, a top
below the green average. I'm right here, okay. So we place our sell order at the high of this top, right here, but once again, look, before our selected sell order here, right, before this selected sell order here.
Look what will happen: the green average went below our sell order, right, before our selected sell order. What do we do? Cancel the sell order and repeat the step-by-step process. We observe if the averages are crossed
upwards or downwards. In this case, look, the averages are crossed downwards, the green average is below, but it's red. Now we need a top below the green average. Look, folks, here we have a top below the green average. Look
closely here. So now we place our sell order at this top, so our entry signal would be at this top here, okay, sell entry. And as you can see, our entry is right here, look, and the price takes this one down here, look,
okay, it would be...  So, the second profit of the day, positive target hit. Let's look at another example, always starting from nine-ten, and the 9-10 candle, which is this candle right here. So, the first step is to observe if we have the green moving average
above the red moving average below. In this case, the green moving average is above the red moving average. First step completed. The second step is as follows: since the green moving average is above the red moving average, let's wait for a
bottom to appear above this green moving average here, and here we already have a bottom. Look closely here. So, our buy order is added to this region. Okay, at this bottom here, and the price hits the exit here above. So we would have the first profit of the day. And
then we need to repeat the step-by-step process to make the second operation of the day. We observe the moving averages. Look, its average is above the red moving average. First step completed. The second step is to wait for a
bottom to appear above the green moving average, and here we already have it. Look, right, we
a bottom above the green moving average. Let's buy at this bottom here. Look, our buy order is selected here. The price would hit the exit here above. So we would have the first profit of the day. Now it's just...  Let's redo the step-by-
upwards. We need a bottom above the moving average. Let's see what signal would be triggered here. Look, we had a bottom that is above the triggered our selected order for them to take this one up here.
Second big positive target. Let's go to the next trading session. In this trading session, the averages are also crossing upwards, always from nine and 10. So we are looking for buys here. In this trading session, we had a signal that would be triggered right
here. Look, at this bottom here, there is a selected order for them to take an exit up here. First gain of the day. Let's go to the next signal, which would have been selected right here. Look, we had a bottom above the green average.
We will buy at this bottom here. Look, I zoomed out of the chart. The bottom is our entry signal. This bottom right here would be triggered here. Therefore, it would take these operations up here. So, the second big positive target of the day.
Let's go to the next trading session. Averages crossing upwards from 9 and 10, right? In the morning, let's see what signal was selected. This selected bottom here is the buy order, right? And from this...  Our calculations would have triggered a Stop, so our
positioned our buy order at this selected bottom, and we would be stopped out here below. Look, the loss limit area has been reached. So, this trading session... let's go to the next trading session. In this other trading session, the averages
here crossed downwards. We had a top below the green average, so we will sell here. Look, look, even though it's selected here for them to take this Let's see if we had any other signal that was triggered. We would have this
green average selected here. Look, there's a sell signal. If it's a Stop up here, the dragon, always starting from nine-ten, right? Averages crossed upwards. We will have the
bottom, they can be selected in this region for them to take an exit up here. It's higher here. First, the day's gain. was this bottom here. Look, this bottom appeared above the green moving average, right? And
the averages, of course. Look, they were still crossed upwards. Green above the red average. And as I said, the next signal that...  This is what appeared, look, the next signal was actually triggered by this one, look, it's stationary
in this buy order here, it would take the exit here at the top, it would be a positive target in this trading session, I think you understand, right? Through these backtests, now with this strategy with the chart rolling, right? Gentlemen, the market has just opened,
I like to use the trade detector to operate, and here in the trade detector, it 's a little different. Here in the trade detector, the TS represent the tops, okay, and the FRS, as you can see here, represent the bottoms. Okay, it
's not 9:10 yet, when it's 9:10 I'll come back here, actually when the entry signal appears from 9 and 10 I'll be with you, okay? Look, we have the moving averages crossing upwards, the green moving average is above the red moving average. Wait,
a new bottom has appeared here, look, a bottom has appeared above the green moving average, okay? I'm going to maintain this order while the moving average crosses downwards from my buy order, you have to be very attentive because we are on a
second chart, right, where things happen much faster, and in that moment it's happen much faster than normal, right? So you have to pay close attention. You could see that initially the buy position was here, look at this
bottom here, but a few seconds later another bottom appeared above So I already had to change my order that was here previously to this new bottom. So, total attention, man. If the price comes here and stops me out,
my day is over. I close the chart and come back on the next trading day. Now, if the price comes here and hits my exit, at my profit, I look for the second operation, but for now there's nothing I can do.
of the moving averages, which were showing an upward trend. We took this entry point here. Look at this last bottom, the moving averages gave us the direction. Now, this bottom here gave us the entry point, right? This
signal was executed and we had a profit because the price went in favor of the direction of the moving averages. So now we must redo the step-by-step process. We already had a profit. First step: observe the moving averages crossing downwards, crossing upwards. They are
crossing upwards since they are crossing upwards."  The second step is to wait for a bottom above the green moving average to appear, right? So I'll be waiting, and when you guys. It turned out that no buy signal appeared; in reality,
what appeared was a sell signal because the metrics were going down. We had a top here, my order. In fact, a top appeared below the green moving average. Honestly, I hope you like this strategy. Okay, but if it
's not free, if it doesn't match your operational profile, don't worry, next week I'll be bringing new, objective strategies for you; one of them will fit your operational profile. Okay, to
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successful, objective trader. I'll leave it at that for now, and until the next video. and until the next video. [Music]