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The Only Opening Strategy You Need for Consistent Day Trading

0h 12m video Published May 5, 2026 Transcribed Jul 22, 2026 E EDUca Trader - com Eduardo Melo
Intermediate 6 min read For: Day traders with basic knowledge of moving averages and gap trading.
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This video presents a specific day trading strategy focused on market openings, combining four key factors: a small gap, a first candle that increases the gap size, proximity to the 200-period moving average, and optionally the 20-period moving average. The strategy aims for consistent monthly profits by only trading when these conditions align, emphasizing patience and discipline.

[00:33]
Best Opening Strategy

The presenter claims this is the best strategy for consistency in the financial market, allowing monthly withdrawals and good profits.

[01:01]
Four Key Factors

The strategy combines: small gap, first candle increasing gap size, proximity to 200-period moving average, and optionally 20-period moving average.

[01:26]
Small Gap Definition

A small gap is approximately 230 points, indicating the market is not too out of sync from the previous close.

[02:35]
First Candle Condition

The first candle after the gap must increase the gap size, showing the market is gaining strength post-opening.

[03:47]
Proximity to 200-MA

The opening should be close to the 200-period moving average, where the market tends to react strongly.

[04:48]
Trade Execution

Sell below the gap, stop loss above it. If the price returns more than half of the previous candle in one candle, the trade is invalid.

[05:32]
Risk Management

Example risk of 600 points; typical risk per trade is R$500 with 4-5 mini-contracts. Stop loss is moved to half risk when price reaches half risk.

[07:31]
Support Levels and R:R

Target previous supports for a 1:1 risk-reward ratio, but due to stop loss management, average R:R becomes 1:2.

[09:13]
Trade Frequency

This setup occurs rarely, e.g., only 2-3 trades per month, requiring patience. Example: three days, three wins.

[11:01]
Discipline and Patience

The strategy requires discipline to only trade when conditions are met. It is one of several strategies used by the presenter.

The strategy is simple but requires patience and discipline to only trade when all four conditions align. It can yield consistent positive monthly results, as demonstrated by backtesting.

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Tutorial Checklist

1 01:01 Identify a small gap (approx. 230 points) at market opening.
2 02:35 Check that the first candle after the gap is larger than the gap (increasing gap size).
3 03:47 Ensure the opening price is close to the 200-period moving average.
4 04:48 Sell below the gap level; set stop loss above the gap.
5 07:02 When price reaches half of risk, move stop loss to half risk.
6 07:31 Target previous support levels for a 1:1 risk-reward ratio.

Study Flashcards (8)

What is the approximate size of a 'small gap' according to the strategy?

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Approximately 230 points.

01:51

What must the first candle after the gap do for the setup to be valid?

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It must be larger than the gap, indicating the market is gaining strength.

02:35

Why is proximity to the 200-period moving average important?

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Because the market tends to react strongly near this average, providing a directional bias.

03:47

Where is the stop loss placed in this strategy?

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Above the gap level (for a short trade).

04:48

How is the stop loss managed when price reaches half of the risk?

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The stop loss is moved down to half risk.

07:02

What is the typical risk-reward ratio targeted initially?

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1:1, but due to stop loss management, the average becomes 1:2.

07:58

How many trades per month does this setup typically produce?

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About 2-3 trades per month.

09:58

What is the optional fourth factor in the strategy?

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Proximity to the 20-period moving average.

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💡 Key Takeaways

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Best Opening Strategy

The presenter claims this is the best strategy for consistency, setting high expectations.

00:33
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Four Key Factors

Clearly defines the four conditions that must be met for a trade.

01:01
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Trade Execution

Provides specific entry and stop loss placement rules.

04:48
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Risk-Reward Ratio

Explains how stop loss management improves the average R:R from 1:1 to 1:2.

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Discipline and Patience

Emphasizes the psychological challenge of following a simple strategy.

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[00:03] sold here! If you teach openness. Let me see the risk. One in a thousand. Robert and I, Erica and I, Robson and I. Good job, team!

[00:17] Wonderful. One of the openings that, in my One of the openings that, in my opinion, is the best there is, okay? If someone turned to me and said, "Edu, man, I want to be consistent in

[00:33] the financial market, I want to be able to withdraw money every month, I want to make good profits." Me: "Dude, teach me, or give me a strategy, someone already asked me that once, right? Teach me or give me a strategy that I

[00:47] can use to get good results in the market. Guys, without a doubt in the market. Guys, without a doubt , it would be this one, right, to , it would be this one, right, to only trade openings with this profile,

[01:01] okay? These openings, when we manage to combine these four points here, within the market: a 200- period moving average, a 20-period moving average, an

[01:13] small gap. Look, so we're combining four factors. The first one, okay? And the most important is evaluating the gap

[01:26] is evaluating the gap at the moment of the opening, okay? The second, why? A gap, guys, is that moment where there's no trade, but there's negotiation,

[01:38] are fighting, right? We know that. One guy wants to buy at 10,000, the other wants to sell at 1,000, there's no trade. So, the negotiation there is happening, okay? And people are there."

[01:51] Fighting. When we have a gap that isn't too large, that's the first clue. approximately 230 points, it means that the market was n't that out of sync, folks. So, we had a normal opening, in

[02:07] parentheses, right? It's not that we had an exorbitant trading session, right? Oh, a gap of 1000 points, right? A gap of 2000 points. We had the fight at the beginning of the day, that trading, and the gap, the first

[02:22] trade was very far from the closing price of the previous day. No, the group maintained this, this tranquility. It was a gap, as we saw, of 200 It was a gap, as we saw, of 200 points. So, first, a small gap,

[02:35] okay? That's excellent. The second point we analyze is the first candle after the gap. The first candle after the gap is a candle that is increasing the size of the gap. So, what does that

[02:51] mean? At the moment of the pre-market, the group was there at 200, It's trying, nothing too strong, nothing too expressive, but when it opens, the strength increases, because point candle and a 1000-point candle, I had much more buying pressure here

[03:07] market is telling me. It's telling me that after the initial opening, those first 30 opening, those first 30 minutes, the market has already accelerated post-

[03:19] opening. If it were the other way around, right, if we had a gap of 1000 points, what is the market showing us now? The market would be showing that it lost

[03:34] market would be showing that it lost strength instead of gaining strength. And we wouldn't like that moment, right? But we like it when it gains strength. So the two odd things here, right? The two prerequisites fulfilled, which is the

[03:47] prerequisites fulfilled, which is the opening. Now comes the question, opening. Now comes the question, where is this opening happening? First, excellent, very close to the 200- period moving average, which is an environment

[04:01] period moving average, which is an environment where we know, right, to erase these patterns here, The market tends to react in one direction or another. Let's For example, if I have a price close to the average, it goes down. I

[04:15] YouTube talking about this. A price close to the average tends to go down, and a price far from the average tends to come back down. So, wait a minute . If I have an opening that's gaining strength in the market near the 200-period moving average,

[04:31] that's perfect, right? It's becoming excellent for us. And to make it even better, but it's not mandatory, just these three prerequisites: a 200-period moving average , a candle larger than the gap ( i.e., the market gaining strength), and

[04:48] this gap here, not so significant , combining these three points. , combining these three points. We sell below this gap, stop loss We sell below this gap, stop loss above it, we hold a reversal, right? And we

[05:02] would have to teach a complete strategy here, but a good strategy would be if it returns in a single candle to more than half of the previous one, it would be enough bad, it becomes bad. Strange, isn't it? It had to fall here in our favor. Now, if

[05:18] fall here in our favor. Now, if it just takes a while to fall, then there wouldn't be a it just takes a while to fall, then there wouldn't be a problem at this moment, okay? The financial risk of an operation like this depends on each person. We have to measure it

[05:32] here, look, it would be approximately 600 points. 600 points each within their management. It's an operation that I see like this, measure 200 points above, increasing the size of the gap, a very good candle,

[05:48] if 500 points more in the mini-index currently is a very good candle, man. A very unlikely risk, very unlikely that it will instantly return to a bullish candle. It can happen, obviously, because the financial market is, you know,

[06:05] it wants, but the probability of that happening is very small. So we stop here and take it and put a slightly higher risk. So, for

[06:17] in our trading room portfolio, which is where we have been doing our operations, right? Uh, yes, all of them replicated to our other Okay, so, as you already know why, right? This is an operation here now, if I were

[06:31] to enter with approximately a maximum risk of R$1,000 per day, a trade where I would easily put about R$500 of risk in it , okay? So, that would be between four and five mini- contracts here now, and we would look at how to

[06:47] manage the operation. How would a good way to manage the operation. How would a good way to manage this type of operation be? Precisely this one. Now, look, it reached my half risk, since the stop loss is very large,

[07:02] so, it reached my half risk, half of my risk, I would also bring my stop loss down to my risk, I would also bring my stop loss down to half, okay? Because I do need to keep shortening this stop loss here. So, it reached

[07:17] half, I bring it down to half. It reached my risk of one, once my operation is here, I start thinking about a possible exit. So what will I look for? If we have previous supports, it's at

[07:31] yesterday's low, that could be a point, you know, folks, that could hinder it. He... There's this other support back here. With two supports in these regions, I guaranteed two supports in these regions, I guaranteed a risk-reward ratio of one in today's trade. And

[07:44] I'm sure the first question most reward ratio? But I'll take a one-to-one approach. One- to-one isn't consistent. But when you reach the middle and

[07:58] lower your stop loss to the middle, what happens now is that on average you'll take very little of that total risk. So on average you

[08:10] shorten the stop. On average you'll always shorten the stop loss, right? And aim for one. So when you average your month, it will end up giving an average risk-reward ratio of one to two. If I didn't have this support here now,

[08:25] we could trade in Z0 to Z0 and try to get an R2 in this trade, but for that I wouldn't have the support level, and I do. So, what's the perfect opening? Gap,

[08:40] candle. Gap candle, Gap candle, 200-period averaging position, and then... Yes, a toast, but not necessary, average position of 20 periods, close to the

[08:57] 200-period average. Both averages here, look, these two simple ones applied to the closing, right? Both of them arithmetic , nothing too out of the ordinary. So, every time, if you look here, Edu, well, but this doesn't always happen, but

[09:13] trade all the time. If you look only at when this happened, for example, in the mini- index, let's go back this month, we see, look, yesterday there was no trade, the day we see, look, yesterday there was no trade, the day before yesterday there was no trade. So, this

[09:27] week the first trade came out now, right, for now. This here is a big gap, first candle small, not bad either , right? Eh, let's see another opening here. Where is it? Not bad either. So the first trade of the week would be today with a nice

[09:43] Wow, Edu, but being a trader is a bit complicated, isn't it? Because, well, I haven't made any trades, I'm making the first trade this week. Yeah, right? They would give Very few trades there, really per month. Here, look. Here maybe we

[09:58] month. Here, look. Here maybe we could push for one more, right? Look, here maybe we could do one more, but let's push it here , just to see. So six days have passed, seven days, there will only be two days of

[10:11] six days have passed, seven days, there will only be two days of operation, right? Another day again. Not this one, averages far apart, bad scenario. These averages are even close, another big gap, the candle decreasing, that's bad for us. So, you see the

[10:24] perfect scenario, look? This one is even reasonable, but the first candle, look, already leaves a shadow up there first candle, look, already leaves a shadow up there , it has the same size as the gap, right? Only on the 2-minute chart, it's better to just do that . Look, another day here, look.

[10:36] Small gap, you see? Three days, three wins. Three days, three wins. R1 guaranteed in all three. If you risk 600 there for, right, 500 per operation, you got

[10:48] there for, right, 500 per operation, you got R1500, you got a R100, you're risking 1500, risking 500 on each trade on average, right? Uh, per day. But then there's we know, you taught a strategy, it will make you money, yes,

[11:01] but what about the patience to follow it? And the discipline to follow something so simple ? Few people would have that wisdom in the market to maintain that tranquility. But I guarantee you that by following these four

[11:16] guarantee you that by following these four points, your month will certainly be positive. You can do it, do the test. Take the mini-index, Edu, I'll just take the mini-index for a month doing only this. And I want to see what

[11:30] my result will be. Following these four points only at the opening moment. You sit down to trade 30, it opens, it doesn't open nicely, close. It opens, it doesn't open nicely, close. So, but do you only do that? No, folks. Obviously, you know that

[11:43] we don't only do that, right? This is one of the strategies we carry. We have seven or eight more variables here to... People can do this throughout their day, right? I'm saying that if you want to simplify your life, you can

[11:57] want to simplify your life, you can use this strategy for your operations, right? There you go, that's a good challenge. I'm going to do this in May. I want to see it, Rafa. And if you guys liked this video and are going to do this

[12:11] too, let's go for it together in this challenge. Subscribe to the channel if you're not already subscribed, leave your like on this video, share it with that friend who's going to do this challenge with you. Guys, I hope

[12:24] next video. If you're not yet part of our select team of traders who trade with me every day, I'll leave the link below this video. leave the link below this video. Thanks!

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