My initail target line was around 1.18980, so was selling down to it. However the target line than moved up to 1.19161. So had to close all. As price usually moves to or bounces off the target line. My trading is based on where the target line is ...

M1 Countertrend Scalping Strategy

Agree. I was chasing my tail and making trading far harder than it needed to be. I was trend‑scalping and trying to force every trade to end in profit, which demands constant focus and lightning‑fast reactions. That level of intensity just isn’t ...

M1 Countertrend Scalping Strategy

Starting small today on EURUSD M1 as price was close to the target line. image

M1 Countertrend Scalping Strategy

Thank you, will have a look.

M1 Countertrend Scalping Strategy

Hi PipsArt nice to hear from you. I'm ok been playing in the background on and off, got fed up of chasing price like a dog chasing a car. Went back to basics and seems promising; still early days. Hope your well and bring in the pips.

M1 Countertrend Scalping Strategy

Not my best work today. Did not wait for price to be extended enough. But worked out. Got 70 pips so finished for the day. image

M1 Countertrend Scalping Strategy

On EURUSD, one of my accounts is approximately £500 and typically supports 20–30 simultaneous trades at 0.01 lots, depending on available margin. The initial cluster usually consists of 5–10 entries, with additional positions added gradually as ...

M1 Countertrend Scalping Strategy

When you’re trading with a strong trend, you naturally get a wider margin of error — even a less‑than‑perfect entry can still work out if your stop‑loss is placed correctly (assuming you use one). But when you’re trading against the trend, it’s the ...

M1 Countertrend Scalping Strategy

No worries, always happy to chat when around. What I meant is: in trend trading—take a breakout for example—some traders use things like R1:1, R1:2, or they anchor their TP to the last swing high/low. To me, that always felt a bit arbitrary. Why ...

M1 Countertrend Scalping Strategy

Hi Birdland, hope you’re well and thanks for the question. I’ve been using this approach for about six months now and the results have been good. It is accepted this is a very short period of time in the context of forex markets. I agree that trend ...

M1 Countertrend Scalping Strategy

Seemed it might turn as slowed down, so got out at 1.18616 instead of my preferred 1.18564. However price did go on to reach the initial TP. image image image

M1 Countertrend Scalping Strategy

Keep it simple. Market re-started, good opportunity once spread settled down. Done for the day in approximately 15 minutes. Off to bed. image image

M1 Countertrend Scalping Strategy

Keep it simple. Set up and went to bed. Done for the day before it begun (not always the case). Initially set all TPs to 1.17880, but went conservation at 1.17848. image image

M1 Countertrend Scalping Strategy

Keep it simple! Done for the day: image image

M1 Countertrend Scalping Strategy

Wishing all traders a Happy Holiday season, New Year and trading in 2026.

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image re-enter based on strength (however strength based on weakness of usd, rather than true strength of eur) and confirmation

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image Stop loss too tight. Should have placed at i+1 bar low.

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