Price rides a moving average, taps it, and keeps going. This idea is the whole TQQQ system on this site.
“Each EMA tap is only a signal if the trend is genuine. If price has crossed a flat EMA four times in the last hour, you're not looking at a trend anymore.”Jason Parker · Founder, TradeScalping.com
A stock in a clean trend keeps finding support or resistance at a short moving average, usually somewhere in the 9 to 20 EMA range. Each tap that holds is a new entry, and each one runs the same math: close near the bar's extreme, stop one tick past that extreme, small target.
| Entry | One tick past the signal bar's high on a long, or low on a short, after it closes near the EMA and holds |
| Exit | A fixed target sized off the signal bar's own range, often under 1:1 by design, this setup leans on win rate over size |
| Stop | One tick past the far side of the signal bar |
An illustrative example built to show the setup’s shape. Not historical price data, and not tied to any specific ticker.
The trend has to be genuine for this to work. A choppy, range-bound session turns every EMA tap into a coin flip instead of a high-probability continuation. If the EMA is flat and price has crossed it four times in the last hour, you're not looking at a trend anymore.
Want the exact version of this? The TQQQ 2-Minute Scalping System turns this idea into fixed entry, stop, and target rules. Seven setups built on exactly this idea, with the entry, stop, and target computed live from the signal bar on every one.
None of this works without the framework underneath it. Read risk management next, or run your own numbers in the position-size calculator.
Common questions about trading this setup, answered straight.
The setup waits for price in a clean trend to tap a short EMA, usually in the 9 to 20 range, and hold instead of closing through it. Entry comes one tick past the signal bar's high on a long or low on a short, once that bar closes near the EMA and holds.
The stop sits one tick past the far side of the signal bar. The target is sized off that same bar's own range, often under 1:1 by design, since this setup leans on win rate over trade size rather than a big reward-to-risk ratio.
The trend has to be genuine. In a choppy, range-bound session every EMA tap turns into a coin flip instead of a high-probability continuation, and a flat EMA that price has crossed four times in the last hour is a sign the trend is already gone.
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