M1 Countertrend Scalping Strategy
- #16,726
- Dec 16, 2025 6:18am Dec 16, 2025 6:18am
- Joined Dec 2022 | Status: Trader | 3,237 Posts
M1 XAGUSD
every minute matters!
- #16,727
- Edited 8:29am Dec 16, 2025 7:36am | Edited 8:29am
- Joined Aug 2010 | Status: absolute beginner | 5,464 Posts
trading is like dancing, don't think and just listen to the music!
- #16,728
- Dec 16, 2025 7:39am Dec 16, 2025 7:39am
- Joined Aug 2010 | Status: absolute beginner | 5,464 Posts
trading is like dancing, don't think and just listen to the music!
- #16,730
- Dec 17, 2025 6:18am Dec 17, 2025 6:18am
- Joined Aug 2010 | Status: absolute beginner | 5,464 Posts
trading is like dancing, don't think and just listen to the music!
I just simply don't know how to trade with the trend.
Guess that kinda trading is just not for me. Experienced some very large drawdown when trying to integrate some trading with the trend to this countertrend strategy and I failed miserably. Had to hedge and do counter trend trading on larger timeframes resulting in some very painful big drawdowns. But the strategy eventually prevailed and now i'm back on track only sticking to counter trend trading.
But i'm kinda picky with my m1 entries - that has to line up with support and resistance zone and areas of interest on the m15 timeframe. And this also makes me comfortable with falling asleep doing my trades like i did last night. I just put up buy zones at specific points and set the take profit in advance.
EURUSD
Trade that I had running while i was not able to keep my eyes open any more. Got two extra entries after I fell asleep and I woke up just before hitting profit. Closing in a total 5% win trade.
Session: Total today so far 9% 
Overall since the 10th of December - 111% Biggest lot size I use on fx right now is 0.03 and 0.15 on us500 index. I'm gonna stick with that lot size until the account has reached minimum 150% growth.
Guess that kinda trading is just not for me. Experienced some very large drawdown when trying to integrate some trading with the trend to this countertrend strategy and I failed miserably. Had to hedge and do counter trend trading on larger timeframes resulting in some very painful big drawdowns. But the strategy eventually prevailed and now i'm back on track only sticking to counter trend trading.
But i'm kinda picky with my m1 entries - that has to line up with support and resistance zone and areas of interest on the m15 timeframe. And this also makes me comfortable with falling asleep doing my trades like i did last night. I just put up buy zones at specific points and set the take profit in advance.
EURUSD
Trade that I had running while i was not able to keep my eyes open any more. Got two extra entries after I fell asleep and I woke up just before hitting profit. Closing in a total 5% win trade.
Session: Total today so far 9%
Overall since the 10th of December - 111% Biggest lot size I use on fx right now is 0.03 and 0.15 on us500 index. I'm gonna stick with that lot size until the account has reached minimum 150% growth.
- #16,738
- Dec 18, 2025 4:14am Dec 18, 2025 4:14am
- Joined Aug 2010 | Status: absolute beginner | 5,464 Posts
trading is like dancing, don't think and just listen to the music!
- #16,740
- Edited 5:34am Dec 18, 2025 4:57am | Edited 5:34am
- Joined Aug 2023 | Status: Trader | 148 Posts
Another good night with some good gains based of a big move and entering at every support or resistance zone.
Using the fibonacci retracement for take profit in conjunction with higher timeframe's moving averages.
EURUSD
EURAUD
Session: 23% grain - largest lot size 0.03 
Overall since start of strategy 8 days ago: 160% - again the large drawdown was me trying to trade "normal" with the trend - something I'm obviously not very good at.
UPDATE:
US500 trades closed and the bad CPI spiked the price up to my take profit zone - 12 overnight trades with a 100% win rate and a total of 30% for the day.
Using the fibonacci retracement for take profit in conjunction with higher timeframe's moving averages.
EURUSD
EURAUD
Session: 23% grain - largest lot size 0.03
Overall since start of strategy 8 days ago: 160% - again the large drawdown was me trying to trade "normal" with the trend - something I'm obviously not very good at.
UPDATE:
US500 trades closed and the bad CPI spiked the price up to my take profit zone - 12 overnight trades with a 100% win rate and a total of 30% for the day.