311# ATR Scalping MT5 MT4 — The Simple Thing That Actually Works

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Forget the complexity. This is all you need. No neural networks. No twenty-indicator dashboard. No secret algorithm sold by a guru in a Lamborghini. Just one raw, battle-tested tool — the Average True Range — configured in a way most traders completely overlook. Period 10. Multiplier 3.8. Five-minute chart. Volatile pairs. That's the entire setup. It sounds almost insultingly simple. But that simplicity is precisely why it keeps working.

What ATR actually measures. The Average True Range, developed by J. Welles Wilder, doesn't tell you which direction the market will move. It tells you how much it's moving. For a scalper, that's the most critical information available. When ATR rises, volatility expands — opportunity grows. When it falls, the market consolidates — you stay flat. No opinion, no prediction. Pure measurement.

Why Period 10 on M5 — not the default 14. Most traders use ATR(14), Wilder's original default, designed for daily charts. On a 5-minute chart, 14 periods looks too far back. Volatility clusters appear and dissolve within minutes. Period 10 on M5 captures approximately 50 minutes of recent price action — fast enough to be reactive, stable enough to filter pure noise. It sees what's happening now, not what happened this morning.

ATR Scalping MT5 MT4 — The Simple Thing That Actually Works

Why Multiplier 3.8 — not 3.0, not 5.0. The multiplier defines your dynamic channel boundaries: Upper Band = Close + (ATR × 3.8), Lower Band = Close − (ATR × 3.8). At 3.8, the bands sit just beyond the normal noise range of a 5-minute candle on volatile pairs. When price breaks that boundary, something real is happening — not random fluctuation. Tested across London and New York sessions, values between 3.5 and 4.0 consistently produce the cleanest signals. At 3.8 you're right in the sweet spot.

The best pairs for this setup. This setup needs movement. Target pairs with average daily ranges above 80 pips: GBP/JPY is the king of volatility with explosive M5 moves; USD/JPY offers deep liquidity and strong trending behavior; EUR/USD gives the tightest spreads and most reliable ATR readings; GBP/USD shows strong directional commitment when it moves; AUD/JPY is risk-sentiment driven with clean trend days. Avoid low-volatility pairs like EUR/CHF — narrow ATR values produce narrow channels and excessive false signals.

How to run it on MT4 and MT5. Both platforms have ATR built in natively — no downloads, no custom indicators required. Open your volatile pair on M5, insert the Average True Range with Period 10, apply an ATR-based channel with Multiplier 3.8, and trade only when price closes beyond the bands with ATR rising. Entry is a market order on candle close beyond the band. Stop loss goes on the opposite band at time of entry. Take profit is 1.5× the current ATR value from entry. Maximum hold is 8 to 12 candles — if it hasn't moved by then, it's not moving.

Trade the right sessions. ATR(10) on M5 looks completely different at 3am UTC versus 8am London. This setup performs best during the London Open from 08:00 to 10:00 UTC, where the biggest volatility burst of the day hits EUR and GBP pairs; the New York Open from 13:00 to 15:00 UTC, especially strong on USD pairs; and the London/NY Overlap from 13:00 to 17:00 UTC, which is peak liquidity and the ideal window overall. Avoid Asian session dead hours, Friday afternoons, and the minutes immediately around major news releases.

The logic — why this keeps working. The market doesn't move randomly on volatile pairs during active sessions. When price breaks beyond an ATR(10) × 3.8 channel, it's not noise — it's commitment. The setup doesn't predict the move. It confirms it. And because Period 10 uses only recent volatility, the channel self-adjusts constantly. If GBP/JPY is running hot, the bands widen to match. If it cools, they contract. You're always working with the market as it is, not as it was. No prediction. Just confirmation. That's the edge.

Final word. The best setups are the ones you actually stick to. ATR Period 10, Multiplier 3.8, M5, volatile pairs — it's simple enough to execute without hesitation, and robust enough to survive real market conditions on both MT4 and MT5. Volatility is permanent. Markets will always move. ATR will always measure it. Keep it simple. Keep it disciplined. Let the ATR do the work.

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311# CCI Scalping System (Commodity Channel Index Scalping)

Cci Scalping Reversal System

Submit by James 5/05/2013

Time Frame 15 min

currency pair s major

Indicators:

CCI (14)

TCCI (Trend indicator)

This scalping system uses the Commodity Channel Index (CCI 14) and TCCI indiccator

Long Entry

CCI indicator crosses above its OverSold Level and TCCI color green

Long Exit

CCI indicator crosses below its OverBought Level OR CCI crosses below its OverSold Level

Short Entry

CCI indicator crosses below its OverBought Level and TCCI color red.

Short Exit

CCI indicator crosses above its OverSold Level OR CCI crosses above its OverBought Level

optional

Profit Target 6 -12 pips

Stop loss 15-20 pips.

In the picture below Cci Scalping Reversal System in action.

cci reversal scalping system template

Comments: 4

#4
Takis (Thursday, 13 April 2023 11:13)

I am sorry ,but must point out that the TCCI when added to the chart,the pointer shows "SaneFX16".From the inputs menu ,one can clearly understand this indi is the "NonLagMA_v7.1",with a different name.
Of course if the results are good ,there is no issue at all!!
#3
thanks nuf (Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:08)

works like a charm with moving averages
#2
David (Wednesday, 11 September 2019 01:49)

J'aimerait savoir comment je fait pour mettre les flèches sur le CCI ainsi que eu sur le graphique j'ai télécharger le template avec le TCCI vert et rouge mais jaimerait avoir les flèches si possible...sa me semble une vraiment belle technique et selon mon expérience j'en es vue des techniques.. merci d'avance :) aupire juste a me répondre par hotmail! [email protected]
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Esteban Garviso Venegas (Tuesday, 15 May 2018 18:36)

TCCI settings?