Learn The 9-20 EMA Crossover Intraday Trading Strategy In 11 Minutes (Live Examples!)
Loses money
No edge after realistic trading costs
- trades tested
- 881
- per trade after costs
- -5.26bp
- winners
- 32%
- years of data
- 14.7
Conventional 9/20 EMA crossover on a 30-minute forex chart during the London/New York overlap: buy when the 9 EMA crosses above the 20 EMA, sell when it crosses below. Stop beyond the previous swing low/high, profit target at a minimum 1:2 risk-reward.
The exact rules we tested
- 01Instrument: EURUSD | Signal timeframe: 30m | Direction: both
- 02Session: 08:00-12:00 (exchange tz), positions may hold overnight
- 03LONG when: ema9 crosses above ema20
- 04SHORT when: ema9 crosses below ema20
- 05Entry: market at next bar open
- 06Stop: last swing (strength 3) +/- 3bp
- 07Target: 2.0R (risk-multiple of stop)