EMA Cross (9 & 21), Double EMA (100), Comparative Relative Strength Strategy

Execute scalping & swing trades across stocks & F&O using EMA Cross (9 & 21) and Double EMA (100). Identify trend direction on 3-min, 5-min, & daily charts.

Published · Updated · Methodology: Technical Indicators

Part of: Moving Average Crossover

  • Methodology: Technical Indicators
  • Content type: strategy
  • Timeframes: 5 Minutes (Scalping), 3 Minutes (Scalping), Daily (Swing Trading)
  • Markets: Stocks, F&O (Futures & Options), Commodities, Nifty (for comparison with CRS)

Indicators used

  • EMA Cross
  • Double EMA
  • Comparative Relative Strength

Source video

Decoded from: 2 Indicators Every Trader Should Master! | Best Scalping & Swing Strategy by Dhan Malayalam — watch the original

Key timestamps:

  • 0:00 - Pro Traders' Chart Setup Explained
  • 01:17 - Setting Up the EMA Cross Indicator
  • 03:06 - Configuring the Double EMA Indicator
  • 04:57 - Scalping Strategy Using EMA Crossovers
  • 06:47 - Avoiding False Entry Signals
  • 08:18 - Stop Loss & Target Placement
  • 09:37 - Trend Confirmation Before Taking Trades
  • 10:55 - Using the Same Setup for Swing Trading
  • 12:20 - Swing Entry with Higher Timeframes
  • 15:46 - Using Comparative Relative Strength (CRS)
  • 20:48 - Risk Management: What Every Trader Must Decide

Strategy overview

A moving average crossover marks the moment a faster average passes through a slower one — that is the whole of the timing idea. What this entry records is less a strategy than a screen: the source video opens with a segment titled "Pro Traders' Chart Setup Explained", and everything after it is built on top of that configuration. It comes from Dhan Malayalam, the regional-language channel of an Indian brokerage, which places it closer to platform education than to a trader's personal method — the viewer is expected to leave with a chart that looks a particular way rather than with a rulebook.

The title promises two indicators; the entry records three, and the third belongs to a different family. Comparative Relative Strength times nothing — it measures one instrument's performance against a benchmark, here the Nifty, which is the natural index for an Indian equities audience. That splits the setup into three jobs that are easy to confuse when they share a screen: relative strength answers which stock is worth charting at all, the slower exponential average carries the standing directional bias, and the crossover is the only layer that produces a moment. Read that way, the layout is a stock-selection workflow with a trigger attached, not a trigger with filters attached.

The recorded running order supports the same reading: more than half the marked segments are spent configuring the indicators before any entry is discussed, and the final two deal with avoiding false entry signals and with stop loss and target placement — the two places where crossover trading usually fails, addressed after the fact rather than designed around. The entry also claims both scalping timeframes and a daily swing horizon, which the crossover's arithmetic permits, though the things that do not travel between three-minute and daily charts are precisely the things left unspecified: signal frequency, what a stop is measured against, and how much a single reading is worth. No mechanical rules were extracted for this entry — it carries the indicator stack and the intended horizons, but no entry or exit conditions, so what is documented here is the shape of the setup and its source, not a tradeable specification.

Topics

ema cross strategy · double ema strategy · comparative relative strength · trading strategy · pine script · tradingview strategy · scalping strategy · swing trading · 5 minute strategy · daily trading strategy · stocks trading strategy · futures and options strategy · technical indicators

Frequently asked questions

What is Comparative Relative Strength, and is it the same as RSI?

No — they are unrelated despite the similar name. RSI measures an instrument's momentum against its own recent history, while Comparative Relative Strength measures one instrument's performance against another, usually a market index. It is a selection tool for ranking candidates, not a timing signal.

Why compare a stock against the Nifty?

The Nifty is the benchmark index for Indian equities, and the source channel is the Malayalam-language channel of an Indian brokerage. Measuring a stock against its index separates moves that are specific to the company from moves the whole market is making — useful when you only want to trade names that are outperforming or underperforming their reference.

Can one moving average setup work for both scalping and swing trading?

The calculation itself is indifferent to timeframe, which is why a single layout can be presented for three- and five-minute charts as well as daily ones. What does not carry across is everything around it: how often signals fire, how wide a reasonable stop is, and how much noise sits between two averages at each scale.

Does this page include the video's exact entry and exit rules?

No. No mechanical rules were extracted for this entry — the record covers the indicators used, the timeframes named, and the structure of the source video, including its segments on false signals and stop placement. Strategy Decoder documents what a video actually specifies rather than filling in gaps.

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