Ichimoku

Learn an Ichimoku Cloud trading strategy for identifying trends and reversals using Tenkan Sen, Kijun Sen, and Kumo Cloud for entry and exit signals.

Published · Updated · Methodology: Technical Indicators

Part of: Ichimoku Strategies

  • Methodology: Technical Indicators
  • Content type: strategy
  • Timeframes: Not specified
  • Markets: Not specified

Indicators used

  • Ichimoku Cloud
  • Tenkan Sen
  • Kijun Sen
  • Kumo Cloud
  • Chikou Span

Source video

Decoded from: SISTEMA de Trading con ICHIMOKU | La NUBE JAPONESA by Yuri Rabassa — watch the original

Key timestamps:

  • 0:00 - Introduction
  • 1:43 - The Experiment
  • 5:48 - Setup
  • 7:39 - The Rules
  • 7:58 - Long Entry Rule 1
  • 8:23 - Long Entry Rule 2
  • 8:45 - Long Entry Rule 3
  • 9:10 - Short Entry Rule 1
  • 9:30 - Short Entry Rule 2
  • 9:50 - Short Entry Rule 3
  • 10:15 - Stop Loss
  • 10:40 - Take Profit
  • 12:26 - Tips

Strategy overview

Ichimoku Kinko Hyo compresses trend, momentum and support/resistance into a single five-line overlay — the "nube japonesa" of this video's subtitle. What sets this entry apart from most Ichimoku walkthroughs is how it frames itself: the chapter following the introduction is labelled "The Experiment", not "The Strategy". That word choice changes the register. A system introduced as an experiment reads as a claim being put to a test rather than a method handed down, and it asks the viewer to watch something get checked before adopting it. What exactly was tested is recorded only by that chapter title here — the substance stays in the video.

The chapter map is unusually explicit about where the operational half begins and how it is built. A section titled "The Rules" opens it, and what follows is enumerated one condition at a time — Long Entry Rule 1, then Long Entry Rule 2. That enumeration style signals a setup treated as a stack of conditions that must line up together rather than a single trigger, which is the natural way to work with Ichimoku since its components rarely agree all at once. The recorded chapter list also runs out inside the long side: no short-side mirror is labelled, so whether shorts are a symmetric inversion or a separate set of conditions is something only the source answers.

The indicator's parts are listed out individually for this build — Tenkan Sen, Kijun Sen, the Kumo and the Chikou Span — with no outside indicator alongside them. That is Ichimoku in the configuration it was designed for, and also the most demanding one: every confirmation and every veto has to come from within the same overlay, with nothing external to break a tie. No rule set was extracted for this page, and no timeframe, market or line periods were recorded, so the numbered conditions and the settings behind them remain with Yuri Rabassa's Spanish-language original.

Topics

ichimoku cloud strategy · ichimoku trading system · technical indicators · trading strategy · pine script · tradingview strategy · trend following · reversal strategy · tenkan sen · kijun sen · kumo cloud

Frequently asked questions

What is the Kumo, or Ichimoku cloud?

The Kumo is the shaded band between two of Ichimoku's lines, plotted ahead of current price. Because it is projected forward, it acts as a zone of anticipated support or resistance, and whether price sits above, below or inside it is the standard way traders read trend context with this indicator.

Does this video use Ichimoku on its own or combine it with other indicators?

On its own. The components recorded for this strategy are all parts of Ichimoku itself — Tenkan Sen, Kijun Sen, the Kumo and the Chikou Span — with no external indicator listed as a filter or confirmation layer.

Does the video give complete entry rules?

Its chapter list marks a dedicated rules section and enumerates long entries one by one, but no rule set was extracted for this page, and the timeframe, market and line settings were not recorded. Those details stay in the source video.

How can I evaluate an Ichimoku system before trading it?

Define each condition mechanically, then backtest it on historical data for the market and timeframe you actually intend to trade — Ichimoku's lagging and forward-plotted elements behave very differently across timeframes. Strategy Decoder catalogs strategies presented in video sources so you can compare approaches like this one before committing to a test.

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