RSI 60/40 + EMA 56 Strategy

Discover an RSI 60/40 + EMA 56 trend-following strategy for any timeframe. Learn entry rules for long/short positions using RSI and EMA to trade cryptocurrencie

Published · Updated · Methodology: Technical Indicators

Part of: EMA Strategies

  • Methodology: Technical Indicators
  • Content type: strategy
  • Timeframes: Any timeframe, 15-minute, 1-hour, 4-hour
  • Markets: Cryptocurrencies, Forex, Indices, Raw materials

Indicators used

  • RSI
  • Exponential Moving Average

Source video

Decoded from: 💥NO VOLVERÁS a COMPRAR CURSOS ni SEÑALES de TRADING DESPUES de VER ESTO 💥 by *Alex Inversiones* — watch the original

Key timestamps:

  • 0:15 - Strategy overview and applicability
  • 1:00 - RSI indicator setup
  • 2:00 - EMA indicator setup
  • 3:00 - Long entry rules explained
  • 6:30 - Short entry rules explained
  • 9:00 - Timeframe recommendation

Strategy overview

This entry pairs a 60/40 RSI reading with a single 56-period exponential moving average — an unusual number in a field that defaults to 50 or 55 — and the video that carries it is worth naming plainly: a Spanish-language piece from *Alex Inversiones* titled around the claim that you will never again buy trading courses or signals after watching it. That framing is the channel's, not ours, and it sets the register: the promise is that a short, free explanation replaces paid material.

What the timeline actually shows is a video built for symmetry rather than spectacle. It opens on where the approach applies, spends a minute each on setting up the RSI and then the EMA, and only then splits into two long halves — long entries from the three-minute mark, short entries from six-thirty — giving the bearish case roughly the same room as the bullish one, which is rarer than it sounds in strategy videos that tend to explain one direction and wave at its mirror image. The last marker on record is a timeframe recommendation, meaning the video closes by telling you where to run it rather than how to leave a position: there is no exit, stop or sizing chapter in the timeline at all.

The conceptual pairing is standard enough — a momentum oscillator judged against shifted thresholds, filtered by the slope or side of a moving average — but note that no rule set was preserved for this entry. What survives is the source, the structure of its explanation, and the fact that the settings themselves get two full chapters before any entry logic appears.

Topics

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Frequently asked questions

Why use RSI levels of 60 and 40 instead of 70 and 30?

Shifting the RSI reference levels inward to 60/40 is a common trend-following adaptation: rather than waiting for classic overbought/oversold extremes, the trader treats the 60 and 40 lines as a momentum midfield, where staying above or below them says something about which side currently controls the move. The video sets these levels up in its own RSI chapter before any entry logic is discussed.

What does the 56-period EMA add to an RSI strategy?

A moving average of that length acts as a directional backdrop for the oscillator, so momentum readings are interpreted relative to a longer-term trend rather than in isolation. The 56-period choice is the source's own; the video devotes a dedicated setup chapter to it, immediately after the RSI.

What timeframe does this RSI and EMA strategy use?

The video ends on a timeframe recommendation rather than opening with one, so the choice arrives as its closing note. The catalog entry lists it as applicable across timeframes, with 15-minute, 1-hour and 4-hour among the intervals associated with it.

Does this entry include the full entry and exit rules?

No — no extracted rule set is on record for this strategy, so this page covers the concept and the structure of the source video rather than a rule-by-rule breakdown. The video itself dedicates separate sections to long and short entries, but its timeline stops at a timeframe recommendation with no exit or risk chapter.

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