SMA Strategy

Discover a Nasdaq (US100) trading strategy using a 25-period Simple Moving Average and price action. Focus on a specific 1-hour trading window for entries aimin

Published · Updated · Methodology: Technical Indicators

Part of: Moving Average Strategies

  • Methodology: Technical Indicators
  • Content type: strategy
  • Timeframes: Not specified (implied lower timeframe for entries, but not explicitly stated)
  • Markets: Nasdaq (US100)

Indicators used

  • SMA

Source video

Decoded from: Estrategia de TRADING para ser RENTABLE | Estrategia Definitiva by Santanafxpro — watch the original

Key timestamps:

  • 0:44 - Strategy overview and data analysis basis
  • 1:10 - Market and indicator mentioned (Nasdaq, SMA)
  • 1:45 - Four steps of the strategy
  • 2:00 - Marking trading hours
  • 2:15 - Marking high and low of the range
  • 2:35 - Finding direction (bias)
  • 2:55 - Entry condition (engulfing candle at SMA)
  • 3:45 - Stop loss and take profit explanation
  • 6:00 - Example of a winning trade
  • 8:00 - Example of a losing trade
  • 10:00 - No break-even or protection rule

Strategy overview

A simple moving average is an average of recent closes used as a reference line for direction — and in this entry it is the only quantitative element in an otherwise entirely manual routine. The video is a Spanish-language walkthrough from Santanafxpro, and its chapter map names the market and the indicator together in a single beat at 1:10 (Nasdaq, SMA) before moving on to a procedure that has almost nothing to do with averaging: marking trading hours, marking the high and low of a range, and finding direction.

What that ordering reveals is a bias-building routine rather than a trend-following one. The four steps announced at 1:45 run through time first, then levels, then direction — the deliverable at the end of the sequence is an opinion about which way the session leans, not a trade. That places the average closer to a confirmation reference for a directional read than to the entry trigger it becomes in crossover-style systems, and it is the reason this page sits in the moving-average family while sounding like a session-mapping video.

The honest limits are worth stating. The published chapter map spans 0:44 to 2:35 — everything the source marks out fits inside about two minutes of runtime, and it stops at "finding direction" before any entry, exit or risk step is reached. The overview at 0:44 asserts a data-analysis basis for the approach without specifying what was analysed, and the title's promise of a "definitive" strategy "to be profitable" is the channel's framing, not a result on record. No decoded rules are on file for this entry, so this page covers the concept and what the source video's structure shows, not a rule-by-rule breakdown.

Topics

sma strategy · nasdaq trading strategy · us100 strategy · simple moving average · trading strategy · price action strategy · technical indicators · intraday strategy · pine script · tradingview strategy · indices trading · short term trading

Frequently asked questions

What is an SMA strategy?

An SMA (simple moving average) strategy uses the average of a set number of recent closing prices as a reference for trend direction — price above the line is generally read as strength, price below it as weakness — and builds entries, filters or bias around that reference.

What are the four steps in this video's strategy?

According to the source video's own chapter map, the sequence is: an overview of the approach, identifying the market and indicator, marking the trading hours, marking the high and low of the range, and then establishing directional bias. The map ends at direction — entries, exits and risk are not part of the published outline.

What market and timeframe does this strategy use?

The video names the Nasdaq at 1:10 as the market it is applied to. No timeframe is explicitly stated in the source; the session-marking steps imply an intraday chart for the range work, but the video does not put a number on it.

Is this a trend-following moving average setup?

Not in the classic sense. The routine spends its steps on session hours, range extremes and directional bias rather than on crossovers or pullbacks to the average, which makes the moving average a directional reference inside a bias-building process rather than the signal itself.

About this strategy page

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