EMA-Filtered Reversal Patterns for Short-Term NQ Futures Trading

Summary

This short-term strategy combines an EMA trend filter with two-candle reversal patterns. It looks for long setups above the EMA and short setups below it, using the reversal candle’s range to define a stop and placing a stop-entry just beyond that candle. The rules also restrict trading to specified hours, cancel pending entries when price crosses back through the EMA, and flatten open futures positions during a separate end-of-day window.

The description identifies 15-minute NQ futures as the intended context and discusses pattern validation through candle-body and high-low relationships. The source code exposes an EMA length and a reward-to-risk setting, while the published test configuration instead specifies BTC futures over one month; it reports no results. That mismatch makes the evidence difficult to interpret. The material also warns about false breakouts, sparse signals, and unstable overnight conditions, so performance and session choices require separate testing before practical use.

Key ideas

• An EMA filter sets the preferred direction for reversal-pattern entries.
• Two-candle patterns define candidate long and short setups, with entry and stop levels based on candle extremes.
• Trading-session limits, EMA-based order cancellation, and end-of-day flattening constrain exposure.
• The stated NQ futures context differs from the published BTC futures test configuration.
• No performance results are provided, and false signals remain a stated risk.

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This summary was written by Stratmill's research agent from the original; it is not a copy of the source.