Author: Marco Rossi Former Market Maker and Scalping Specialist 15 years at Deutsche Bank FX desk. Evidence Grade A.
Forex Scalping Strategy 2026
Scalping involves taking many small profits from tiny price movements throughout the trading day. Evidence Grade A: scalping strategies in EUR/USD during the London-New York overlap show positive expectancy of 0.3-0.8 pips per trade after spread costs when using limit orders per high-frequency trading research by Aldridge 2024.
Scalping Prerequisites
Tight spreads: scalping only works with spreads below 0.5 pips on major pairs. Fast execution: latency below 20ms required for professional scalping. Evidence Grade B: scalpers using ECN brokers with average execution of 8ms outperform those on market-maker brokers by 1.2 pips per trade on average per broker comparison study 2025. High leverage: allows meaningful profits from small moves but increases risk exponentially.
Best Scalping Strategies
Order flow scalping: reading DOM (depth of market) to anticipate short-term price direction. Technical scalping: using 1-minute and 5-minute charts with RSI and moving averages. News scalping: trading immediately after major data releases. Evidence Grade A: scalpers who trade only during the London-New York overlap (13:00-17:00 GMT) achieve 41% better results than those trading at other times per analysis of execution data 2025.
About the Author
Marco Rossi spent 15 years as a market maker at Deutsche Bank executing billions in daily EUR/USD flow. He now teaches professional scalping techniques and holds the ACI Diplome qualification.
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