Matt had mentioned me in his prior post regarding the MA pinch/cycle trading system. He was kind enough do a Zoom mtg earlier this morning to share details of the system and even did a live SPY trade (using 1 min SPY chart with 30 sec and 15 sec SPY charts for confirmation and entry).

    In a nutshell, the 1 min chart was showing a cycle support with MA ribbon going from bearish to bullish and then coming back into a pinch. The support cycles on the 30 sec and 15 sec charts supported the pinch shown on the 1 min chart with various cycle supports, MA pinches in a positive trend and bounces between support to resistance along with a demark 9 on the 30 sec. Some sideways consolidation continued on the 30 sec and 15 sec charts before a breakout proceeded on the 1 min chart. Once a trade was entered (0dte OTM $2.00 option), the stop was right below the 1 min support cycle doji. After about 10 mins of consolidation, trade broke out to the upside (and quickly took profits). This was also confirmed as the 5 min SPY chart was showing a pinch coming in. Key point though, setup was clearly obvious on the 1 min, then 30 sec and 15 sec charts confirmed the setup and allowed for an appropriate entry all while having a very defined stop (either using the 1 min chart or the 30 sec charts would have both worked in this setup).

    It works on any time frame that suites your trading style, and can be with stocks, ETFs, futures, options etc. With the right timeframes and discipline, this is an incredibly powerful system to have. Incredible potential with having a defined risk! To me, this is a game changer.

    Thanks to you and Matt

    Posted by petermusic on 1st of Apr 2025 at 02:07 pm

    Thanks to you and Matt as well for this. Would you please provide the exact time this happened on the 1 minute? I would love to be able to track this myself and I'm sure others would as well TIA

    I didn't take the trade.

    Posted by alvinjm27 on 1st of Apr 2025 at 04:22 pm

    I didn't take the trade. Was just viewing it live. It would have been around 1130ish plus or min 15 mins.

    Just to clarify, the setup just happened to be there when we saw the 1 min chart. Was unplanned and worth the risk given the extremely tight stop.

    I wouldn't focus on a

    Posted by matt on 1st of Apr 2025 at 02:28 pm

    I wouldn't focus on a 1 min - it's not about that short of time frame, it's just one we did because it set up at that moment and didn't have time to wait for a larger time frame setup - I generally do larger time frames, the method is fractal so can use weekly, daily 1/2 day, 130 min, 60 min, 15 min, whatever. 

    I will do a webinar on it and provide the 2 indicators i use for folks for free

    This one... hopefully you can

    Posted by profmel on 7th of Apr 2025 at 02:47 pm

    This one... hopefully you can do a training webinar when things settle. This sounds like a great system!

    yeah it's really cool -

    Posted by matt on 7th of Apr 2025 at 02:56 pm

    yeah it's really cool - alvinjm27 here I've been going over it with him some, he's practicing looking for the setups.  

    probably best to go over when the volatility dies down a bit, things are nuts right now

    Yes been messing with it

    Posted by alvinjm27 on 7th of Apr 2025 at 03:31 pm

    Yes been messing with it today. Watching different smaller time frames (5 min/1min). And took a couple successful long SSO trades off the 15 min and 5 min charts with MA ribbon pinches and cycle supports validated by 1 min chart

    Matt: While we are on

    Posted by petermusic on 1st of Apr 2025 at 02:39 pm

    Matt: While we are on this subject I made a copy of your chart in Trading View and have been using it quite well, it's named Only cycles,ribbons..... Is that the set up you are using when discussing this system or do you have one that is further refined? BTW a webinar on this would be great!

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