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# Pullback to the 20 EMA
- URL: https://www.propfirmduel.com/strategies/pullback-to-20-ema/
- Published: 2026-10-07T22:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T02:59:49.000Z
- Description: In a clear trend, price often pauses and dips back to its 20-period exponential moving average before continuing. This strategy waits for that dip and joins the trend when it resumes.
- Author: Prop Firm Duel
- Tags: Trend strategies, #strategy, #school-trend, #level-beginner, #Import 2026-10-07 22:49

TargetStopPullback to the averageTrend resumes

Example drawing, not live market data.

1Where's the level?

The 20 EMA, in a trend where the 20 EMA is above the 50 EMA and both have risen over the last 10 candles (reverse everything for downtrends).

2What's the trigger?

A candle's low touches the 20 EMA, then the next candle closes above that candle's high and above the 20 EMA.

3Where is it wrong?

Just below the lowest low of the last 5 closed candles.

4Where does it end?

2 times the risk, or the most recent swing high, whichever comes first.

Markets

Futures, Stocks, Forex, Crypto

Timeframes

5m to 1h

Sessions

Any liquid session

Also called

EMA pullback, trend pullback

## What it means

In a clear trend, price often pauses and dips back to its 20-period exponential moving average before continuing. This strategy waits for that dip and joins the trend when it resumes.

## How it is confirmed without repainting

EMA values are read on closed candles only. The pullback low is fixed when the trigger candle closes.

## When it fails

Price closes through the 50 EMA, the moving averages flatten and cross, or pullbacks get deeper each time.