Scalping
Scalping is a trading style that involves taking many short-duration trades — often lasting seconds to minutes — to capture small, frequent profits. Scalpers typically target high-volume, liquid instruments and rely on tight bid-ask spreads.
Why it matters for traders
Scalping requires precise execution, strict risk management, and high win rates to overcome the impact of commissions on small gains. Tracking performance carefully is essential to identify whether the edge is real or being obscured by variance.
How Tradapt tracks this
Tradapt handles high-volume scalping via CSV import. Import an entire session's trades at once and analyse time-of-day performance to identify your best scalping windows.
Track this free in TradaptFrequently asked questions
Is scalping profitable?
Scalping can be profitable with the right edge, execution, and commissions structure. The key is that average winners must exceed commissions and spreads across a statistically significant sample. Track your scalping results in Tradapt to verify whether you have a real edge.