Trends and the 50 EMA: The Honest Truth (Forex Lesson 8)
Published Oct 28, 2026, 03:00 PM · 2 min read
We just published a new video on MCP Labs Forex. It covers Trends and the 50 EMA: The Honest Truth (Forex Lesson 8). Watch it here and read our summary below.
What this video covers
Lesson 8: what a trend really is (higher highs and higher lows) with real gold and EURUSD charts, what a moving average and the 50 EMA are, how to use the EMA as a direction filter, an honest test on a year of data showing why crosses alone don't make money, using two timeframes together, and the common mistakes.
Lesson 8 of the free course "Forex From Zero to Automated" by MCP Labs Forex.
Next lesson: Lesson 9: Trading sessions: Asia, London, New York
QUIZ: On the daily chart, gold is above a rising 50 EMA. On the 1-hour chart you see a bearish engulfing candle at a small resistance level. Do you sell? Why or why not? Answer in the comments.
CHAPTERS
0:00 The honest truth about the 50 EMA
0:58 What a trend is: real gold and EURUSD
1:54 Moving averages and the EMA
2:39 The EMA as a filter
3:17 The honest test on a year of data
4:07 Two timeframes
4:43 The mistakes
5:10 Your questions
6:37 Recap, quiz and homework
Sources: EMA test: Yahoo Finance daily data (EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDJPY, gold futures GC=F), Oct 2025 to Oct 2026. Past data only.
Education, not financial advice. Trading forex, gold and CFDs on margin is high risk; practise on a demo account first. Narration voice is AI-generated.
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