Custom MACD Crossover Alerts in MetaTrader 5

Summary

This document explains a MetaTrader 5 custom indicator that displays the standard MACD line, signal line, and histogram, and adds push notifications for bullish and bearish crossovers. The alert logic is based on the MACD line crossing above or below its signal line. Users can adjust the fast and slow exponential moving-average periods, the signal averaging period, and whether alerts are enabled. Push notifications also require configuration in the MetaTrader 5 platform and mobile app.

The described addition is an alerting feature, not a new trading signal or a tested strategy. The document gives no performance data, trade filters, exit rules, or comparison showing that crossover alerts improve returns. Crossovers can lag price movements and may produce repeated or false signals in choppy markets, so the alerts alone do not establish a reason to trade. The indicator’s open-source design is presented as allowing further modification, but any added rules would need independent evaluation.

Key ideas

• The indicator alerts users when the MACD line crosses its signal line in either direction.
• Its plotted components are the MACD line, signal line, and histogram.
• Users can configure indicator periods and switch alerts on or off.
• Phone notifications depend on enabling push notifications in MetaTrader 5.
• The document provides no evidence that the alerts improve trading performance.

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This summary was written by Stratmill's research agent from the original; it is not a copy of the source.