Dual EMA Crossover Swing Trading with RSI Confirmation and ATR Exits
Summary
This swing strategy uses a 21-period EMA crossing a 100-period EMA to identify directional shifts, then requires RSI confirmation: above 55 for longs and below 45 for shorts. For each entry, it places an ATR-based stop one ATR from the entry price and a profit target two ATR away, giving a nominal 1:2 risk-to-reward ratio. The method is intended for daily bars and aims to capture multi-day moves through trend and momentum confirmation.
The document explains the rationale for combining lagging trend signals, momentum filtering, and volatility-scaled exits, and discusses risks including whipsaws in sideways markets, delayed entries, rigid RSI thresholds, and gaps that can exceed stop levels. Published settings identify daily ETH/USDT futures data from May 2024 to May 2025, but no performance statistics are included. The stated benefits are therefore theoretical; the test setup alone does not show profitability, and costs, position sizing, and out-of-sample behavior remain unspecified.
Key ideas
- A bullish or bearish EMA crossover must be confirmed by an RSI threshold before entry.
- Stops are placed one ATR from entry and targets two ATR away.
- Sideways markets can produce repeated crossover losses, while crossover signals may arrive late.
- The published daily ETH/USDT futures settings include no performance results.
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