EMA Crossover Signals and Monthly Return and Drawdown Reporting

Summary

The note introduces a dual exponential moving average method: a shorter EMA crossing above a longer EMA triggers a long entry, while crossing below triggers a short entry. The example uses periods of 12 and 26, with an additional MACD calculation based on their difference and a signal average. It explains that EMAs weight recent prices more heavily than simple averages, which makes them respond more quickly to price changes.

The accompanying material also describes a reporting table that can display monthly and yearly simple returns, compounded returns, or drawdowns. It warns that crossovers can whipsaw in sideways conditions and that parameters may need adjustment across markets. Although backtest settings for BTC/USDT futures are included, no strategy performance results are presented. The embedded example’s MACD-based entries do not match the prose’s straightforward crossover and exit description, so the strategy rules and reporting utility should be read as related but distinct parts of the document.

Key ideas

• A fast EMA crossing above or below a slow EMA provides long or short signals in the described method.
• The example periods are 12 and 26, and its code uses the difference between those EMAs with a MACD signal average.
• The reporting utility offers monthly and yearly views of simple returns, compounded returns, or drawdowns.
• Crossover systems can generate repeated false signals in sideways markets.
• The example’s MACD entry rules differ from the prose description, and no performance results are supplied.

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