EMA Crossover Signals with ATR Stops and Staged Profit Targets

Summary

This two-direction strategy uses fast and slow exponential moving averages to detect shifts in trend. A bullish or bearish change occurs when the fast average moves across the slow one; an optional candle direction check can require a rising candle for long entries and a falling candle for shorts. The strategy places an initial stop beyond the signal candle by a fraction of average true range, then sets profit targets using a configurable risk-to-reward multiple. It divides the position among intermediate targets and a final target.

The source is a Pine Script strategy with configurable EMA and ATR periods, stop distance, reward multiple, and candle confirmation. It defines full-equity sizing and a commission assumption, but the supplied excerpt ends before all plotting logic and gives no backtest settings or performance results. The approach is therefore a signal and order-management template, not evidence of an edge. Its behavior depends on chosen parameters, instrument, timeframe, execution assumptions, and how partial exits interact with the full-position stop.

Key ideas

• EMA crossovers define bullish and bearish trend changes for long and short entries.
• Candle direction can optionally confirm the crossover signal.
• Stops are placed beyond the signal bar using an ATR-based distance.
• Profit exits are staged at intermediate and final risk multiples.
• The source provides no performance results or evidence that the parameter choices generalize.

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