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Forex Trend EA Triggered by Indicator Cloud Color Changes

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Summary

This document describes a MetaTrader expert advisor that trades signals from the ForexOFFTrend indicator. It generates a signal when a bar closes and the indicator’s cloud changes color, making the method a trend-following system based on indicator state changes. The required indicator file must be installed in the terminal’s Indicators folder for the advisor to operate.

The document refers to a GBPUSD H8 test for 2013 and says the displayed tests used default inputs without stop-loss or take-profit settings. It provides no numerical performance results or discussion of drawdown, costs, robustness, or out-of-sample behavior. The brief description therefore explains the entry signal and test setup, but does not establish whether the approach is profitable or suitable for live trading.

Key ideas

  • The expert advisor bases its signals on the ForexOFFTrend indicator.
  • A signal occurs at bar close when the indicator cloud changes color.
  • The indicator file must be installed for the advisor to operate correctly.
  • The cited test used GBPUSD on an eight-hour chart in 2013 and omitted stop-loss and take-profit settings.

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ForexTrend followingTechnical indicatorsBacktesting

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