Ichimoku Cloud Trend Entries with Volume and EMA Filters

Summary

This trend-following system uses the Ichimoku cloud to define directional conditions, a volume filter to require activity above its recent average, and an optional EMA filter. Long entries require price above both cloud spans; short entries require price below them. The 44-period EMA can filter entries and serves as an exit threshold, while an adjustable percentage stop loss is applied to positions.

The document provides the indicator logic, parameter defaults, Pine Script source, and published BTC_USDT futures backtest settings covering a stated period at a two-day interval. It gives no backtest performance results, so it cannot establish profitability or signal quality. Its own caveats include whipsaws in ranging markets, lag from the displaced cloud, sensitivity of a 2% stop in volatile conditions, and the absence of an explicit profit target. The source does not calculate a trailing stop or profit objective; those are suggested as possible improvements.

Key ideas

• Long and short conditions depend on price being above or below both Ichimoku cloud spans.
• Volume must exceed its prior-period average, and EMA entry filters can be enabled or disabled.
• The 44-period EMA provides an exit threshold, while the default stop is percentage based.
• The document provides no performance results and notes weaknesses in ranges, lag, and profit taking.

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