MACD Trend Entries with EMA Filtering and ATR Trailing Stops

Summary

This long-only strategy combines MACD crossovers for momentum signals, a 20-period EMA as a trend filter, and ATR-based stops. It enters when MACD crosses upward while price is above the EMA, and closes on a downward MACD crossover. An initial stop is set from ATR; when trailing is enabled, the stop follows price upward at an ATR-based distance.

The document describes adjustable MACD, EMA, and ATR settings and publishes a two-hour SOL/USDT Binance test period from September 2024 to February 2025. It gives no performance results, benchmark, or trade statistics, so it does not establish that the approach is profitable or that its indicators filter false signals effectively. The source also shows stop management and crossover exits, while warning that sideways markets can generate repeated signals and that reversals, poorly chosen stop distances, and slippage can impair results.

Key ideas

• MACD upward crossovers trigger long entries only when price is above the EMA trend filter.
• A downward MACD crossover closes the long position.
• ATR sets the initial stop distance and, when enabled, a trailing stop that moves upward with price.
• The document warns that ranging markets, reversals, stop calibration, and slippage can undermine results.
• The published backtest settings identify a SOL/USDT two-hour test window but provide no performance evidence.

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