Multi-Moving-Average Limit Orders with Pyramiding and Midline Exits

Summary

This strategy places staged limit orders at levels offset from a moving average. As price reaches successive levels, it can build a pyramidal long or short position, while a return through the central moving average triggers a position-closing order. The levels are based on a configurable moving-average source and length, with separate switches for each of the three long and three short orders.

The document provides parameters and a BTC/USDT futures backtest configuration covering about a year of daily bars, but reports no performance results. It describes potential benefits such as structured entries and reduced dependence on market orders, while noting that moving averages lag and unfilled limits can miss trades. Position size can grow substantially, and the stated setup does not account for transaction costs. The source also uses zero-quantity reverse entries at the midline as its closing mechanism, so actual behavior depends on the platform’s order semantics; the backtest settings alone do not establish effectiveness.

Key ideas

• Limit orders are placed at multiple price levels around a moving average to build positions in stages.
• The central moving average acts as the stated exit threshold for existing positions.
• Separate settings control the long and short levels and whether each order is active.
• Lagging signals, unfilled orders, oversized pyramids, and omitted costs are material risks.
• The published backtest configuration contains no reported performance outcomes.

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