Multi-Timeframe EMA Crossover with ATR Stops and Risk-Reward Targets

Summary

This trend-following strategy combines 9-period and 21-period exponential moving averages on the active chart with a 4-hour EMA filter. It looks for the faster EMA to lead the slower one, then requires price to be above the higher-timeframe fast EMA for a long or below it for a short. The source’s entry trigger is a price crossover of the active chart’s slow EMA while those trend conditions hold.

Risk controls use an ATR-based stop distance of 1.5 times ATR and a take-profit distance set by a configurable risk-reward ratio, whose stated default is 5. The document explains the intended logic and lists possible enhancements, but supplies no backtest performance results. Its published test settings describe BTC/USDT futures over a short June 2024 interval, while the accompanying description does not establish that those settings validate the strategy across markets or conditions. EMA lag, ranging markets, and a fixed reward ratio are noted limitations.

Key ideas

• The strategy combines active-timeframe EMA direction with a 4-hour EMA price filter.
• A long or short setup also requires price to cross the active chart’s slow EMA in the trend direction.
• The stop distance is 1.5 times ATR, and the target is scaled by a configurable risk-reward ratio.
• The document identifies EMA lag and false signals in ranging markets as risks.
• Published backtest settings specify BTC/USDT futures for a limited June 2024 period, without reporting performance results.

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