Multi-Timeframe Moving Average Cross Alerts with Selectable Averages

Summary

This document describes a moving-average crossover indicator that can calculate averages from the chart’s current timeframe or a selected higher timeframe. Users can choose a price source and one of four calculations: simple, exponential, weighted, or linear-regression averages. The default setup uses exponential averages with periods of 50 and 100. Visual cues include trend-colored average lines, a background change when the averages cross, and directional arrows when the cross coincides with price moving up or down. The source also contains long and short strategy entries and gives BTC/USDT futures settings for a one-month, 15-minute test.

The material explains how the indicator constructs and displays crossover signals, but supplies no results from that test and does not establish profitability. Crossovers can lag or whipsaw in sideways markets, and signals calculated from a different timeframe may behave differently from chart-timeframe signals. The document is primarily an indicator and alert example; it does not describe position sizing, protective exits, or a broader risk-management method.

Key ideas

• The indicator compares short and long moving averages calculated from a selected price source and timeframe.
• Users can select simple, exponential, weighted, or linear-regression calculations.
• Trend colors, crossover background changes, and arrows provide visual signal cues.
• The source includes long and short entries, but does not describe protective exits or position sizing.
• No backtest performance results are reported, and crossover signals may lag or whipsaw.

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