WaveTrend-Based Dual Moving Average Trend Strategy

Summary

This strategy adapts LazyBear’s WaveTrend indicator to identify trends and generate long entries and exits. It smooths the average of high, low, and close prices, measures deviations from an exponential average, standardizes that difference, and smooths it again. A short simple average of the resulting WaveTrend series is used to create a faster-versus-slower comparison, with their difference driving the signal.

The rules enter a long position when that difference rises and remains below the close, then close the position when the difference turns down. The published configuration uses BTC/USDT futures and specifies a backtest period and hourly base data, but no performance statistics are supplied. The accompanying discussion claims that smoothing can clarify trends and warns of false signals in volatile markets, parameter sensitivity, and lag. The “prediction” framing is not supported by reported evidence, and the description does not establish robustness across assets or market regimes.

Key ideas

• The indicator smooths HLC prices and their deviations before forming a WaveTrend series.
• A short average of the WaveTrend series provides a comparison used to form the signal difference.
• A rising difference below the close triggers a long entry, while a falling difference closes it.
• The published setup specifies BTC/USDT futures with hourly base data for the stated backtest window.
• No performance statistics are reported, and volatility, lag, and parameter sensitivity remain concerns.

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