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| bconnell 3 posts msg #158979 - Ignore bconnell |
4/16/2022 7:13:56 PM I've been playing around and discovered that by using a moving average of a moving average I've been able to pinpoint great entries and exits. This filter uses the cma(ema(5,6)) but you can use any time lengths you want, I've found this to be the simplest as it doesn't produce a lot of false hits. My backtesting shows using the cma(ema(4,3)) is the most profitable but has too many hits for my liking. I swing trade options and usually in/out from 1 day to 2 weeks. I'm looking to see if anyone has better backtesting software and can help validate my findings. Here is the filter I use (using DOW 30 but obviously you can any watchlist you want). This filter returns all stocks in the Dow 30 but using EMA56 column for a 1 (new long position) or a -1 (new short position). I use most of the other columns for earlier entries and exits and would be happy to discuss if anyone is interested. Any improvements that help improve this filter will be greatly appreciated |
| xarlor 581 posts msg #158980 - Ignore xarlor modified |
4/16/2022 9:08:47 PM Welcome to the StockFetcher community, bconnell! Very interesting results on the ema(5), cma(ema(5),6) crossover. I've made some additions/changes based on my trading style.
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| snappyfrog 721 posts msg #158981 - Ignore snappyfrog |
4/17/2022 1:50:03 AM Basically the same as the close crossing above the EMA(9). Not taking away anything from your writing abilities, but I try to look at the most simplest for scanning. Taking out the sell line from xalor's, I can compare the buy signals from the double moving average and the close crossing above the EMA(9).  |
| bconnell 3 posts msg #158982 - Ignore bconnell |
4/17/2022 11:45:38 AM Thank you Xarlor and SnappyFrog for the feedback, very much appreciated. I've played around with longer moving averages (for example cma(ema(5,10)) and that seems to weed out some of the false hits. Using a longer MA as Xarlor recommended as a guide is helpful and should keep you trading in the right direction. As far as only using a single moving average, I haven't had much luck finding the right number as many of them have a lot of false hits. EMA(9) looks very promising - thanks again SnappyFrog, I'll continue to look at this. I'm only trading about 5 stocks (buying / selling options) and play both directions so looking for the most accurate entries/exits as possible - same as everyone else here I assume. |
| dtatu 143 posts msg #159010 - Ignore dtatu |
4/27/2022 5:59:22 AM I thought this was basically G.Aple’s 1970 MACD indicator, or am I wrong? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MACD |
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