Combined Moving Average Crossover Strategy

This strategy combines the T3, T3 Fibonacci and MavilimW moving averages to generate trading signals from price-MA relationships. It belongs to trend following strategies.

Pine ScriptTrend following Breakout Mean reversion EMA Fibonacci

Author: ChaoZhang
Complexity: Intermediate · 173 lines
Parameters: 12
Backtest bar: 1d · swing
Tested on: BTC/USDT · futures

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Overview

This strategy combines the T3, T3 Fibonacci and MavilimW moving averages to generate trading signals from price-MA relationships. It belongs to trend following strategies.

Strategy Logic

Calculate the T3, T3 Fibonacci and MavilimW moving averages separately.
Price breakout and pullback from MAs produce buy and sell signals.
Combining multiple MAs can filter signals for higher quality.
Stop loss in place to control loss per trade.
Flexibility to use individual or combined MA systems.

Advantages

MA combo improves signal accuracy through mutual confirmation.
Each MA responds differently to trend changes for combined edge.
Intuitive signals formed by MA relationships.
Stop loss aids in risk control.
Clear code for easy comprehension and customization.

Risks

MA combos can still generate false signals causing losses.
Hard to determine key reversal points in trends.
Inappropriate MA parameters negatively affect performance.
Frequent position changes increase transaction costs.
Over-optimization risks during optimization.

Enhancement

Test different MA parameters to find optimal combinations.
Evaluate additional trend indicators for signal filtering.
Optimize stop loss parameters to lower loss risk per trade.
Study price cycle patterns to identify trend reversal points.
Add trend metric to avoid unnecessary reverse trades.
Employ dynamic position sizing for better capital efficiency.

Conclusion

This strategy combines multiple MA systems for mutual signal verification. But MA combos still have false signal risks. Continual parameter optimization and risk controls can turn it into a robust trend following system.

Parameters

Name	Default	What it controls
v_input_1	3	Stop Loss %
v_input_2	true	T3
v_input_3	true	T3 Fibo Cross
v_input_4	true	MavilimW
v_input_5	3	First Moving Average length
v_input_6	5	Second Moving Average length
v_input_7	5	Bars Since Close Under MAVW
v_input_8	false	Show T3 Fibonacci Ratio Line?
v_input_9	8	T3 Length
v_input_10	0.7	Volume Factor
v_input_11	5	T3 Length fibo
v_input_12	0.618	Volume Factor fibo

Source Pine Script

/*backtest
start: 2022-09-13 00:00:00
end: 2023-09-19 00:00:00
period: 1d
basePeriod: 1h
exchanges: [{"eid":"Futures_Binance","currency":"BTC_USDT"}]
*/

//@version=4
//creator&compiler: Bartu Altan
//inspired by: KIVANÇ ÖZBİLGİÇ @fr3792 and @mavilim0732 on twitter
//With courtesy of Kıvanç Özbilgiç, Permission Pending

strategy("Tilson T3, Tilson T3 Fibo and MavilimW Combined Strategy Strategy",shorttitle="T3 and MavilimW Strategy", initial_capital=100,currency=currency.USD,default_qty_type=strategy.percent_of_equity,default_qty_value =75,overlay=true)
stop_loss=input(defval=3.0,title="Stop Loss %",type=input.float)*0.01
strategyt3 = input(true,"T3")
strategyt3Fibo = input(true,"T3 Fibo Cross")
strategyMav = input(true,"MavilimW")
fmal=input(3,"First Moving Average length")
smal=input(5,"Second Moving Average length")
barsSinceCloseUnderMavw = input(5,"Bars Since Close Under MAVW")
T3FiboLine = input(false, title="Show T3 Fibonacci Ratio Line?")
length1 = input(8, "T3 Length")
a1 = input(0.7, "Volume Factor")

// BEGINNING OF T3

e1 = ema((high + low + 2 * close) / 4, length1)
e2 = ema(e1, length1)
e3 = ema(e2, length1)
e4 = ema(e3, length1)
e5 = ema(e4, length1)
e6 = ema(e5, length1)
c1 = -a1 * a1 * a1
c2 = 3 * a1 * a1 + 3 * a1 * a1 * a1
c3 = -6 * a1 * a1 - 3 * a1 - 3 * a1 * a1 * a1
c4 = 1 + 3 * a1 + a1 * a1 * a1 + 3 * a1 * a1
T3 = c1 * e6 + c2 * e5 + c3 * e4 + c4 * e3

col1t3 = T3 > T3[1]
col3t3 = T3 < T3[1]
color_1 = col1t3 ? color.green : col3t3 ? color.red : color.yellow
plot(strategyt3 or strategyt3Fibo ? T3:na, color=color_1, linewidth=3, title="T3")

//T3 Fibo

length12 = input(5, "T3 Length fibo")
a12 = input(0.618, "Volume Factor fibo")

e12 = ema((high + low + 2 * close) / 4, length12)
e22 = ema(e12, length12)
e32 = ema(e22, length12)
e42 = ema(e32, length12)
e52 = ema(e42, length12)
e62 = ema(e52, length12)
c12 = -a12 * a12 * a12
c22 = 3 * a12 * a12 + 3 * a12 * a12 * a12
c32 = -6 * a12 * a12 - 3 * a12 - 3 * a12 * a12 * a12
c42 = 1 + 3 * a12 + a12 * a12 * a12 + 3 * a12 * a12
T32 = c12 * e62 + c22 * e52 + c32 * e42 + c42 * e32

col12 = T32 > T32[1]
col32 = T32 < T32[1]
color2 = col12 ? color.blue : col32 ? color.purple : color.yellow
plot(strategyt3Fibo and T3FiboLine and T32 ? T32 : na, color=color2, linewidth=2, title="T3fibo")

//End of T3 Fibo

// END OF T3



// MAVİLİMW //

tmal=fmal+smal
Fmal=smal+tmal
Ftmal=tmal+Fmal
Smal=Fmal+Ftmal

M1= wma(close, fmal)
M2= wma(M1, smal)
M3= wma(M2, tmal)
M4= wma(M3, Fmal)
M5= wma(M4, Ftmal)
MAVW= wma(M5, Smal)
col1= MAVW>MAVW[1]
col3= MAVW<MAVW[1]
colorM = col1 ? color.blue : col3 ? color.red : color.yellow
plot(strategyMav ?MAVW:na,title="MAVW",color=colorM,linewidth=2)

// END OF MAVILIMW

// Long Conditions // 

longT3single = strategyt3 and not(strategyt3Fibo) and not(strategyMav) ? crossover(close,T3) and barssince(crossunder(close,T3)) > barsSinceCloseUnderMavw : na
longT3Fibo = not(strategyt3) and strategyt3Fibo and not(strategyMav) ? crossover(T32,T3):na
longMav = not(strategyt3) and not(strategyt3Fibo) and strategyMav ? crossover(close,MAVW) and barssince(crossunder(close,MAVW)) > barsSinceCloseUnderMavw : na

longT3WFiboandMav = strategyt3 and strategyt3Fibo and strategyMav ? close > T3 and close > MAVW and T32 > T3 : na
longT3WFibo = strategyt3 and strategyt3Fibo and not(strategyMav) ? (crossover(T32,T3)  and close > T3) or (T32>T3 and crossover(close,T3) and barssince(crossunder(close,T3)) > barsSinceCloseUnderMavw):na
longMavT3Fibo = not(strategyt3) and strategyt3Fibo and strategyMav ? (crossover(T32,T3) and close > MAVW) or (T32>T3 and crossover(close,MAVW) and barssince(crossunder(close,MAVW)) > barsSinceCloseUnderMavw) : na
longMavT3 = (strategyt3) and not(strategyt3Fibo) and strategyMav ? (crossover(close,T3) and barssince(crossunder(close,T3)) > barsSinceCloseUnderMavw and close>MAVW) or (crossover(close,MAVW) and barssince(crossunder(close,MAVW)) > barsSinceCloseUnderMavw and close>T3) : na

longchosen = longT3single or longT3Fibo or longMav or longT3WFiboandMav or longT3WFibo or longMavT3Fibo or longMavT3

// Long Close Conditions // 
longcT3single = strategyt3 and not(strategyt3Fibo) and not(strategyMav) ? crossunder(close,T3) : na
longcT3Fibo = not(strategyt3) and strategyt3Fibo and not(strategyMav) ? crossunder(T32,T3):na
longcMav = not(strategyt3) and not(strategyt3Fibo) and strategyMav ? crossunder(close,MAVW): na

longcT3WFiboandMav = strategyt3 and strategyt3Fibo and strategyMav ? close < T3 and close < MAVW and T32 < T3 : na
longcT3WFibo = strategyt3 and strategyt3Fibo and not(strategyMav) ? (crossunder(T32,T3)  and close < T3) or (T32<T3 and crossunder(close,T3)):na
longcMavT3Fibo = not(strategyt3) and strategyt3Fibo and strategyMav ? (crossunder(T32,T3) and close < MAVW) or (T32<T3 and crossunder(close,MAVW)):  na
longcMavT3 = (strategyt3) and not(strategyt3Fibo) and strategyMav ? (crossunder(close,T3) and close<MAVW) or (crossunder(close,MAVW) and close<T3) : na

longclosechosen = longcT3single or longcT3Fibo or longcMav or longcT3WFiboandMav or longcT3WFibo or longcMavT3Fibo or longcMavT3

// t3 fibo //



long = longchosen
longclose = longclosechosen
long_plot = barssince(long[1])>barssince(longclose[1])?long:na
longclose_plot = barssince(longclose[1])>barssince(long[1])?longclose:na

plotshape(long_plot,title="Long",style=shape.labelup,color=color.green,text="Long",textcolor=color.white, location=location.abovebar)
plotshape(longclose_plot,title="Long Close",style=shape.labeldown,color=#B1E141,text="Long Close",textcolor=color.white,location=location.belowbar)

// Short Conditions // 

shortT3single = strategyt3 and not(strategyt3Fibo) and not(strategyMav) ? crossunder(close,T3) and barssince(crossover(close,T3)) > barsSinceCloseUnderMavw : na
shortT3Fibo = not(strategyt3) and strategyt3Fibo and not(strategyMav) ? crossunder(T32,T3):na
shortMav = not(strategyt3) and not(strategyt3Fibo) and strategyMav ? crossunder(close,MAVW) and barssince(crossover(close,MAVW)) > barsSinceCloseUnderMavw : na

shortT3WFiboandMav = strategyt3 and strategyt3Fibo and strategyMav ? close < T3 and close < MAVW and T32 < T3 : na
shortT3WFibo = strategyt3 and strategyt3Fibo and not(strategyMav) ? (crossunder(T32,T3)  and close < T3) or (T32<T3 and crossunder(close,T3) and barssince(crossover(close,T3)) > barsSinceCloseUnderMavw):na
shortMavT3Fibo = not(strategyt3) and strategyt3Fibo and strategyMav ? (crossunder(T32,T3) and close < MAVW) or (T32<T3 and crossunder(close,MAVW) and barssince(crossover(close,MAVW)) > barsSinceCloseUnderMavw) : na
shortMavT3 = (strategyt3) and not(strategyt3Fibo) and strategyMav ? (crossunder(close,T3) and barssince(crossover(close,T3)) > barsSinceCloseUnderMavw and close<MAVW) or (crossunder(close,MAVW) and barssince(crossover(close,MAVW)) > barsSinceCloseUnderMavw and close<T3) : na

shortchosen = shortT3single or shortT3Fibo or shortMav or shortT3WFiboandMav or shortT3WFibo or shortMavT3Fibo or shortMavT3

// Long Close Conditions // 
shortcT3single = strategyt3 and not(strategyt3Fibo) and not(strategyMav) ? crossover(close,T3) : na
shortcT3Fibo = not(strategyt3) and strategyt3Fibo and not(strategyMav) ? crossover(T32,T3):na
shortcMav = not(strategyt3) and not(strategyt3Fibo) and strategyMav ? crossover(close,MAVW): na

shortcT3WFiboandMav = strategyt3 and strategyt3Fibo and strategyMav ? close > T3 and close > MAVW and T32 > T3 : na
shortcT3WFibo = strategyt3 and strategyt3Fibo and not(strategyMav) ? (crossover(T32,T3)  and close > T3) or (T32>T3 and crossover(close,T3)):na
shortcMavT3Fibo = not(strategyt3) and strategyt3Fibo and strategyMav ? (crossover(T32,T3) and close > MAVW) or (T32>T3 and crossover(close,MAVW)):  na
shortcMavT3 = (strategyt3) and not(strategyt3Fibo) and strategyMav ? (crossover(close,T3) and close>MAVW) or (crossover(close,MAVW) and close>T3) : na

shortclosechosen = shortcT3single or shortcT3Fibo or shortcMav or shortcT3WFiboandMav or shortcT3WFibo or shortcMavT3Fibo or shortcMavT3

short = shortchosen
shortclose = shortclosechosen
short_plot = barssince(short[1])>barssince(shortclose[1])?short:na
shortclose_plot = barssince(shortclose[1])>barssince(short[1])?shortclose:na



plotshape(short_plot,title="Short",style=shape.labeldown,color=color.red,text="Short",textcolor=color.white,location=location.abovebar)
plotshape(shortclose_plot,title="Short Close",style=shape.labeldown,color=#E19B89,text="Short Close",textcolor=color.white,location=location.belowbar)


strategy.entry("Long", true, when=long_plot)
strategy.close("Long",when=longclose_plot)
strategy.exit("Long Stop Loss","Long",stop=strategy.position_avg_price*(1-stop_loss))

strategy.entry("Short", false, when=short_plot)
strategy.close("Short",when=shortclose_plot)
strategy.exit("Short Stop Loss","Short",stop=strategy.position_avg_price*(1+stop_loss))

Published by ChaoZhang on the FMZ strategy square · last modified 2023-09-20. Collected in the Quant Trading Vault. Unvalidated research: re-test with your own data and costs before trusting it.

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