Dual Moving Average Crossover Trend Strategy 432917

The Dual Moving Average Crossover Trend Strategy is a trend following strategy that generates buy and sell signals when fast and slow moving average lines cross. It incorporates multiple indicators like MACD and RSI…

Pine ScriptTrend following Machine learning Volatility RSI MACD EMA SMA Bollinger Bands OBV

Author: ChaoZhang
Complexity: Intermediate · 121 lines
Parameters: 12
Backtest bar: 1h · intraday
Tested on: BTC/USDT · futures

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Overview

Strategy Logic

The strategy mainly uses the following indicators for judgment:

Fast and slow moving average lines: golden cross for buy signal, death cross for sell signal.
MACD: MACD line above Signal line and rising MACD lowest for bullish signal.
RSI: RSI above 50 for bullish, below 50 for bearish.
Awesome Oscillator (AO): AO crossing above 0 line for buy, crossing below for sell.
Three daily moving averages: shorter period daily MA crossing above longer period daily MA as buy signal.

The strategy combines multiple timeframes and indicators to generate buy and sell logic. It produces buy orders when multiple indicators show bullish signals at the same time, and sell orders when bearish signals emerge, to track the trend.

Advantage Analysis

The strategy has the following advantages:

Multi-indicator combo reduces false signals and improves accuracy.
Incorporating multiple timeframes identifies larger trend direction.
Parameter tuning provides good profitability.
Adopts moving stop loss to control risk and limit losses.
Automated trend tracking without manual intervention, reducing costs.

Risk Analysis

It also has some risks:

More whipsaws may happen in range-bound markets. Optimize parameters to reduce invalid signals.
Black swan events could cause sharp drawdown. Set up moving stop loss to limit losses.
Complex buy/sell logic relies on large historical data to find optimal parameters.
Inappropriate stop loss setting leads to premature exit. Repeatedly backtest to find best parameters.

Optimization Directions

The strategy can be improved from the following aspects:

Test more indicator combinations for more steady and accurate signals, like volatility index, OBV etc.
Optimize indicator parameters with machine learning and genetic algorithms to reduce overtrading.
Introduce model ensemble techniques to integrate signals from multiple independent strategy models, improving robustness.
Enter trade on higher timeframe, exit on lower timeframe. Reduces holding drawdown risk.
Build quantitative risk control module with strict limits on per trade stop loss percentage, max drawdown etc.

Summary

The Dual Moving Average Crossover Trend strategy uses fast and slow MA crosses as trading signals, together with MACD, RSI to judge trend direction for automated trend tracking. Significant optimization space exists by incorporating more indicators, parameters tuning, model ensembles etc for better strategy efficacy.

Parameters

Name	Default	What it controls
v_input_1	12	macd_fast_length
v_input_2	26	macd_slow_length
v_input_3	9	macd_signal_length
v_input_int_1	14	rsiLengthInput
v_input_int_3	5	len1
v_input_int_4	10	len2
v_input_int_5	20	len3
v_input_4_close	0	src: close \| high \| low \| open \| hl2 \| hlc3 \| hlcc4 \| ohlc4
v_input_source_1_close	0	(?RSI Settings)Source: close \| high \| low \| open \| hl2 \| hlc3 \| hlcc4 \| ohlc4
v_input_string_1	0	(?MA Settings)MA Type: SMA \| Bollinger Bands \| EMA \| SMMA (RMA) \| WMA \| VWMA
v_input_int_2	14	MA Length
v_input_float_1	2	BB StdDev

Source Pine Script

/*backtest
start: 2023-10-22 00:00:00
end: 2023-11-21 00:00:00
period: 1h
basePeriod: 15m
exchanges: [{"eid":"Futures_Binance","currency":"BTC_USDT"}]
*/

//@version=5
strategy('SteffVans', shorttitle='SteffVans strategy', overlay=true, process_orders_on_close = true)

// Input settings
macd_fast_length = input(12)
macd_slow_length = input(26)
macd_signal_length = input(9)

// Calculate MACD values
[macd_line, signal_line, _] = ta.macd(close, macd_fast_length, macd_slow_length, macd_signal_length)
mg = ta.lowest(signal_line, 30) >= -0

// RSI
ma(source, length, type) =>
    switch type
        "SMA" => ta.sma(source, length)
        "Bollinger Bands" => ta.sma(source, length)
        "EMA" => ta.ema(source, length)
        "SMMA (RMA)" => ta.rma(source, length)
        "WMA" => ta.wma(source, length)
        "VWMA" => ta.vwma(source, length)

rsiLengthInput = input.int(14, minval=1)
rsiSourceInput = input.source(close, "Source", group="RSI Settings")
maTypeInput = input.string("SMA", title="MA Type", options=["SMA", "Bollinger Bands", "EMA", "SMMA (RMA)", "WMA", "VWMA"], group="MA Settings")
maLengthInput = input.int(14, title="MA Length", group="MA Settings")
bbMultInput = input.float(2.0, minval=0.001, maxval=50, title="BB StdDev", group="MA Settings")

up = ta.rma(math.max(ta.change(rsiSourceInput), 0), rsiLengthInput)
down = ta.rma(-math.min(ta.change(rsiSourceInput), 0), rsiLengthInput)
RSI = down == 0 ? 100 : up == 0 ? 0 : 100 - (100 / (1 + up / down))


//  AO
AO = ta.sma((high + low) / 2, 5) - ta.sma((high + low) / 2, 34)
crossaosell = AO < AO[1] and AO[1] < AO[2] and AO[2] > AO[3]  and ta.lowest(low,3)

// Uptrend sma
len1 = input.int(5, minval=1)
len2 = input.int(10, minval=1)
len3 = input.int(20, minval=1)
src = input(close)

out1 = ta.sma(src, len1)
out2 = ta.sma(src, len2)
out3 = ta.sma(src, len3)



// Timeframe 
macdl60 = request.security(syminfo.tickerid, "60", signal_line,lookahead = barmerge.lookahead_on)
ao = request.security(syminfo.tickerid, "60", AO,lookahead = barmerge.lookahead_on)
rsi = request.security(syminfo.tickerid, "60", RSI,lookahead = barmerge.lookahead_on)
good = request.security(syminfo.tickerid, "60", mg,lookahead = barmerge.lookahead_on)
bad = request.security(syminfo.tickerid, "60", crossaosell,lookahead = barmerge.lookahead_on)

ma1 = request.security(syminfo.tickerid, "D", out1,lookahead = barmerge.lookahead_on)
ma2 = request.security(syminfo.tickerid, "D", out2, lookahead = barmerge.lookahead_on)
ma3 = request.security(syminfo.tickerid, "D", out3, lookahead = barmerge.lookahead_on)






// Kriteria BUY and SELL
uptrend1 =  request.security(syminfo.tickerid, "D", close,lookahead = barmerge.lookahead_on) > ma1 and ma1 > ma3 and ma2 > ma3
uptrend2 = ta.lowest(ma1,12) > ta.lowest(ma3,12) and ta.lowest(ma2,12) > ta.lowest(ma3,12) 


 

// Triger BUY and SELL 
cross1 = ao > ao[1] and ao[1] < ao[2] and ao > 0 and good and rsi >= 60 and uptrend1
cross2 = ao > 0 and ao[1] < 0 and good and rsi >=50 and uptrend1
cross3 =  ao > 0 and ao[1] < 0 and not good and uptrend2 and uptrend1
cross4 =  ao > ao[1] and ao[1] > ao[2] and ao[2] < ao[3] and ao[3] < ao[4]  and not good and uptrend2 and uptrend1

s1 = ao < ao[1] and ao[1] < ao[2] and ao[2] < ao[3] and ao > 0 and rsi < 50 and request.security(syminfo.tickerid, "D", close,lookahead = barmerge.lookahead_on) < ma1
s2 =  ao < 0 and ao < ao[2] and rsi < 50 and request.security(syminfo.tickerid, "D", close,lookahead = barmerge.lookahead_on) < ma1 

// Variabel Buy dan Sell
buySignal = false
sellSignal = false

// Syarat masuk Buy
buyCondition =  cross1 or cross2 or cross3 or cross4
if buyCondition
    buySignal := true

// Syarat masuk Sell
sellCondition = s1 or s2
if sellCondition
    sellSignal := true

// Reset sinyal jika ada sinyal berulang
if buySignal and sellSignal
    sellSignal := false
if sellSignal and buySignal
    buySignal := false

// Logika perdagangan
if buySignal
    strategy.entry("Buy", strategy.long, comment = "BUY")
if sellSignal
    strategy.close("Buy")


plotshape(cross1,title = "Stefkuy1", style = shape.labelup, location = location.belowbar, color = color.green,text = "1", textcolor = color.white,size = size.small)
plotshape(cross2,title = "Stefkuy2", style = shape.labelup, location = location.belowbar, color = color.green, text = "2", textcolor= color.white, size = size.small)
plotshape(cross3,title = "StefVan1", style = shape.labelup, location = location.belowbar, color = color.rgb(0, 153, 255), text = "3", textcolor= color.white,size = size.small)
plotshape(cross4,title = "StefVan2", style = shape.labelup, location = location.belowbar, color = color.rgb(0, 153, 255), text = "4", textcolor= color.white,size = size.small)

Published by ChaoZhang on the FMZ strategy square · last modified 2023-11-22. Collected in the Quant Trading Vault. Unvalidated research: re-test with your own data and costs before trusting it.

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