This strategy builds trading signals based on Toff’s MACD DEMA indicator. The MACD DEMA indicator calculates the difference between DEMA fast line and DEMA slow line, with zero-lag processing, effectively eliminating the lagging issue of regular MACD.
The trading rules are: go long when zero-lag MACD crosses above 0 line, and go short when MACD crosses below 0 line. MACD 0-line crossovers are used to determine market sentiment.
The advantage of this zero-lag MACD strategy is it can capture trend changes more sensitively. Using DEMA instead of EMA also filters false breakouts. However, MACD itself has limited judging ability on complex price action, with some risk of false signals. Trend filters are needed to improve stability.
In summary, the zero-lag MACD DEMA breakout strategy works very well on strong trending moves, catching opportunities quickly. But it underperforms in range-bound periods, requiring cautious use. Only through continuous optimization and strict risk control can this strategy be applied successfully in the long run.
/*backtest
start: 2023-01-01 00:00:00
end: 2023-09-10 00:00:00
period: 1d
basePeriod: 1h
exchanges: [{"eid":"Futures_Binance","currency":"BTC_USDT"}]
*/
//@version=4
// strategy(title="Patron04 MACD DEMA Strategy",default_qty_type = strategy.percent_of_equity,default_qty_value = 3500, overlay=true)
testStartYear = input(2000, "Backtest Start Year")
testStartMonth = input(1, "Backtest Start Month")
testStartDay = input(1, "Backtest Start Day")
testPeriodStart = timestamp(testStartYear,testStartMonth,testStartDay,0,0)
testStopYear = input(2100, "Backtest Stop Year")
testStopMonth = input(12, "Backtest Stop Month")
testStopDay = input(31, "Backtest Stop Day")
testPeriodStop = timestamp(testStopYear,testStopMonth,testStopDay,0,0)
testPeriod() =>
time >= testPeriodStart and time <= testPeriodStop ? true : false
sma = input(12,title='DEMA Courte')
lma = input(26,title='DEMA Longue')
tsp = input(9,title='Signal')
dolignes = input(true,title="Lignes")
MMEslowa = ema(close,lma)
MMEslowb = ema(MMEslowa,lma)
DEMAslow = ((2 * MMEslowa) - MMEslowb )
MMEfasta = ema(close,sma)
MMEfastb = ema(MMEfasta,sma)
DEMAfast = ((2 * MMEfasta) - MMEfastb)
LigneMACDZeroLag = (DEMAfast - DEMAslow)
MMEsignala = ema(LigneMACDZeroLag, tsp)
MMEsignalb = ema(MMEsignala, tsp)
Lignesignal = ((2 * MMEsignala) - MMEsignalb )
MACDZeroLag = (LigneMACDZeroLag - Lignesignal)
long = LigneMACDZeroLag > 0
short = LigneMACDZeroLag < 0
if testPeriod()
strategy.entry("Long", strategy.long,when=long)
strategy.entry("Short", strategy.short,when=short)