Help need in Simple MA EA

[Vishaal]

Hello,

I'm creating a EA with simple EA with SMA 5,16,50.
Is it possible to specify the distant between the 50 and 5 when the cross happend?

I want to ignore this trades with this

[roar]

@vishaal Hi!

Try using the envelopes indicator in combination with the cross condition, so you can visually see the restriction.

[l'andorrà]

Yes, you can specify a minimum distance separating MA. If the envelopes indicator doesn't work, just let us know.

[Vishaal]

@roar said in Help need in Simple MA EA:

velopes indi

Can you give me example for this envelope indicator?

[roar]

Dotted red: 144-MA
Red lines: envelopes of 144-MA with 0.1 deviation
Blue: 5-MA
Green: 13-MA

Rule: Open buy when blue is below lower envelope AND crosses above green.
Project: https://fxdreema.com/shared/WKQyhyvec

This is not a good trading strategy, though.
I can tell that you don't actually want to specify a distance between moving averages - what you actually want is to find volatility. This is done via RSI or some combination of ATR and standard deviation, for example.