Fast EMA above Slow EMA with MACD (by Coinrule)

Script from: TradingViewIntradayMomentumTrend following

This strategy triggers a long position when a fast EMA (8-period) surpasses a slow EMA (26-period) with a bullish MACD histogram. Trades close on either a 3% trailing take profit or a 1% trailing stop loss. Primarily back-tested on AXSUSDT with a 5-minute timeframe, it showed strong performance with adjustable exit conditions. It incorporates realistic trade sizes and accounts for a standard 0.1% trading fee.

Audit verdict

Not rankedUpdated Jul 28, 2026

No reliable edge found

Its average result can't be told apart from chance, so it stays out of our rankings. The script itself passed our repainting audit.

1,058backtests3 markets

23robust scoreranked median 52

0.68p-valueranked median 0.24

0/83pass quality gatebacktests >15 trades

Audit details

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✓

Repainting audit

8 of 8 checks passed.

✓

Script availability

Open-source, still published on TradingView.

Statistical edge

Average t-statistic 0.47 (p = 0.68), below the median of 1.98 (p = 0.24) for ranked strategies.

Quality gate

None of the 83 backtests with more than 15 trades passes our quality gate.

Robust score

23/100, below the median of 52 for ranked strategies.

How its evidence compares

The t-statistic measures how far the average result sits from zero relative to its noise. Below about 2, it is within what random entries produce.

0.47

avg. t-statistic

1.98

median, ranked strategies

Best 5 of 1,058 backtests

Shown for transparency.

Symbol	Timeframe	Net profit	Profit factor	Trades	Max drawdown
XDC / Dollar BITFINEX:XDCUSD	4H	+203%	2.01	88	23%
Carnival Corporation NYSE:CCL	1H	+188%	2.07	75	22%
Stacks CRYPTO:STXSUSD	4H	+149%	1.35	107	47%
Coinbase Global, Inc. NASDAQ:COIN	1H	+126%	1.50	87	22%
Tilray Brands, Inc. - Class 2 NASDAQ:TLRY	1H	+47%	1.21	79	22%

⚠Selected after the fact: these are the best 5 of 1,058 runs, not what to expect from this strategy.

Is Fast EMA above Slow EMA with MACD (by Coinrule) profitable?

Not reliably, based on our tests. Across 1,058 backtests, 0 of 83 with more than 15 trades pass our quality gate. The best result is +203% on XDC / Dollar (4H, 88 trades). On average, its results are statistically indistinguishable from chance (p = 0.68).

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