EMA Mean Reversion Strategy

Script from: TradingViewIntradayMean reversion

This strategy is built on the simple idea that when the price gets far enough away from an EMA, it's bound to reverse. It triggers ladder orders using the percent distance from the EMA and sells when the price crosses a trailing stop. This strategy uses the EMA Price Distance Tracker indicator.

Audit verdict

RepaintsUpdated Jul 28, 2026

Repainting detected

Our audit flags: request.security uses barmerge.lookahead_on (potential repaint), line 58. Its backtests can show results that cannot be reproduced in live trading.

2,353backtests3 markets

1repaint error

25robust scoreranked median 52

92%max drawdownon best backtest

Audit details

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Repainting audit

7 of 8 checks passed.

request.security uses barmerge.lookahead_on (potential repaint)

Found on line 58. Prefer lookahead_off or index the series with [1] or gate on barstate.isconfirmed.

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Script availability

Open-source, still published on TradingView.

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Statistical edge

Not meaningful: repainting inflates every backtest statistic of this script.

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Quality gate

1 of 35 backtests with more than 15 trades pass our quality gate.

Robust score

25/100, below the median of 52 for ranked strategies.

Why repainting matters

A repainting script uses values that were not known when the bar closed. Its backtest trades on that future information, so live results diverge from what the backtest shows, often by a wide margin.

Best 5 of 2,353 backtests

Shown for transparency.

Symbol	Timeframe	Net profit	Profit factor	Trades	Max drawdown
fuboTV Inc. NYSE:FUBO	4H	+5,776%	1.03	4,315	92%
Delta Air Lines, Inc. NYSE:DAL	1D	+336%	1.14	2,492	54%
American Airlines Group, Inc. NASDAQ:AAL	4H	+99%	1.14	1,891	43%
Snowflake Inc. NYSE:SNOW	1D	+84%	1.14	1,257	36%
New York Community Bancorp, Inc. NYSE:NYCB	2H	+68%	1.40	847	18%

⚠Repainting signature: these returns depend on information that was not available in real time, so they cannot be reproduced live.

Does EMA Mean Reversion Strategy repaint?

Yes. request.security uses barmerge.lookahead_on (potential repaint) (line 58). Backtests of this script can show returns that cannot be reproduced in live trading.

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