Moving Average Crossover Strategy

Script from: TradingViewSwingTrend followingMomentum

The Moving Average Crossover Strategy employs a combination of two simple moving averages and one exponential moving average to signal entry and exit points. Traders can customize which moving average crossings to use, with options to filter trades by conditions such as volume or RSI. Starting with a $100,000 account, it allocates 10% per trade to capitalize on these crossover signals.

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.

2,371backtests3 markets

20robust scoreranked median 52

0.23p-valueranked median 0.24

1/76pass 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 1.96 (p = 0.23), below the median of 1.96 (p = 0.24) for ranked strategies.

✓

Quality gate

1 of 76 backtests with more than 15 trades pass our quality gate.

Robust score

20/100, 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.

1.96

avg. t-statistic

1.96

median, ranked strategies

Best 5 of 2,371 backtests

Shown for transparency.

Symbol	Timeframe	Net profit	Profit factor	Trades	Max drawdown
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. NYSE:AMC	2H	+7,306%	1.12	763	83%
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. NYSE:AMC	1H	+3,046%	1.23	1,322	70%
Cardio Diagnostics Holdings Inc. NASDAQ:CDIO	1H	+2,676%	1.38	345	55%
QuantumScape Corporation NASDAQ:QS	1H	+1,838%	1.15	678	59%
GALA / TetherUS BINANCE:GALAUSDT	1D	+1,214%	1.23	127	76%

⚠Selected after the fact: these are the best 5 of 2,371 runs, not what to expect from this strategy.

Is Moving Average Crossover Strategy profitable?

Not reliably, based on our tests. Across 2,371 backtests, 1 of 76 with more than 15 trades pass our quality gate. The best result is +7,306% on AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (2H, 763 trades). On average, its results are statistically indistinguishable from chance (p = 0.23).

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