5 Minute EMA Cross Strategy

Script from: TradingViewIntradayScalpingTrend followingBot

This 5-Minute EMA Cross strategy uses Alertatron to place limit orders with trailing stop/take profit. Key features include fast/slow EMA cross indicators, a trailing stop/take profit mechanism, and a macro EMA filter for trading with the macro trend. Recent update: Moved ta.highest() and ta.lowest() from local to global scope.

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.

2,300backtests3 markets

34robust scoreranked median 52

0.53p-valueranked median 0.24

1/77pass quality gatebacktests >15 trades

Audit details

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✓

Repainting audit

7 of 8 checks passed.

✓

Script availability

Open-source, still published on TradingView.

Statistical edge

Average t-statistic 0.77 (p = 0.53), below the median of 1.98 (p = 0.24) for ranked strategies.

✓

Quality gate

1 of 77 backtests with more than 15 trades pass our quality gate.

Robust score

34/100, 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.

0.77

avg. t-statistic

1.98

median, ranked strategies

Best 5 of 2,300 backtests

Shown for transparency.

Symbol	Timeframe	Net profit	Profit factor	Trades	Max drawdown
USTCUSDT SPOT BYBIT:USTCUSDT	1H	+234%	1.95	130	85%
USTCUSDT SPOT BYBIT:USTCUSDT	2H	+175%	1.78	200	81%
fuboTV Inc. NYSE:FUBO	1H	+130%	1.82	57	92%
SciSparc Ltd. NASDAQ:SPRC	15m	+118%	2.29	73	54%
Riot Platforms, Inc. NASDAQ:RIOT	4H	+107%	3.95	39	93%

⚠Selected after the fact: these are the best 5 of 2,300 runs, not what to expect from this strategy.

Is 5 Minute EMA Cross Strategy profitable?

Not reliably, based on our tests. Across 2,300 backtests, 1 of 77 with more than 15 trades pass our quality gate. The best result is +234% on USTCUSDT SPOT (1H, 130 trades). On average, its results are statistically indistinguishable from chance (p = 0.53).

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