Short Swing Bearish MACD Cross (By Coinrule)

Script from: TradingViewLongTermTrend followingMomentumBotCandlestick

This strategy shorts during downsides while ensuring a higher timeframe downtrend. It utilizes the MACD indicator with 11- and 26-period EMAs, and EMA 450 for trend confirmation. Enter trades when MACD shows bearish cross and price is below EMA 450. Exit at 8% profit or 4% stop loss. Best on 45-minute and 1-hour timeframes, simulating 30% of holdings. Optimal in downtrends or bearish conditions.

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.

1,156backtests3 markets

34robust scoreranked median 52

0.44p-valueranked median 0.24

1/53pass 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 1.10 (p = 0.44), below the median of 1.98 (p = 0.24) for ranked strategies.

✓

Quality gate

1 of 53 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.

1.10

avg. t-statistic

1.98

median, ranked strategies

Best 5 of 1,156 backtests

Shown for transparency.

Symbol	Timeframe	Net profit	Profit factor	Trades	Max drawdown
GALA / TetherUS BINANCE:GALAUSDT	2H	+805%	1.29	282	47%
Cronos/Tether OKX:CROUSDT	2H	+367%	1.37	163	44%
SAND / TetherUS BINANCE:SANDUSDT	4H	+246%	1.24	189	41%
Hedera Hashgraph / TetherUS BINANCE:HBARUSDT	2H	+237%	1.17	185	49%
GRT / TetherUS BINANCE:GRTUSDT	2H	+212%	1.20	240	55%

⚠Selected after the fact: these are the best 5 of 1,156 runs, not what to expect from this strategy.

Is Short Swing Bearish MACD Cross (By Coinrule) profitable?

Not reliably, based on our tests. Across 1,156 backtests, 1 of 53 with more than 15 trades pass our quality gate. The best result is +805% on GALA / TetherUS (2H, 282 trades). On average, its results are statistically indistinguishable from chance (p = 0.44).

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