MACD Trend EA is One of The Most Successful Expert Advisors

MACD Trend EA

MACD Trend EA is based on the popular forex indicator MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence). It is fully automated trading expert advisor and completely FREE! As the name suggests, this expert advisor uses a trend-following strategy and uses the MACD indicator to detect the beginning of uptrends and downtrends.

MACD Trend EA supports GBPUSD currency pair by default. It can be used on any currency pairs but you have to make your own optimization.

MACD Trend EA Features:

Recommendations

Recommended timeframe: H1

Recommended backtest method: H1 by every tick

Fast backtest method: M1 open price

Supported currency pairs: GBPUSD - Can be used on any currency pairs but you have to make your own optimization.

Since MACD Trend EA supports only GBPUSD currency pair the default settings are the recommended settings. No need to load any .set files nor to run optimization. Use the EA with the default settings.

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MACD Trend EA Settings

==== Risk Management ====

  • FixedLots - fixed trading volume (works if AutoMM1=0).
  • AutoMM - values greater than 0 (zero) activate automatic ММ (traded volume as a percentage of free margin).

==== General Settings ====

  • LongTrades - true/false to enables/disables the long trades
  • ShortTrades - true/false to enables/disables the short trades
  • Magic - magic number - it is extremely important to keep this different for all EAs.
  • MaxSpread - maximal allowed spread for position opening.
  • Slippage - maximal allowed slippage for position opening.
  • StopLoss - stop loss value in standard 4 digit pips. If you set 0 (zero) then the EA will close the trades only based on the exit logic.
  • TakeProfit - take profit value in standard 4 digit pips. If you set 0 (zero) then the EA will close the trades only based on the exit logic.
  • EA_Comment - text which will be added as a comment to each trade opened by MACD Trend EA.

==== Trailing Stop Settings ====

  • TrailingStop - value in pips. The trailing stop value.
  • TrailingStopStep - value in pips. The trailing stop step value. When the profit increases the EA will move the trailing stop based on this parameter.
  • TrailingStopAfter - value in pips. When trade's profit is equal or greater to this value the EA set trailing stop. If you set value 0 (zero) then you can disable the trailing stop system.

==== MACD Settings ====

  • MACDFastEMA - Fast EMA averaging period.
  • MACDSlowEMA - Slow EMA averaging period.
  • MACDSMA - Signal line averaging period.
  • MACDIndex - Index of the value taken from the indicator buffer. The default value is 0 and it means that the EA will take the last MACD values. If you set 1 then the EA will take the previous bar MACD values.
  • MACDTimeFrame - Timeframe. By default it is H1 which is good for trend strategies.
  • MACDAppliedPrice - Applied price.
  • CloseByMACD_1 - true/false to enables/disables the exit system 1.
  • CloseByMACD_2 - true/false to enables/disables the exit system 2.

MACD Trend EA is COMPATIBLE WITH MAC OS and Windows OS!

MACD Trend EA is compatible with MAC OS and Windows OS

MACD Trend EA is compatible with the most well known and used Operating Systems Mac OS + Windows OS. Our developers have been working very hard to adapt MACD Trend EA to be compatible with all popular Operating Systems. Mac OS and Windows are the most popular OS around the world and therefore we have developed MACD Trend EA to be compatible with them.

MACD Trend EA Backtest Result

Below you can check the backtest result of our forex robot - MACD Trend EA - on the GBPUSD currency pair.

GBPUSD

Period: 2017-2023

Risk: Auto MM

Deposit: $1000

MACD Trend EA Backtest on GBPUSD

How to backtest MACD Trend EA

If you wish to back-test MACD Trend EA, first you should download history from the MetaTrader history center: click Tools -> History Center, or press the "F2" key of the keyboard. In the list, find the currency pair that you wish to back-test and double click to expand it. Click "1 Minute (M1)" and then click "Download". When the download process is finished, double click on "5 Minutes (M5)” and "15 Minutes (M15)" to convert the M1 data (repeat this for the rest of the time frames). Close the "History Center" window. Restart the MT4 terminal in any case. Check the below image!

To open the "Strategy Tester" window click the "Strategy Tester" button of the MetaTrader menu, or press "Ctrl+R" on the keyboard. In the "Strategy Tester" window chose MACD Trend EA, chose one of the supported currency pairs, chose M5 timeframe, chose the method "Every tick ...", as shown below. Click "Start" to start the back-test.


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