Strategy · Pine Script v5 · On the chart

Broken MACD Strategy

by KorroAi

This strategy calculates a Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) and signal line using 12 and 26-period simple moving averages requested from a fixed 5-minute timeframe.

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Repaints

GitHub stars5on the repository
Pine versionv5runs as is
Lines of code19
Settings0inputs
LicenceMIT
Last update2 weeks ago10 Oct 2026

Add It to Your TradingView Chart

  1. 1Copy the scriptPress Copy script above, or the copy button on the code below.
  2. 2Open the Pine EditorOpen a TradingView chart and choose Pine Editor at the bottom of the screen.
  3. 3Paste over the templateCreate a new strategy, select all of the template text and paste. Press Save and give it a name.
  4. 4Add it to the chartPress Add to chart. The trades and results appear in the Strategy Tester tab; adjust the settings with the gear icon.

Source Code

19 lines of Pine Script v5 from examples/broken_strategy.pine, published under MIT. Keep the author's credit and licence lines when you reuse it.

broken_strategy.pine
//@version=5
// BROKEN STRATEGY — Contains repainting, look-ahead, and missing stop loss.
// Use this to test Strategy Forge: /strategy-forge audit examples/broken_strategy.pine
strategy("Broken MACD Strategy", overlay=true)

// BUG 1: Repainting — requesting lower timeframe data
fastMA = request.security(syminfo.tickerid, "5", ta.sma(close, 12))
slowMA = request.security(syminfo.tickerid, "5", ta.sma(close, 26))
macd = fastMA - slowMA
signal = ta.sma(macd, 9)

// BUG 2: Look-ahead bias — using close[0] for entry
if ta.crossover(macd, signal) and close > close[1]
    strategy.entry("Long", strategy.long)

if ta.crossunder(macd, signal)
    strategy.close("Long")

// BUG 3: No stop loss, no take profit, no risk management

Overview

Broken MACD Strategy enters a long position when the MACD line crosses above the signal line while the current bar close is higher than the previous bar close, and exits on a MACD crossunder. Designed as an example script for PineLint auditing, it intentionally lacks stop-loss protections and repaints live signals due to lower-timeframe security requests.

Details

Published by

KorroAi on GitHub

Type

Strategy, Pine Script v5

Draws

On the price chart

Category

Oscillators & momentum, Moving averages

Markets

Any symbol

Timeframes

Any timeframe

Risk Notes

  • Signals can change on the live bar or after it closes (repainting)
  • The strategy enters trades without a stop loss
Third-party code. ForexR did not write, test or endorse this script, and the summary above was generated automatically from its code and README. Indicators describe the past, and a strategy's backtest can look better than live trading, especially when a script repaints. Check it in the Strategy Tester and on a demo account before you rely on it.

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