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EMA Crossover Strategy

by knectardev· code credited to Your Name

This strategy plots a fast and a slow exponential moving average on the price chart.

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GitHub stars1on the repository
Pine versionv5runs as is
Lines of code94
Settings2inputs
LicenceNone statedfile: MPL-2.0
Last update9 months ago14 Jan 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

94 lines of Pine Script v5 from scripts/strategies/ema-crossover-strategy.pine, published under MPL-2.0 (file header). Keep the author's credit and licence lines when you reuse it.

ema-crossover-strategy.pine
// This source code is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public License 2.0 at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/
// © Your Name

//@version=5
strategy("EMA Crossover Strategy", 
  overlay=true,
  default_qty_type=strategy.percent_of_equity,
  default_qty_value=10,
  initial_capital=10000,
  commission_type=strategy.commission.percent,
  commission_value=0.1)

// ============================================================================
// DESCRIPTION
// ============================================================================
// Simple exponential moving average crossover strategy. Generates buy signals
// when the fast EMA crosses above the slow EMA, and sell signals when the
// fast EMA crosses below the slow EMA.
//
// AUTHOR: Your Name
// VERSION: 1.1.0
// DATE: 2026-01-08
//
// PARAMETERS:
// - fastLengthInput: Period for the fast EMA (default: 9)
// - slowLengthInput: Period for the slow EMA (default: 21)
//
// USAGE:
// Works best in trending markets on 4H or daily timeframes.
// Consider adding filters for ranging conditions.
// ============================================================================

// ————— Constants
const color FAST_EMA_COLOR      = #0000FFff
const color SLOW_EMA_COLOR      = #FF8000ff
const color BUY_SIGNAL_COLOR    = #00FF00ff
const color SELL_SIGNAL_COLOR   = #FF0000ff
const color BG_UPTREND          = color.new(#00FF00ff, 95)
const color BG_DOWNTREND        = color.new(#FF0000ff, 95)

const int   DEFAULT_FAST_LENGTH = 9
const int   DEFAULT_SLOW_LENGTH = 21

const string ENTRY_ID           = "Long"

// ————— Inputs
int fastLengthInput = input.int(DEFAULT_FAST_LENGTH, "Fast EMA Length", minval=1)
int slowLengthInput = input.int(DEFAULT_SLOW_LENGTH, "Slow EMA Length", minval=1)

// ————— Calculations
// Calculate EMAs
float emaFast = ta.ema(close, fastLengthInput)
float emaSlow = ta.ema(close, slowLengthInput)

// Generate Signals - Only after sufficient data
bool sufficientData = bar_index >= math.max(fastLengthInput, slowLengthInput)

bool longCondition = sufficientData and ta.crossover(emaFast, emaSlow)
bool shortCondition = sufficientData and ta.crossunder(emaFast, emaSlow)

// Determine trend
bool isUptrend = emaFast > emaSlow

// ————— Strategy Calls
if longCondition
  strategy.entry(ENTRY_ID, strategy.long)

if shortCondition
  strategy.close(ENTRY_ID)

// ————— Visuals
// Plot EMAs
plot(emaFast, "Fast EMA", 
  color=color.new(FAST_EMA_COLOR, 0), 
  linewidth=2)
plot(emaSlow, "Slow EMA", 
  color=color.new(SLOW_EMA_COLOR, 0), 
  linewidth=2)

// Visual Signals
plotshape(longCondition, "Buy Signal", 
  shape.triangleup, 
  location.belowbar, 
  color=color.new(BUY_SIGNAL_COLOR, 0), 
  size=size.small)

plotshape(shortCondition, "Sell Signal", 
  shape.triangledown, 
  location.abovebar, 
  color=color.new(SELL_SIGNAL_COLOR, 0), 
  size=size.small)

// Background coloring for trend
bgcolor(isUptrend ? BG_UPTREND : BG_DOWNTREND)

Overview

EMA Crossover Strategy opens a long position when the fast EMA crosses above the slow EMA and closes that long when the fast EMA crosses back below. There is no short entry and no stop loss. Position size defaults to ten percent of equity. Users change the two EMA lengths. A faint background marks whether the fast EMA is above or below the slow EMA. Comments suggest four-hour and daily charts.

Details

Published by

knectardev on GitHub

Code credit

Your Name, as written in the script's header

Draws

On the price chart

Markets

Any symbol

Timeframes

H4 and above

Risk Notes

  • The strategy enters trades without a stop loss

Settings

The inputs you can change from the gear icon on the chart. Defaults are the author's.

SettingTypeDefaultVariable
Fast EMA LengthintDEFAULT_FAST_LENGTHfastLengthInput
Slow EMA LengthintDEFAULT_SLOW_LENGTHslowLengthInput
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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