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This system multiplies the usual MACD settings (12, 26, 9) by 56 to get a very slow histogram. It goes long when the histogram rises and short when it falls, flipping on every change. A 1% stop protects each position.
Best run of 10. EUR/USD, 2 min, spread 1, from run pf:2026-09-24-EURUSD-2m.tsv:1.
| Period | Up to 2026-09-24 |
| Instrument | EUR/USD, 2 minutes |
| Spread | 1 points |
| Contracts | 1 |
| Starting capital | 1,000,000 |
| Costs | Spread only. Commissions and overnight financing are not included. |
| Bars | Up to 200,000 bars, fewer where the instrument has less history |
| Last tested | 2026-09-24 |
| positionSize Contracts per trade | 1 |
| macdMultiplier Stretches the standard MACD lengths into a slow one | 56 |
| macdFast Base MACD fast length | 12 |
| macdSlow Base MACD slow length | 26 |
| macdSignalPeriod Base MACD signal length | 9 |
| stopLossPct Protective stop, percent of entry price | 1 |
Every run
| Market | Timeframe | PF | Trades | Win % | Net | Max DD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUR/USDBest run | 2 min | 6.80 | 7,305 | 11.96 | 2,219,896 USD | -76,236 |
| EUR/USD | 3 min | 3.90 | 7,310 | 11.59 | 1,129,421 USD | -57,294 |
| EUR/USD | 5 min | 3.33 | 6,873 | 12.45 | 840,419 USD | -58,940 |
| EUR/USD | 10 min | 2.11 | 6,817 | 12.97 | 472,887 USD | -62,225 |
| USD/JPY | Daily | n/a | 507 | 13.02 | 688,660 JPY | -629,150 |
| USD/JPY | 10 min | n/a | 6,028 | 13.82 | 257,460 JPY | -256,800 |
| EUR/USD | 15 min | n/a | 6,595 | 13.75 | 204,507 USD | -73,362 |
| EUR/USD | Daily | n/a | 351 | 17.38 | 118,263 USD | -41,804 |
| DAX 40 | Daily | n/a | 643 | 15.24 | 11,378 EUR | -7,681 |
| Gold | 30 min | n/a | 6,022 | 17.35 | 1,993 EUR | -1,283 |
Charts
Above 1.0 made money, below 1.0 lost money.
The code
// ============================================================ // Slow MACD Slope // ProRealAlgos Strategy Library | prorealalgos.com // Type: Trend // Direction: Long & short // Timeframe tested: 2 minutes // ============================================================ // --- Settings --- DEFPARAM CumulateOrders = false // --- Parameters --- positionSize = 1 // contracts per trade macdMultiplier = 56 // stretches the standard MACD lengths into a slow one macdFast = 12 // base MACD fast length macdSlow = 26 // base MACD slow length macdSignalPeriod = 9 // base MACD signal length stopLossPct = 1 // protective stop, percent of entry price // --- Indicators --- macdHistogram = MACD[macdFast * macdMultiplier, macdSlow * macdMultiplier, macdSignalPeriod * macdMultiplier](close)
16 more lines: the entry and exit rules.
Setup
With 996,000 bars available on EUR/USD 2 minutes, net profit fell to USD 1,609,729 from USD 2,219,896 in the standard run, because the older data alone lost USD 610,167.
| Bars available | 996,000 |
| Net, standard 200,000-bar run | 2,219,896.00 USD |
| Net, long run | 1,609,729.00 USD |
| Net on the older data alone | -610,167.00 USD |
Questions
Yes. The histogram slope and the 1% stop are coded, so it trades automatically. Expect constant position flips on short timeframes.
EUR/USD dominated: 2,219,896 USD on 2 minutes, 1,129,421 USD on 3 minutes and 840,419 USD on 5 minutes. DAX 40 Daily made 11,377.50 EUR and Gold 30 minutes 1,992.90 EUR.
At 1 contract and a 1 point spread, the EUR/USD 2 minute run fell 76,236 USD from peak. Size this against your own account before trading.
Multiplying the MACD by 56 turns a 2 minute chart into a slow trend reading while still reacting within the day. Profit factor fell as the timeframe grew, from 6.8 on 2 minutes to 2.11 on 10 minutes.
Related
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