MACrossover Regime Filtered

Regime-Filtered MA Crossover — Trade Only When the Trend Actually Confirms

A classic EMA(10)/EMA(30) crossover strategy, upgraded with a built-in market-regime filter that blocks entries when the market isn't actually trending — instead of firing on every crossover regardless of context.

Why this EA is different

Most simple crossover EAs perform well in strong trends and bleed money in choppy, sideways conditions — because they can't tell the difference. This EA adds a lightweight regime classifier (ADX + ATR + moving-average slope) that checks whether the market is genuinely trending before allowing a trade, and skips the signal entirely if it isn't.

Backtested results (XAUUSD, H1, 1-year period)

• Unfiltered crossover: Profit Factor 0.95, Max Drawdown 14.28%
• With regime filter enabled: Profit Factor 1.52, Max Drawdown 4.93%

(Past performance shown from Strategy Tester backtests does not guarantee future results. Always test on a demo account with your own risk settings before trading live.)

Key features

• Toggleable regime filter — compare filtered vs. unfiltered behavior with one input
• Four selectable filter modes (ablation-tested) so you can tune sensitivity per instrument
• Clean, commented source logic — no black box
• Configurable stop-loss, take-profit, and lot size
• Works on any symbol/timeframe — recommended starting point: H1

Inputs

• FastMA / SlowMA — crossover periods
• LotSize — fixed lot size per trade
• StopLossPoints / TakeProfitPoints — risk management
• UseRegimeFilter — enable/disable the regime gate
• TrendMode — Full / ADX only / Slope only / ADX+Slope

Recommended use

Best suited for trending instruments (metals, indices, major FX pairs) on H1 or higher. Always re-optimize the filter thresholds for your chosen symbol before going live — defaults were tuned on XAUUSD H1.