Multiple Moving Average Signal Panel

Eight moving averages on one chart, a BUY or SELL arrow every time the two you nominate cross, and a control panel that changes all of it without opening the inputs dialog.

Most moving-average tools give you two lines and a fixed rule. This one gives you eight lines, lets you decide which two make the signal, and lets you change your mind from the chart — period, method, colour, thickness, dash pattern, arrow shape, arrow size, and how long a cross has to hold before it counts.

Everything is saved per symbol and per timeframe. The M1 chart can run a 5/21 pair with big arrows; the H1 chart on the same symbol can run 50/200 with quiet dots. Switch the period and the right setup comes with it.

What you actually do with it

Pick the pair that makes the signal

Tap FAST or SLOW on the panel to walk through the eight lines. Whichever two you land on are the ones the arrows come from. Every other line stays on the chart as context and takes no part in the signal. You can also nominate a line from inside the line editor with SET FAST / SET SLOW.

Make a cross prove itself first

Two averages that touch and separate again give you a cross and an instant re-cross. The BARS key sets a confirmation count from 0 to 9. With BARS 4, a crossing is not a signal yet: the indicator waits for four more candles to close and checks that the fast line is still on the crossed side at every one of them. Only then is the arrow drawn — on the bar that confirmed it, because that is the bar you could have acted on.

See the signal without hunting for it

Arrows sit among the candles and are easy to miss on a dense chart. With MARK on, a signal also puts a coloured band across the top of the chart — direction, timeframe and the time it appeared — and drops a dotted line down the bar it happened on. One key turns both off again for anyone who wants the chart clean.

Change a line without leaving the chart

LINES opens the editor. Step through MA 1 to MA 8, nudge the period in steps of 1, 10 or 100, switch between SMA, EMA, SMMA and LWMA, set the width from 1 to 5 and the style from solid through dash-dot-dot. Colour opens a grid of sixteen swatches — one tap, done, no cycling through a list to find the one you wanted. The chart updates as you tap.

Keep a different setup on every timeframe

SAVE TF stores the current setup for this symbol and this chart period. Change the period and that period's own setup loads. ALL TF copies what is on screen to all twenty-one chart periods at once, for when you want one configuration to follow you everywhere. RESET returns to the values in the inputs dialog. All three ask for a second tap before they act, unless you switch CONFIRM off.

Put the panel where you want it

Grab the title bar and drag. The position is saved with the rest of the setup. The _ key rolls the panel up to its title bar, which then shows the current bias on its own.

Alerts

Three independent switches on the panel:

• SOUND — plays a wav from the terminal's Sounds folder. Any file name can be set in the inputs.
• PUSH — sends a notification to the MetaTrader mobile app. Requires your MetaQuotes ID in Tools → Options → Notifications.
• POPUP — the ordinary terminal alert window.

Each alert names the symbol, the timeframe, the time, the two averages that crossed and the price. It fires once per signal, and loading the indicator never announces signals that are already in the history.

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What it does not do

Worth reading before you download, so you know whether it is for you.

• It does not trade. No orders, no modifications, no account access.
• It does not predict. A moving-average cross describes what price has already done.
• It is not a strategy and makes no claim about results. Two lines crossing is one input to a decision, not the decision.
• It does not scan other symbols. It works on the chart it is attached to.
• It does not send data anywhere. There is no network code in it.

Getting started

1. Attach it to any chart. Four averages are on by default — LWMA 7, SMA 19, SMA 39 and SMMA 92 — with MA 1 as FAST and MA 4 as SLOW.
2. Tap FAST and SLOW until the pair you trade is showing.
3. Open LINES and set the periods, colours and styles you want.
4. Set BARS if you want a cross to hold before it counts, and SIZE so the arrows read on your chart.
5. Turn on the alerts you want, then press SAVE TF — or ALL TF to use the same setup on every period.

Input parameters

General

Signal

Alerts

Panel

MA 1 to MA 8

Each of the eight averages has the same six inputs: on, period, method (SMA, EMA, SMMA, LWMA), colour, width 1-5 and style. Defaults: MA 1 LWMA 7 gold, MA 2 SMA 19 orange dotted, MA 3 SMA 39 crimson dashed, MA 4 SMMA 92 blue, and MA 5 to MA 8 switched off at 144, 200, 50 and 10.

The two lines you nominate as FAST and SLOW are always calculated even if they are switched off, so you can run the signal from a line you do not want drawn.

Notes

• Works on every symbol and every timeframe your broker provides.
• Settings files live under MQL5\Files\GTM_MACross\, one per symbol and period. Deleting them returns everything to the inputs.
• If you change a value in the inputs dialog, the saved profile for that chart is dropped so your new value takes effect.
• Questions and requests are welcome — send a message through my profile and I will answer.