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Price Crossovers Settings

Configure the moving averages behind the Price Crossovers screener, with separate rules for Crossing Up and Crossing Down scans.

The settings panel allows traders to customize the moving averages used by the screener.

Separate configurations are available for:

  • Crossing Up
  • Crossing Down

This allows different bullish and bearish scanning rules.


Moving Average Type

Available options:

  • EMA
  • SMA

EMA

EMA gives greater weight to recent price action.

Advantages:

  • Faster reaction
  • Earlier signals
  • Better for momentum trading

Common EMA periods:

  • 9
  • 20
  • 50

Best for:

  • Crypto
  • Forex
  • Indices
  • Intraday trading
  • Breakout trading

SMA

SMA assigns equal weight to all prices.

Advantages:

  • Smoother signals
  • Reduced noise
  • Better trend identification

Common SMA periods:

  • 20
  • 50
  • 100
  • 200

Best for:

  • Position trading
  • Long-term investing
  • Trend analysis

Period Length

PeriodDescription
10Fast
20Short-term trend
50Intermediate trend
100Long-term trend
200Major trend indicator

Intraday Traders

SettingValue
TypeEMA
Period20

Swing Traders

SettingValue
TypeEMA
Period50

Position Traders

SettingValue
TypeSMA
Period100 or 200

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