{
  "id": 11745,
  "rank": 1004,
  "name": "Simple MACD Cross Autotrader",
  "aka": [
    "Simple-Macd-Cross"
  ],
  "family": "A",
  "subtype": "A1",
  "one_liner": "Detects MACD zero-line crosses and places pending orders around fractal structures.",
  "market_regime": "trending|null",
  "timeframes": [
    "H4",
    "D1"
  ],
  "symbols": [
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  ],
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  ],
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    {
      "name": "MACD",
      "params": {
        "fast_period": 12,
        "slow_period": 26,
        "signal_period": 9
      },
      "applied_to": "close"
    }
  ],
  "entry_long": [
    "MACD cross above zero line",
    "most relevant fractal before the cross"
  ],
  "entry_short": [
    "MACD cross below zero line",
    "most relevant fractal before the cross"
  ],
  "exit_rules": [
    "null"
  ],
  "filters": [
    "fractal-based pending orders"
  ],
  "stop_loss": "configurable in code",
  "take_profit": "null",
  "position_size": "null",
  "evidence_type": "source_code",
  "completeness": 50.0,
  "signal_warnings": null,
  "claim_warnings": null,
  "opacity_warnings": null,
  "build_warnings": [
    "MT4_ONLY: the captured source is MQL4 / written for MetaTrader 4. It needs porting (order functions, indicator handles) before it runs on MT5."
  ],
  "canonical": "https://prismaticalgos.com/compendium/algo/11745-simple-macd-cross-autotrader",
  "snapshot": "2026-10-31 15:46 UTC",
  "source_url": "https://github.com/danielworthy/Simple-MACD-Cross-Autotrader",
  "limitations": "These are machine-extracted research records, not verified trading systems. Catalog rank measures specification detail and claimed evidence, not profitability. The catalog extraction pipeline did not independently backtest these records. Its separate selected testing ledger does not validate the wider corpus. Rules, labels and parameters can be incomplete or wrong; consult the original source and its reuse terms."
}