{
  "id": 4238,
  "rank": 37,
  "name": "SeykotaEA",
  "aka": [
    "Ed Seykota Trend Following System"
  ],
  "family": "A",
  "subtype": "A8",
  "one_liner": "Trend following system using dual EMAs, ADX filter, ATR-based position sizing, and portfolio heat management.",
  "market_regime": "trending",
  "timeframes": [
    "D1"
  ],
  "symbols": [
    "EURUSD,GBPUSD,AUDUSD,USDCHF,USDJPY"
  ],
  "sessions": [
    "any"
  ],
  "indicators": [
    {
      "name": "EMA",
      "params": {
        "period": 20
      },
      "applied_to": "close"
    },
    {
      "name": "EMA",
      "params": {
        "period": 200
      },
      "applied_to": "close"
    },
    {
      "name": "ADX",
      "params": {
        "period": 14
      },
      "applied_to": "close"
    },
    {
      "name": "ATR",
      "params": {
        "period": 20
      },
      "applied_to": "close"
    }
  ],
  "entry_long": [
    "fast EMA crosses above slow EMA"
  ],
  "entry_short": [
    "fast EMA crosses below slow EMA"
  ],
  "exit_rules": [
    "EMA crossover against position",
    "stop-loss at ATR * multiplier below entry price"
  ],
  "filters": [
    "ADX above 20",
    "heat below 10%"
  ],
  "stop_loss": "ATR * multiplier below entry price",
  "take_profit": "not used",
  "position_size": "equity * risk percent / (ATR * multiplier)",
  "evidence_type": "source_code",
  "completeness": 80.0,
  "signal_warnings": null,
  "claim_warnings": null,
  "opacity_warnings": null,
  "build_warnings": null,
  "canonical": "https://prismaticalgos.com/compendium/algo/4238-seykotaea",
  "snapshot": "2026-10-31 15:46 UTC",
  "source_url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/24279",
  "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."
}
