Manual Strategies

The two Bill Williams oscillators side by side on EURUSD and gold, M5 and M15. The AC beat the AO to a colour change, correlated with it at only 0.19, and still traded worse than the best AO rule on all 4 charts.

RVI 10 against Stochastic 14,3,3 on EURUSD and gold, M5 and M15, with the same exit. They moved together at 0.67 to 0.85, and 86% to 91% of RVI crosses came within 3 bars of a Stochastic cross.

Elder-Ray 13 against MACD 12,26,9 on EURUSD and gold, M5 and M15, with the same exit. Elder-Ray fired about 4 times as many zero crosses, usually one bar earlier.

Envelopes 14, 0.10 against Bollinger 20, 2 on EURUSD and gold, M5 and M15, with the same exit. More than a quarter of Bollinger breaks came in the quiet hours after midnight UTC.

The Bill Williams Alligator against EMA 9/21 and EMA 5/13 on EURUSD and gold, M5 and M15, with the same exit. The Alligator woke up a median of 5 bars after the EMA cross.

DeMarker 14 tracked RSI more closely than Stochastic 14,3,3 on EURUSD and gold, M5 and M15. Stochastic exited the zone first, and neither overbought fade made money after cost.

Momentum 14 and RSI 14 correlated at 0.79 to 0.85 and agreed on the side 84% of the time. RSI was first to the middle line more often, but the Momentum cross lost less on EURUSD and gold, M5 and M15.

AO and the MACD 12/26 line correlated at 0.97 on EURUSD and gold. The AO zero cross was not faster in practice, flipped back more often, and the MACD zero cross passed on EURUSD M15 where AO lost.

Four pivot formulas tested with the same entries, exit and costs on EURUSD and gold. The formula changed how often the lines were touched, not how often they held, and the classic Camarilla breakout lost everywhere.