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Hello,
I am kind of new here and I need kind of an advice from you. For me this is kind of a more complex problem.
I would like to make an algorithm based on macd indicator and signal line. Lets say I will trade EURUSD.
The strategy would be that if the macd crosses signal line from beneath I predict that EUR would get stronger against USD and so I buy EUR and the when I make lets say 0.5% I will sell it. On the other hand when macd crosses signal line from above I predict that USD is going to be stronger against EUR and so I will buy USD as it is going to get stronger and then again sell it with some profit.
Of course this is only the idea, but I somehow can not imply the buying thing for both. Because for stocks it is just buying and selling but in forex, you can buy either USD or EUR and then sell them.
Sorry if the explanation is not straight forward, I apologise and I would be really glad if you would give me some idea or post a bit of code that would solve this problem.
Thank you
jjk
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- MACD crosses from beneath [tex]\rightarrow[/tex] BULLISH signal [tex]\rightarrow[/tex] BUY EUR/USD
- You have now bought [tex]x[/tex] EUR/USD units. Meaning you have bought [tex]x[/tex] euro's and sold [tex]x[/tex] dollars
- [tex]\rightarrow[/tex] SELL when 0.5% profit: sell the [tex]x[/tex] euro's and buy back the [tex]x[/tex] dollars
- MACD crosses from beneath [tex]\rightarrow[/tex] BEARISH signal [tex]\rightarrow[/tex] SELL EUR/USD
- You have now sold [tex]x[/tex] EUR/USD units. Meaning you have sold [tex]x[/tex] euro's and bought [tex]x[/tex] dollars.
- [tex]\rightarrow[/tex] BUY when 0.5% profit: buy back the [tex]x[/tex] euro's and sell the [tex]x[/tex] dollars.
The idea of trading forex pairs is therefore equivalent to simultaneously trading both underlying currencies. Otherwise, how would you define "buying [tex]x[/tex] dollars". This because if you are buying [tex]x[/tex] dollars, then what are you buying them for? For which currency? So there's always a simultaneous trade between currencies when you trade forex. However, good news: this doesn't change anything for your strategy. As described above, you would still employ your strategy in the exact same manner. However, you just BUY and SELL the currency pair opposed to, what you believed, buying and selling the currencies themselves (but for what?). I hope this helps to get rid of your flaw in reasoning. For reference, read >this< and >this< .Jjk
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