EMA Stack Strategy (DCA or Single Entry, HTF Logic, Non Repainting)

EMA Stack Strategy (DCA or Single Entry, HTF Logic, Non Repainting) at a glance

Kind of rule	Averaging down (dollar-cost averaging)
Buys or sells	It can buy, and it can bet on falling prices.
Built on	ATR, EMA, SMA, VWMA, WMA, RMA
Where it was published	TradingView, by its author, as a Pine Script strategy
Tested on	12 cells: 12 coins, October 2021 to June 2026, no fee
Trades placed	none
Page updated	2026-11-08

EMA Stack Strategy (DCA or Single Entry, HTF Logic, Non Repainting) backtest results, every cell

There is no cloud of cells to draw. The frame below says why.

How EMA Stack Strategy (DCA or Single Entry, HTF Logic, Non Repainting) works

Rules in this group usually work like this. When a buy goes the wrong way, it buys more, so the average price moves closer to the market. Most of the closed trades then look like small wins. The losses are rare and large, and they show up when price keeps falling. The next paragraph is this particular rule, which can be narrower than the group.

It can buy, and it can bet on falling prices. It acts only when several checks agree at once. It leans on ATR, EMA, RMA, SMA; those names are explained on their own pages, further down. The exact line is in the list below, in the author's names, and you can skip that list. When it enters, it also sets a stop or a target, so a trade can close without a new signal.

Each trade uses a fixed 1000 of the quote coin. It can stack up to 50 trades in the same direction.

The exact condition, from the code

Same rule, translated from the code, in the author's names. You can skip this list if the paragraph above was enough.

• Enters long when logic update and position equals 0 and stack ready long and not (block new base entry) and base cash effective is above 0.
• Enters short when logic update and position equals 0 and stack ready short and not (block new base entry) and base cash effective is above 0.
• Enters long when can add and (a long position is open and the low is at or below next level or a short position is open and the high is at or above next level) and clamp (next cash raw, 0, (Max total position cash ($ cap) (15000) − planned cash used)) is above 0 and a long position is open.
• Enters short when can add and (a long position is open and the low is at or below next level or a short position is open and the high is at or above next level) and clamp (next cash raw, 0, (Max total position cash ($ cap) (15000) − planned cash used)) is above 0 and a short position is open.
• Places a target at (target price after last when DCA exit type (BE TP (Current)) equals 'After Last DCA (Offset)', else target price dca), a stop at ((((undefined − trail dist) when a long position is open, else (undefined + trail dist)) when Enable DCA trailing stop (default OFF) (off) and trail active … when Trading mode (DCA / Grid) equals 'DCA / Grid' and a long position is open.
• Places a target at (target price after last when DCA exit type (BE TP (Current)) equals 'After Last DCA (Offset)', else target price dca), a stop at ((((undefined − trail dist) when a long position is open, else (undefined + trail dist)) when Enable DCA trailing stop (default OFF) (off) and trail active … when Trading mode (DCA / Grid) equals 'DCA / Grid' and a short position is open.
• Closes the position when Trading mode (DCA / Grid) equals 'DCA / Grid' and not (Disable MA kill switch (DCA mode) (off)) and DCA exit type (BE TP (Current)) differs from 'After Last DCA (Offset)' and a long position is open and ma1 series is below ma2 series.
• Closes the position when Trading mode (DCA / Grid) equals 'DCA / Grid' and not (Disable MA kill switch (DCA mode) (off)) and DCA exit type (BE TP (Current)) differs from 'After Last DCA (Offset)' and a short position is open and ma1 series is above ma2 series.

Buys or sells	It can buy, and it can bet on falling prices.
Tools it calculates	ATR, EMA, SMA, VWMA, WMA, RMA
A second chart speed	Yes. It also looks at a second chart speed.
Only at certain hours	Yes. It only acts during set hours.
Adding to a trade	It can stack up to 50 trades in the same direction.
How much it trades	Each trade uses a fixed 1000 of the quote coin.
Cost the author assumed	The author assumed a trading cost of 0 percent per side.

Default settings

The test used the defaults in the middle column. Nothing was turned to help a coin.

Setting	Default	Group
Show on-chart help panel	on
Show status table	off
Table position	Top Right
Show TradingView style tip (hide trade markers)	off
Trading mode	DCA / Grid
Unit mode	Pips (FX)
Point size (if Points)	0.01
Pip size (if Pips FX)	0.01
MA logic timeframe	Current Chart
Higher TF	D
MA #1 Type	EMA
ma1 source	close
ma1 length	10
MA #2 Type	EMA
ma2 source	close
ma2 length	25
Use MA #3 filter	on
ma3 type	EMA
ma3 source	close
ma3 length	50
Use MA #4 filter	on
ma4 type	EMA
ma4 source	close
ma4 length	100

and 113 more settings, left at the author's defaults.

How the backtest was run

Every strategy was tried the same way, on the settings the author published.

The years are October 2021 to June 2026. The prices are from Bybit, for 13 widely traded coins, mostly on hourly, 4-hour and daily charts, with some faster charts. That was 47,242 tries. The window stored in the files is 2021-09..2026-06.

599 rules produced a finished try. A rule that finished above zero on at least 12 cells, before any fee, was tried again with a fee of 0.12 percent per side. Only buys are counted in that second try. 273 rules got it.

The method, the aggregate results and a downloadable table are on the study page. What the desk does with the results beyond these pages is its own.

Before any fee, it was tried on 12 cells, and it placed no trades.

It was not run a second time with a fee. That second pass happens only when at least 12 cells finished above zero before fees. 273 rules got that pass.

Cells tried	12
Cells that placed a trade	0
Finished above zero	0

Label: backtest · old prices, zero commission · Oct 2021 – Jun 2026. Hypothetical results; see the risk disclosure.

How to read the result

How to read the number

No cell took a trade, so there is no return to read. The rule above is the whole note.

What this does not show

The useful question is the largest loss while the extra buys are still open. A high share of closed wins hides that loss.

There is no cell to single out, and this note does not invent one. Other years, another exchange, or another fee would be a different measurement.

Questions about EMA Stack Strategy (DCA or Single Entry, HTF Logic, Non Repainting)

Words used on this page

Backtest

The rule was tried on old prices. No real money moved.

Cell

One coin on one chart speed. Bitcoin every 4 hours is one cell. Bitcoin once a day is another.

Chart speed

How often a new price bar is drawn. 15m means every 15 minutes, 1h means hourly, 4h means every 4 hours, 1D means once a day.

Fee, per side

A cost taken each time the rule trades. Per side means once on the way in and once on the way out.

Median

Line the cells up from the biggest loss to the biggest gain. The median is the middle one. Half the cells did better and half did worse.

Drawdown

The deepest fall from a high point along the way, as a percent of the account at that high.

Above zero

The account finished with more than it started.

The indicators EMA Stack Strategy (DCA or Single Entry, HTF Logic, Non Repainting) uses

Each has its own page: what it measures, how it is read, where it misleads.

• ATR (average true range): the volatility number behind most stops
• Exponential moving average (EMA): what it measures and where it misleads
• Simple moving average (SMA): the plainest average, and why it still runs half the strategies
• Volume-weighted moving average (VWMA): an average that listens to volume
• Weighted moving average (WMA): linear weights, less lag, and the price of it
• Wilder's smoothing (RMA): the average inside RSI, ATR and ADX

"EMA Stack Strategy (DCA or Single Entry, HTF Logic, Non Repainting)" was published on TradingView by its author, under the author's own license. This page is an independent reading of those rules and of what they did on these old prices. It is not written with the author, and it is not a recommendation. Not every detail survives the translation onto this page, so read the original before you rely on it.