How avoid Frequent trading while using MACD strategy?

[williamzz]

Hi,
I'm using MACD as main condition of my strategy(Because I don't know which one is better,and I know MACD is not that reliable),one big problem is some time the two lines of MACD cross each other too frequently,sometime the two lines looks like one line.

I have tried to add some other conditions to restrict the trading,suck like RSI and Bollinger ,but not very useful.I know some people is using EMA slope but I'm not very clearly about it right know.

Could you give me some advice about it,?

By the way,do you know what's the best RSI value for long and short.

Thank you so much!!

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hello williamzz, thank you for your post.

Using a EMA with a low period value would reduce the number of times the condition is hit. You could also define a hard-coded value for the number of bars that need to pass in order for the condition to be valid again. Set an int variable to the CurrentBar when you get a MACD condition, then wait until CurrentBar >= variable+5(bars) for example. I am not able to advise on best RSI values, but a member of the forum community might have some insight.

Kind regards.

[williamzz]

Really appreciate your reply!