Macd

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class backtide.strategies.Macd(fast_period=12, slow_period=26, signal_period=9)

Moving Average Convergence Divergence crossover strategy.

Buys on a MACD golden cross (MACD line crosses above the signal line) and sells on a death cross (MACD line crosses below the signal line). Captures medium-term trend changes driven by the divergence between fast and slow exponential moving averages. Useful for trend-following in moderately trending markets.

Parameters	fast_period : int, default=12 Fast EMA period. slow_period : int, default=26 Slow EMA period. signal_period : int, default=9 Signal line EMA period.
Attributes	name : str Human-readable strategy name. is_multi_asset : bool Whether this is a multi-asset strategy.

See Also

Momentum

Trend-following strategy driven by short-term price momentum.

SmaCrossover

Simple Moving Average crossover strategy using fast and slow periods.

Rsi

Relative Strength Index combined with Bollinger Bands for dual confirmation.

Methods

description	Short explanation of what the strategy does.
required_indicators	Indicators that must be computed up-front for this

method backtide.strategiesdescription()

Short explanation of what the strategy does.

Returns

str The description.

method backtide.strategiesrequired_indicators()

Indicators that must be computed up-front for this

strategy.

Returns a list of indicator instances, already parameterised with this strategy's current settings, that the engine will auto-include before the simulation starts.

Returns

list The required indicator instances.