Python is one of the most popular programming languages in finance. It is widely used for data analysis, machine learning and, of course, backtesting trading strategies. Today we will show you how to calculate and backtest a MACD, Moving Average Convergence/Divergence (MACD), trading strategy using Python. As you will see, it doesn’t take a computer…
There are different ways of performing technical analysis. While some focus on price action, others make use of indicators. Both moving average convergence divergence (MACD) and the relative strength index (RSI) rank among the most popular indicators used in technical analysis and trading. But what is the MACD and RSI strategy? The MACD and RSI…
There are some indicators you can easily combine to get the best out of the market. The moving average convergence divergence (MACD) and Bollinger Bands combination is one of the best synergic indicator combinations. You can use it to trade both a range-bound market and a trending market, depending on how you use them. Ever…
Let’s test a MACD-histogram trading strategy. This article looks at the MACD-histogram. For a primer on this indicator please read this article: I’m trading some strategies based on mean reversion on a sample of 77 ETFs. Those ETFs are the most liquid ones. One of the strategies I trade is based on MACD-Histogram. It’s a…
