Topic: old fashioned MA crossover

Hi all, I`ll skip that I am new here. I spent some days browsing this wonderful forum of M.Popov

The strategy I want to config:
crossover of MA: (best trend i can find is at 30min and hourly timeframes)

(enter Long)=when 7ma(close) crosses 21ma (high) upward
(exit Long)=when 7ma(close) crosses 21ma (low) downward
(enter Short)=when 7ma(close) crosses 21ma (low) downward
(exit Short)=when 7ma(close) crosses 21ma (high) upward                       image uploaded*

it`s a bit different when made with FSB:
1-there is no way to apply 21ma of high or low prices
2-i noticed that FSB didn`t  enter possition every time both fast and slow MA crosses-how i can fix this?

Strategy uploaded*

Market: EURUSD 30 Minutes
Spread in pips: 4
Swap Long in pips: 2
Swap Short in pips: -2
Commission per lot at opening and closing in pips: 0
Slippage in pips: 0

Maximum open lots: 20
Entry lots: 0.5
Adding lots: 0.5
Reducing lots: 0.5

Intrabar scanning: Not accomplished
Interpolation method: Pessimistic scenario
Ambiguous bars: 1
Tested bars: 7241
Balance: 8764 pips (9764.50 USD)
Minimum account: -814 pips (186.00 USD)
Maximum drawdown: 2428 pips (2427.50 USD)
Time in position: 47 %

A same direction signal - Does nothing
An opposite direction signal - Reverses the position
Permanent Stop Loss - 300
Permanent Take Profit - 700

[Opening Point of the Position]
Bar Closing
     Enter the market at the end of the bar
     Base price  -  Close

[Opening Logic Condition]
Moving Averages Crossover
     The Fast MA crosses the Slow MA upward
     Base price  -  Close
     Fast MA method  -  Exponential
     Slow MA method  -  Exponential
     Fast MA period  -  7
     Slow MA period  -  21
     Fast MA shift  -  0
     Slow MA shift  -  0
     Use previous bar value  -  No

[Closing Point of the Position]
Close and Reverse
     Close all positions and open a new one in the opposite direction

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Re: old fashioned MA crossover

This is a great chart for the MA Cross and use it at 30.  It has proven quite successful.

http://www.intellitraders.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/node_chart_size/charts/2024/855.gif