Trading Systems | Expert Advisors | Forex MT4 Indicator-Ichimoku Chikou Cross EA

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Trading Systems | Expert Advisors | Forex MT4 Indicator-Ichimoku Chikou Cross EA



Ichimoku Chikou Cross Expert Advisor is based on standard Ichimoku Kinko Hyo indicator with default settings. Specifically, it uses the cross of Chikou span with price to generate trading signals. The signals are confirmed by the relative position of current price and Kumo. Additional confirmation comes from relative position of latest Chikou span level and Kumo at that time. The expert advisor does not use any stop-loss or take-profit levels but exits all trades on reverse signals that, in contrast to entry signals, do not require any confirmation.

Characteristics of Ichimoku Chikou Cross EA
Platform: Metatrader4
Currency pairs: EUR/JPY, USD/JPY, GBP/JPY
Trading Time: Around the clock
Timeframe: D1, H4

The Ichimoku Kinko Hyo indicator consists of five main elements:
Tenkan-sen ("turning line"): a 9-period fast moving average based on High-Low difference rather than traditional Close levels
Kijun-sen ("standard line"): a 26-period slow moving average based on High-Low difference rather than traditional Close levels
Senkou Span A ("1st leading line"): average of Tenkan-sen and Kijun-sen plotted with some shift in the future
Senkou Span B ("2nd leading line"): average of maximum and minimum price for the given period plotted with the same shift in the future 
Chinkou Span ("lagging line"): price Close level plotted with the same shift but in the past.
Senkou Span A and B together form what is known as Kumo cloud.
The chart below shows the five elements in their complete set-up:



Apparently, there are different ways to trade with Ichimoku Kinko Hyo: one can trade the Tenkan/Kijun cross, like the MACD, or trade the Kumo cross, or trade the cross of price with any of Ichimoku's five lines.

Trading Strategy

    Wait until a new bar opens.
    Get two latest (completed) Chikou span values. Basically, they are nothing more than two latest price Close levels, but they are visually shifted back by Kijun period bars.
    Get two price Close levels at the time when those Chikou span values are displayed — i.e. Close price levels with the same shift to the past.
    If current Chikou is above respective Close level and the previous Chikou was below or at the same level as respective price Close, a bullish signal is generated and a bearish signal is invalidated.
    If current Chikou is below respective Close level and the previous Chikou was above or at the same level as respective price Close, a bearish signal is generated and a bullish signal is invalidated.
    If current Chikou is at the same level as the respective price Close, both bearish and bullish signals are invalidated as, obviously, the Chikou/price cross is ongoing and there is no telling where will it turn.
    Get the values of Senkou Span A and B at the time of latest (completed) price Close.
    If Close is above both Senkou Span A and Senkou Span B, bullish signal is confirmed.
    If Close is below both Senkou Span A and Senkou Span B, bearish signal is confirmed.
    Get the values of Senkou Span A and B at the time of latest completed Chikou span.
    If Chikou span is above both Senkou Span A and Senkou Span B, bullish signal is confirmed.
    If Chikou span is below both Senkou Span A and Senkou Span B, bearish signal is confirmed.
    If there is a bullish signal, close a short position (if there is any) and check confirmations. If both bullish confirmations are present, open a long position and invalidate the bullish signal.
    If there is a bearish signal, close a long position (if there is any) and check confirmations. If both bearish confirmations are present, open a long position and invalidate the bearish signal.

Back-tests of Ichimoku Chikou Cross EA
Testing was performed on the time interval 2016.11.09 - 2017 .07.13 with different parameters for GBP/JPY, USD/JPY, EUR/JPY, please check the Photos bellow and it gave us a GREAT performance, especially on H4 timeframe.

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