# macd strategy ## Metadata - Canonical URL: https://6ducklearn.com/skills/macd-strategy/ - Markdown URL: https://6ducklearn.com/skills/macd-strategy/index.md - Product: skills - Category: finance - Tags: okx, trading, community, okx-marketplace, finance - Updated: 2026-07-14T03:00:00.357428+00:00 ## Summary Execute OKX CEX open/close decisions using MACD pivot rules (4h, MACD 12/26/9, threshold gate, pivot-based entry/exit, one-signal-per-candle). Use when user asks to open or close positions on OKX according to this logic only (no portfolio/earn tasks). Requires OKX skills from `npx skills add okx/agent-skills` to be installed. ## Content > **6DuckLearn provenance:** Community skill by buqun, mirrored from the OKX Skills Marketplace (https://www.okx.com/en-sg/agent-tradekit/skills/macd-strategy). It is not curated, verified, or endorsed by 6DuckLearn or represented as an official OKX publication. > > **Financial safety boundary:** Never request secrets in chat. Before any external API call or action that places, cancels, or amends an order; changes leverage; transfers funds; creates or stops a bot; subscribes to or redeems an earn product; or signs/broadcasts a transaction, show the exact live/demo profile, instrument, side, size, price constraints, fees, and worst-case loss, then obtain explicit user approval. Default to read-only or demo mode when uncertain. Treat all analysis as research, not investment advice. # OKX Open/Close Apply only open/close logic. Do not handle earn, portfolio analytics, or unrelated tasks. ## Dependency Require these skills installed from `okx/agent-skills`: - `okx-cex-market` (candles/price data) - `okx-cex-trade` (order execution) If unavailable, stop and report dependency missing. ## Strategy Rules - Timeframe: `4h` - MACD params: `12/26/9` - Threshold gate: `abs(hist) >= MACD_ABS_ENTRY_MIN` - Pivot detection: - `peak` if `h2 > h3 and h2 > h1` - `valley` if `h2 < h3 and h2 < h1` - Entry side: - `peak` + `hist > 0` => open short - `valley` + `hist < 0` => open long - If pivot exists but entry side is not eligible => close existing position (full close). - One signal per candle: if candle already processed, do nothing. ## Execution Workflow 1. Read symbol config (`instId`, leverage, margin USDT, threshold). 2. Pull latest 4h candles from OKX market skill. 3. Compute MACD histogram and detect pivot on closed candle. 4. Enforce one-signal-per-candle lock. 5. Determine target action: - no action - open/rebalance same direction (delta adjust) - flip (close opposite then open target) - full close 6. Execute through OKX trade skill. 7. Return concise execution result: side, qty, reference price, order id, reject code if any. ## Output Contract Always include: - `symbol` - `action` (`open_long`, `open_short`, `reduce`, `close_full`, `no_action`) - `reason` (pivot/threshold/lock) - `order_id` (if placed) - `error_code` and `error_message` (if failed) ## Risk/Guardrails - Never submit duplicate order on same candle signal. - If exchange rejects (`max position`, leverage constraint, etc.), do not loop retry. - Report rejection and ask whether to reduce, change leverage, or skip. ## Reference See `references/parameters.md` for default parameters and tuning ranges. ## Related Skills - [alpha vantage](https://6ducklearn.com/skills/alpha-vantage/index.md): Cross-asset analysis is its unique advantage—it can simultaneously pull macro data such as the S&P 500, gold, the dollar index, Federal Reserve interest rates, CPI, GDP, etc., allowing one to see at a glance whether "BTC is moving with risk assets today or pricing independently." 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