Hello @User Thank you for your message and for pointing this out.
As you can see in the screenshot, our MACD settings already include two EMA periods (Fast EMA and Slow EMA), as well as a SMA period, which is used for the signal line. This is how the indicator is currently implemented in Forex Tester.
You are absolutely right that many MACD versions use an EMA for the signal line. The difference is:
EMA reacts more quickly to recent price changes (more sensitive),
SMA reacts more slowly and smooths data more gradually.
Your suggestion to allow multiple moving average types (MA / SMA / EMA / WMA) for the MACD components is genuinely a great idea. It would make the indicator more flexible and help avoid similar issues in the future.
I will pass this suggestion to our development team, thank you for taking the time to share it with us!
ปีติพนธ์ เนียมโสต
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Dec 6, 2025
But to solve a potential future issue in this case, you can enable multiple types of selection, such as using MA, SMA, EMA, or WMA. Or, you can use only EMA, as this indicator's basic values should be like that.
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Stanislav Voitsekhovskyi
Dec 6, 2025
Hello @User
Thank you for your message and for pointing this out.
As you can see in the screenshot, our MACD settings already include two EMA periods (Fast EMA and Slow EMA), as well as a SMA period, which is used for the signal line. This is how the indicator is currently implemented in Forex Tester.
You are absolutely right that many MACD versions use an EMA for the signal line. The difference is:
EMA reacts more quickly to recent price changes (more sensitive),
SMA reacts more slowly and smooths data more gradually.
Your suggestion to allow multiple moving average types (MA / SMA / EMA / WMA) for the MACD components is genuinely a great idea. It would make the indicator more flexible and help avoid similar issues in the future.
I will pass this suggestion to our development team, thank you for taking the time to share it with us!
ปีติพนธ์ เนียมโสต
Dec 6, 2025
But to solve a potential future issue in this case, you can enable multiple types of selection, such as using MA, SMA, EMA, or WMA. Or, you can use only EMA, as this indicator's basic values should be like that.