Stacking a MACD zero-line cross with Aroon and moving-average filters

Start with the zero-line hypothesis

The MACD method under discussion treats a cross through the zero line as the primary signal rather than a MACD-line versus signal-line cross. A percentage-scaled PPO can stand in for MACD under the same zero-line rule.

Focusing on that zero-line event instead of a line-versus-signal cross is described as producing fewer trades and longer time in a position.

Require dual moving-average structure

One long-side checklist requires price above both moving averages, the 34-period average above the 55-period average, and a MACD or PPO cross above zero.

Those dual moving averages are the trend-structure filter around the oscillator event: the 34-period average above the 55-period average, with price above both.

Keep Aroon confirmatory

The Aroon indicator is assigned a confirmatory role for MACD direction rather than serving as the primary trigger. Aroon-up often reaches 100 near a MACD zero-line cross, but that coincidence does not always occur.

The 100 print is treated as frequent, but not required, confirmation that upside momentum has started. When Aroon confirmation is absent, the preferred stack is a MACD zero-line cross, price moving above the averages, and a break above resistance.

A resistance break is a move through a prior price barrier used as the third confirmation when Aroon does not print 100.