Yes, I understood that.

The issue is, I want candle 0 to break above the 8ema, then the second candle 0 turns into candle 1if it is outside of the 8ema then execute a trade. ( In a sell, break above the 8ema and close below then execute a trade. In a buy, break below the 8ema and close above then execute.) The candlestick would look something like a hammer with the wick going through the 8ema but price closing outside of the 8ema in the direction of the trend.

Hopefully this makes sense.

@ambrogio

That made a lot of sense, and I thought that might have been the issue. It still isnt making entries like I was hoping though.

Here is an example of an Ideal entry:
https://www.tradingview.com/x/8sfkS8v7/

Yes, I know. It isnt waiting until the candle close to execute trades. I was hoping that it would wait until the candle closes to execute trades.

There are no errors, everything is working correctly. I do not have the parameters set the way that I have it envisioned in my head.

I want every trade to be executed at the very beginning of a candle, not in the middle of one.

Thanks for your help!

I am trying to figure out how to draw out these situations:

Sell:
previous candle ( candle 0) is below 8EMA
current candle ( candle 1) rises above 8EMA
Current candle (Candle 1) closes below 8EMA
execute trade at the start of the next candle (candle 2)

Buy:
Previous candle (candle 0) is above 8EMA
Current candle (candle 1) drops below 8EMA
Current candle (candle 1) closes above 8EMA
execute trade at the start of the next candle (candle 2)

I attached a picture of how I thought it should be laid out for the sell (buy is the same concept) but it isn't opening trades correctly?

any help is greatly appreciated!