June and July on several ASX sectors often flatten into ranges that punish unfiltered crossover systems. The averages still cross; the trades still reverse.
Three filter ingredients we recommend testing
- Slope agreement — both averages tilting the same way for a minimum number of bars.
- Distance from price — ignore crosses when price is hugging the lines inside a narrow band.
- Structure check — require a swing break or reclaim before the cross becomes a note.
Mild reservation
Filters reduce opportunity. Some traders find the third ingredient too slow on London FX opens. That is a legitimate tension. Write the exception as an exception — do not silently abandon the filter on every quiet Australian afternoon.