Here I have an option to sell gold as my 48 mva crosses my 96, I do not open my order directly after the cross, I wait for a little retrace and then open a order should it continue downwards below the last low just before or just after the mva's crosses. In this way I don't run a loss should the signal be false and the price changes direction. If I am not to sure...
I start by waiting for my MVA's to show what the momentum is. Then waiting for a retrace so I can take the previous high as a breakout point. Taking a 500pip profit or a 500pip loss, this has been working very good.