The Stochastic Oscillator band breakout strategy generates trades based on the fast line of the Stochastic Oscillator breaking through upper and lower bands.
The logic is:
Calculate the fast and slow Stochastic Oscillator lines over a lookback period (e.g. 7 days)
Set upper and lower bands for the fast line (e.g. 80 and 20)
Go long when the fast line breaks above the upper band
Go short when the fast line breaks below the lower band
Optionally reverse the signals (longs become shorts, shorts become longs)
Breakouts of the bands with the slow Stochastic line as support/resistance can effectively filter false breaks. Parameters can also be tuned to suit different cycles.
Simple and intuitive rules
Stochastics effective for overbought/oversold
Bands + slow line filter false breaks
Lagging stochastics may miss opportunities
Requires parameter optimization for market adaption
Band settings need caution to avoid over-trading
The Stochastic breakout strategy capitalizes on trend opportunities using fast/slow line band breaks. With well-tuned parameters, it can effectively capture market rhythm but lag is a key risk to note. Combining with other confirming indicators can improve strategy robustness.
/*backtest
start: 2023-09-06 00:00:00
end: 2023-09-13 00:00:00
period: 1h
basePeriod: 15m
exchanges: [{"eid":"Futures_Binance","currency":"BTC_USDT"}]
*/
//@version=2
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// Copyright by HPotter v1.0 05/10/2017
// This back testing strategy generates a long trade at the Open of the following
// bar when the %K line crosses up UpBand line.
// It generates a short trade at the Open of the following bar when the %K line
// crosses down DownBand line.
//
// You can change long to short in the Input Settings
// WARNING:
// - For purpose educate only
// - This script to change bars colors.
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strategy(title="Strategy Stochastic", shorttitle="Strategy Stochastic")
Length = input(7, minval=1)
DLength = input(3, minval=1)
UpBand = input(20, minval=1)
DownBand = input(80, minval=1)
reverse = input(false, title="Trade reverse")
hline(50, color=black, linestyle=hline.style_dashed)
hline(UpBand, color=red, linestyle=hline.style_solid)
hline(DownBand, color=green, linestyle=hline.style_solid)
vFast = stoch(close, high, low, Length)
vSlow = sma(vFast, DLength)
pos = iff(vFast > UpBand, 1,
iff(vFast < DownBand, -1, nz(pos[1], 0)))
possig = iff(reverse and pos == 1, -1,
iff(reverse and pos == -1, 1, pos))
if (possig == 1)
strategy.entry("Long", strategy.long)
if (possig == -1)
strategy.entry("Short", strategy.short)
barcolor(possig == -1 ? red: possig == 1 ? green : blue )
plot(vSlow, color=blue, title="D")
plot(vFast, color=red, title="K")