This strategy builds long and short channels, backtesting channel breakouts systematically. It belongs to channel breakout trend trading strategies.
Build long channel with highest prices over a period, and short channel with lowest prices.
Buy when price breaks above the upper channel line.
Sell when price breaks below the lower channel line.
Can set backtest date range to verify the strategy.
Simple and clear rules trading channel breakouts.
Channels visually define price ranges.
High probability of upside momentum after breakouts.
Backtesting verifies strategy effectiveness historically.
Channel breakout concept simple and intuitive.
Concise code easy to modify and optimize.
Risks of false breakouts and pullbacks after initial breakout.
No effective way to set stops and exits.
Improper channel parameters negatively affect performance.
Backtest results may have look-ahead bias.
Real trading performance may differ greatly from backtest.
Test parameters to find optimal combinations.
Add other factors to filter out false breakouts.
Build in stop loss and take profit mechanisms.
Handle backtest data properly to eliminate bias.
Verify strategy across various market conditions via backtest.
Paper trade to configure parameters for live trading.
This strategy backtests simple channel breakout rules, easy to operate but requiring refinement for stability. Further improvements like parameter tuning and risk controls can make it a reliable breakout system.
/*backtest
start: 2023-08-20 00:00:00
end: 2023-08-30 00:00:00
period: 4h
basePeriod: 15m
exchanges: [{"eid":"Futures_Binance","currency":"BTC_USDT"}]
*/
//@version=3
//strategy(title = "Backtest Donchian Teixeira", default_qty_type = strategy.fixed, default_qty_value = 100, overlay = true, commission_type = strategy.commission.cash_per_order, commission_value = 2.50, precision = 2, calc_on_every_tick = true, pyramiding = 0, initial_capital = 10000)
testStartYear = input(2000, "Backtest Start Year")
testStartMonth = input(1, "Backtest Start Month")
testStartDay = input(1, "Backtest Start Day")
testPeriodStart = timestamp(testStartYear, testStartMonth, testStartDay, 00, 00)
testEndYear = input(2018, "Backtest End Year")
testEndMonth = input(12, "Backtest End Month")
testEndDay = input(1, "Backtest End Day")
testPeriodEnd = timestamp(testStartYear, testStartMonth, testStartDay, 23, 59)
window() => true //nao funciona
length1 = input(20, minval=1, title="Upper Channel")
length2 = input(20, minval=1, title="Lower Channel")
dcUpper = highest(length1)
dcLower = lowest(length2)
plot(dcLower, style=line, linewidth=1, color=red, offset=1)
plot(dcUpper, style=line, linewidth=1, color=lime, offset=1)
plot(dcLower, style=line, linewidth=1, color=gray)
if (strategy.position_size == 0)
strategy.entry("COMPRA", true, stop = dcUpper)
if (strategy.position_size > 0)
strategy.exit("VENDA", stop = dcLower)