This script shows you where a candle is either bullish or bearish engulfing the previous candle.
A GREEN triangle below the bar pointing UP indicates that the candle is BULLISH engulfing the previous candle A RED triangle ABOVE the bar pointing DOWN indicates that the candle is BEARISH engulfing the previous candle
backtest
/*backtest start: 2022-02-07 00:00:00 end: 2022-05-07 00:00:00 period: 1h basePeriod: 15m exchanges: [{"eid":"Futures_Binance","currency":"BTC_USDT"}] */ //@version=3 study("Engulfing Candles", overlay = true) //strategy("Engulfing Candles") //keep this commented out unless backtesting openBarPrevious = open[1] closeBarPrevious = close[1] openBarCurrent = open closeBarCurrent = close //If current bar open is less than equal to the previous bar close AND current bar open is less than previous bar open AND current bar close is greater than previous bar open THEN True bullishEngulfing = (openBarCurrent <= closeBarPrevious) and (openBarCurrent < openBarPrevious) and (closeBarCurrent > openBarPrevious) //If current bar open is greater than equal to previous bar close AND current bar open is greater than previous bar open AND current bar close is less than previous bar open THEN True bearishEngulfing = (openBarCurrent >= closeBarPrevious) and (openBarCurrent > openBarPrevious) and (closeBarCurrent < openBarPrevious) //bullishEngulfing/bearishEngulfing return a value of 1 or 0; if 1 then plot on chart, if 0 then don't plot alertcondition(bullishEngulfing, title = "Bullish Engulfing", message = "[CurrencyPair] [TimeFrame], Bullish candle engulfing previous candle") alertcondition(bearishEngulfing, title = "Bearish Engulfing", message = "[CurrencyPair] [TimeFrame], Bearish candle engulfing previous candle") // === EXECUTION === //Keep this commented out unless backtesting // strategy.entry("L", strategy.long, 25000, when = bullishEngulfing == 1 and window()) // buy long when "within window of time" AND crossover // strategy.exit("exit", "L", profit = 1000, loss = 50) // strategy.entry("S", strategy.short, 25000, when = bearishEngulfing == 1 and window()) // buy long when "within window of time" AND crossover // strategy.exit("exit", "S", profit = 1000, loss = 50) if bullishEngulfing strategy.entry("Enter Long", strategy.long) else if bearishEngulfing strategy.entry("Enter Short", strategy.short)