Hello traders
This is a simple algorithm for a Tradingview strategy tracking a convergence of 2 unrelated indicators.
Convergence is the solution to my trading problems. It’s a puzzle with infinite possibilities and only a few working combinations.
Here’s one that I like
Definition
Take out the notebooks :) and some coffee (good for focus). I’m bullish in coffee
The engulfing pattern is a two-candle reversal pattern. The second candle completely ‘engulfs’ the real body of the first one, without regard to the length of the tail shadows.
The bullish Engulfing pattern appears in a downtrend and is a combination of one red candle followed by a larger green candle The bearish Engulfing pattern appears in a downtrend and is a combination of one green candle followed by a larger red candle
Example: https://imgur.com/a/krDDUz4
We’re bored sir… what’s the point of all this?
In summary, an engulfing is a pattern to track reversals. (the whole TradingView audience stands up now giving a standing ovation) Adding the Price vs Moving average filters allows to track reversals with momentums (half of the audience collapsed because this is too awesome)
Ok sir… you picked up my interest
I included some cool backtest filters:
All the best Dave
backtest
/*backtest start: 2022-04-24 00:00:00 end: 2022-05-23 23:59:00 period: 30m basePeriod: 15m exchanges: [{"eid":"Futures_Binance","currency":"BTC_USDT"}] */ //@version=4 //@author=Daveatt StrategyName = "BEST Engulfing + MA" ShortStrategyName = "BEST Engulfing + MA" strategy(title=StrategyName, shorttitle=ShortStrategyName, overlay=true, pyramiding=2, default_qty_value=500, precision=7, currency=currency.USD, commission_value=0.2,commission_type=strategy.commission.percent, initial_capital=10000) includeEngulfing = true includeMA = true source_ma = input(title="Source Price vs MA", type=input.source, defval=close) typeofMA = input(title="Type of MA", defval="SMA", options=["RMA", "SMA", "EMA", "WMA", "VWMA", "SMMA", "KMA", "TMA", "HullMA", "DEMA", "TEMA"]) length_ma = input(32, title = "MA Length", type=input.integer) // ---------- Candle components and states GreenCandle = close > open RedCandle = close < open NoBody = close==open Body = abs(close-open) // bullish conditions isBullishEngulfing1 = max(close[1],open[1]) < max(close,open) and min(close[1],open[1]) > min(close,open) and Body > Body[1] and GreenCandle and RedCandle[1] isBullishEngulfing2 = max(close[1],open[1]) < max(close,open) and min(close[1],open[1]) <= min(close,open) and Body > Body[1] and GreenCandle and RedCandle[1] // bearish conditions isBearishEngulfing1 = max(close[1],open[1]) < max(close,open) and min(close[1],open[1]) > min(close,open) and Body > Body[1] and RedCandle and GreenCandle[1] isBearishEngulfing2 = max(close[1],open[1]) >= max(close,open) and min(close[1],open[1]) > min(close,open) and Body > Body[1] and RedCandle and GreenCandle[1] // consolidation of conditions isBullishEngulfing = isBullishEngulfing1 or isBullishEngulfing2 isBearishEngulfing = isBearishEngulfing1 or isBearishEngulfing2 //isBullishEngulfing = max(close[1],open[1]) < max(close,open) and min(close[1],open[1]) > min(close,open) and Body > Body[1] and GreenCandle and RedCandle[1] //isBearishEngulfing = max(close[1],open[1]) < max(close,open) and min(close[1],open[1]) > min(close,open) and Body > Body[1] and RedCandle and GreenCandle[1] Engulf_curr = 0 - barssince(isBearishEngulfing) + barssince(isBullishEngulfing) Engulf_Buy = Engulf_curr < 0 ? 1 : 0 Engulf_Sell = Engulf_curr > 0 ? 1 : 0 // Price vs MM smma(src, len) => smma = 0.0 smma := na(smma[1]) ? sma(src, len) : (smma[1] * (len - 1) + src) / len smma ma(smoothing, src, length) => if smoothing == "RMA" rma(src, length) else if smoothing == "SMA" sma(src, length) else if smoothing == "EMA" ema(src, length) else if smoothing == "WMA" wma(src, length) else if smoothing == "VWMA" vwma(src, length) else if smoothing == "SMMA" smma(src, length) else if smoothing == "HullMA" wma(2 * wma(src, length / 2) - wma(src, length), round(sqrt(length))) else if smoothing == "LSMA" src else if smoothing == "KMA" xPrice = src xvnoise = abs(xPrice - xPrice[1]) nfastend = 0.666 nslowend = 0.0645 nsignal = abs(xPrice - xPrice[length]) nnoise = sum(xvnoise, length) nefratio = iff(nnoise != 0, nsignal / nnoise, 0) nsmooth = pow(nefratio * (nfastend - nslowend) + nslowend, 2) nAMA = 0.0 nAMA := nz(nAMA[1]) + nsmooth * (xPrice - nz(nAMA[1])) nAMA else if smoothing == "TMA" sma(sma(close, length), length) else if smoothing == "DEMA" 2 * src - ema(src, length) else if smoothing == "TEMA" 3 * (src - ema(src, length)) + ema(ema(src, length), length) else src MA = ma(typeofMA, source_ma, length_ma) plot(MA, color=#006400FF, title="MA breakout", linewidth=3) macrossover = crossover (source_ma, MA) macrossunder = crossunder(source_ma, MA) since_ma_buy = barssince(macrossover) since_ma_sell = barssince(macrossunder) macross_curr = 0 - since_ma_sell + since_ma_buy bullish_MA_cond = macross_curr < 0 ? 1 : 0 bearish_MA_cond = macross_curr > 0 ? 1 : 0 posUp = (Engulf_Buy ? 1 : 0) + (bullish_MA_cond ? 1 : 0) posDn = (Engulf_Sell ? 1 : 0) + (bearish_MA_cond ? 1 : 0) conditionUP = posUp == 2 and posUp[1] < 2 conditionDN = posDn == 2 and posDn[1] < 2 sinceUP = barssince(conditionUP) sinceDN = barssince(conditionDN) // primary-first signal of the trend nUP = crossunder(sinceUP,sinceDN) nDN = crossover(sinceUP,sinceDN) // and the following secondary signals // save of the primary signal sinceNUP = barssince(nUP) sinceNDN = barssince(nDN) buy_trend = sinceNDN > sinceNUP sell_trend = sinceNDN < sinceNUP // engulfing by barcolor(nUP ? color.orange : na, title="Bullish condition") barcolor(nDN ? color.yellow : na, title="Bearish condition") isLong = nUP isShort = nDN long_entry_price = valuewhen(nUP, close, 0) short_entry_price = valuewhen(nDN, close, 0) longClose = close[1] < MA shortClose = close[1] > MA /////////////////////////////////////////////// //* Backtesting Period Selector | Component *// /////////////////////////////////////////////// StartYear = input(2017, "Backtest Start Year",minval=1980) StartMonth = input(1, "Backtest Start Month",minval=1,maxval=12) StartDay = input(1, "Backtest Start Day",minval=1,maxval=31) testPeriodStart = timestamp(StartYear,StartMonth,StartDay,0,0) StopYear = input(2020, "Backtest Stop Year",minval=1980) StopMonth = input(12, "Backtest Stop Month",minval=1,maxval=12) StopDay = input(31, "Backtest Stop Day",minval=1,maxval=31) testPeriodStop = timestamp(StopYear,StopMonth,StopDay,0,0) testPeriod() => true ////////////////////////// //* Profit Component *// ////////////////////////// input_tp_pips = input(2000, "Backtest Profit Goal (in USD)",minval=0) input_sl_pips = input(200, "Backtest STOP Goal (in USD)",minval=0) tp = buy_trend? long_entry_price + input_tp_pips : short_entry_price - input_tp_pips sl = buy_trend? long_entry_price - input_sl_pips : short_entry_price + input_sl_pips long_TP_exit = buy_trend and high >= tp short_TP_exit = sell_trend and low <= tp plot(tp, title="TP", style=plot.style_circles, linewidth=3, color=color.blue) plot(sl, title="SL", style=plot.style_circles, linewidth=3, color=color.red) if testPeriod() strategy.entry("Long", 1, when=isLong) strategy.close("Long", when=longClose ) strategy.exit("XL","Long", limit=tp, when=buy_trend, stop=sl) if testPeriod() strategy.entry("Short", 0, when=isShort) strategy.close("Short", when=shortClose ) strategy.exit("XS","Short", when=sell_trend, limit=tp, stop=sl)