This short-term trading strategy generates buy and sell signals based on the price fluctuation range. It calculates the price movement range over a period and uses that as a filter for trade signals. Signals are triggered when price breaks out of the range.
The core indicator is the price fluctuation range. The specific steps are:
Calculate the high-low range over past N periods as the price amplitude
Smooth the amplitude using moving averages to derive the range filter
A buy signal is generated when price rises above the range filter
A sell signal is generated when price drops below the range filter
This way, breakouts of the price range are used to determine trend direction and filtrate noise for cleaner signals.
Risks can be mitigated by:
The strategy can be improved by:
Testing different range calculation periods
Optimizing range filter volatility coefficient
Adding confirming indicators like MACD
Using moving or trailing stops
Tuning parameters specifically for each product
Optimizing position sizing system
This strategy uses price breaking out of ranges to generate short-term signals, effectively capturing temporary trends. But risks like whipsaws exist. Improvements can be made through parameter optimization, stop losses, adding filters etc. to control risks while retaining effectiveness. Fine-tuning parameters by product characteristics is also essential. Continual optimizations lead to robustness.
/*backtest
start: 2023-08-21 00:00:00
end: 2023-09-20 00:00:00
period: 1h
basePeriod: 15m
exchanges: [{"eid":"Futures_Binance","currency":"BTC_USDT"}]
*/
//@version=3
strategy(title="Range Filter Buy and Sell 5min [Strategy]", overlay=true, commission_type=strategy.commission.percent, commission_value=0.025, default_qty_type=strategy.cash, default_qty_value=10000, initial_capital=10000, slippage=0)
// === INPUT BACKTEST RANGE ===
useDate = input(true, title='---------------- Use Date ----------------', type=bool)
FromMonth = input(defval = 7, title = "From Month", minval = 1, maxval = 12)
FromDay = input(defval = 25, title = "From Day", minval = 1, maxval = 31)
FromYear = input(defval = 2019, title = "From Year", minval = 2017)
ToMonth = input(defval = 1, title = "To Month", minval = 1, maxval = 12)
ToDay = input(defval = 1, title = "To Day", minval = 1, maxval = 31)
ToYear = input(defval = 9999, title = "To Year", minval = 2017)
start = timestamp(FromYear, FromMonth, FromDay, 00, 00) // backtest start window
finish = timestamp(ToYear, ToMonth, ToDay, 23, 59) // backtest finish window
window() => true // create function "within window of time"
// === INPUT BACKTEST RANGE ===
sources = input(defval=close, title="Source")
isHA = input(false, "Use HA Candles", bool)
src = isHA ? security(heikenashi(tickerid), period, sources) : sources
// Sampling Period
// Settings for 5min chart, BTCUSDC. For Other coin, change the paremeters
per = input(defval=50, minval=1, title="Sampling Period")
// Range Multiplier
mult = input(defval=3.0, minval=0.1, title="Range Multiplier")
// Smooth Average Range
smoothrng(x, t, m)=>
wper = (t*2) - 1
avrng = ema(abs(x - x[1]), t)
smoothrng = ema(avrng, wper)*m
smoothrng
smrng = smoothrng(src, per, mult)
// Range Filter
rngfilt(x, r)=>
rngfilt = x
rngfilt := x > nz(rngfilt[1]) ? ((x - r) < nz(rngfilt[1]) ? nz(rngfilt[1]) : (x - r)) : ((x + r) > nz(rngfilt[1]) ? nz(rngfilt[1]) : (x + r))
rngfilt
filt = rngfilt(src, smrng)
// Filter Direction
upward = 0.0
upward := filt > filt[1] ? nz(upward[1]) + 1 : filt < filt[1] ? 0 : nz(upward[1])
downward = 0.0
downward := filt < filt[1] ? nz(downward[1]) + 1 : filt > filt[1] ? 0 : nz(downward[1])
// Target Bands
hband = filt + smrng
lband = filt - smrng
// Colors
filtcolor = upward > 0 ? lime : downward > 0 ? red : orange
barcolor = (src > filt) and (src > src[1]) and (upward > 0) ? lime : (src > filt) and (src < src[1]) and (upward > 0) ? green :
(src < filt) and (src < src[1]) and (downward > 0) ? red : (src < filt) and (src > src[1]) and (downward > 0) ? maroon : orange
filtplot = plot(filt, color=filtcolor, linewidth=3, title="Range Filter")
// Target
hbandplot = plot(hband, color=aqua, transp=100, title="High Target")
lbandplot = plot(lband, color=fuchsia, transp=100, title="Low Target")
// Fills
fill(hbandplot, filtplot, color=aqua, title="High Target Range")
fill(lbandplot, filtplot, color=fuchsia, title="Low Target Range")
// Bar Color
//barcolor(barcolor)
// Break Outs
longCond = na
shortCond = na
longCond := ((src > filt) and (src > src[1]) and (upward > 0)) or ((src > filt) and (src < src[1]) and (upward > 0))
shortCond := ((src < filt) and (src < src[1]) and (downward > 0)) or ((src < filt) and (src > src[1]) and (downward > 0))
CondIni = 0
CondIni := longCond ? 1 : shortCond ? -1 : CondIni[1]
longCondition = longCond and CondIni[1] == -1
shortCondition = shortCond and CondIni[1] == 1
//Alerts
plotshape(longCondition, title = "Buy Signal", text ="BUY", textcolor = white, style=shape.labelup, size = size.normal, location=location.belowbar, color = green, transp = 0)
plotshape(shortCondition, title = "Sell Signal", text ="SELL", textcolor = white, style=shape.labeldown, size = size.normal, location=location.abovebar, color = red, transp = 0)
//strategy.entry("Long", strategy.long, stop = hband, when = window() , comment="Long")
//strategy.entry("Short", strategy.short, stop = lband, when = window() , comment="Short")
strategy.entry("Long", strategy.long, when = longCondition and window() , comment="Long")
strategy.entry("Short", strategy.short, when = shortCondition and window() , comment="Short")
// === Stop LOSS ===
useStopLoss = input(false, title='----- Use Stop Loss / Take profit -----', type=bool)
sl_inp = input(100, title='Stop Loss %', type=float, step=0.25)/100
tp_inp = input(1.5, title='Take Profit %', type=float, step=0.25)/100
stop_level = strategy.position_avg_price * (1 - sl_inp)
take_level = strategy.position_avg_price * (1 + tp_inp)
stop_level_short = strategy.position_avg_price * (1 + sl_inp)
take_level_short = strategy.position_avg_price * (1 - tp_inp)
// === Stop LOSS ===
if useStopLoss
strategy.exit("Stop Loss/Profit Long","Long", stop=stop_level, limit=take_level)
strategy.exit("Stop Loss/Profit Short","Short", stop=stop_level_short, limit=take_level_short)