This is a simple technical indicator based automated long trend strategy for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, aiming to capture major uptrends and reduce trading fee losses from frequent trading.
Use MACD to determine trend direction, long when MACD crossing up;
Calculate 20-period EMA, 100-period SMA and 200-period SMA, go long when EMA and SMA pointing up together;
Buy when EMA is higher than SMA, and SMA is higher than slow SMA;
Set stop loss line, stop out when price breaks stop loss.
Close position when price drops and EMA crosses below SMA.
This strategy combines multiple indicators to determine trend and entry timing to profit from major uptrends.
Multiple indicator combo can help filter out false breakouts and wrong signals.
Only enter in obvious trends can reduce unnecessary trades and lower trading frequency.
Stop loss can effectively limit max loss per trade.
Backtest shows decent profitability in BTC and ETH.
Simple and clear logic, easy to understand and implement, good for beginners.
High extensibility to include more indicators for optimization.
High market randomness, wrong judgement risks.
Single position approach cannot hedge systematic risks.
Improper stop loss setting may cause overstoploss.
Backtest does not represent live results, real performance is yet to be validated.
Trading costs impact not considered, may differ from live performance.
Did not consider product characteristics, parameter tuning needed.
Test different parameter combinations to optimize indicator parameters.
Add filters like KDJ to filter entry signals.
Optimize stop loss strategy, like adding dynamic stop loss.
Consider position sizing based on account size.
Distinguish product characteristics, adjust parameters accordingly.
Incorporate more timeframes for analysis.
Test different products and find the best suited ones.
The strategy logic is simple and clear. Using multiple indicators can help filter out wrong signals effectively. But further optimization on parameters, risk control etc. is needed, combined with live trading verification, before actual application. With proper extensions, it can become a very practical crypto trend following strategy.
/*backtest
start: 2023-09-06 00:00:00
end: 2023-10-06 00:00:00
period: 1h
basePeriod: 15m
exchanges: [{"eid":"Futures_Binance","currency":"BTC_USDT"}]
*/
//@version=4
strategy(title="BTC Long strategy", overlay=true, max_bars_back=3000, initial_capital=1000, commission_value=0.075)
//////////// !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WORK BEST IN 2 HOURS for BTC, ETH and ETHXBT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! /////////////////////
[macdLine, macdSignalLine, macdHist] = macd(close, 12, 26, 7)
//_rsi_len = input(14, title="RSI length")
_rsi_len = 14
NewValue = 0
PreviousValue = 0
leverage = 1
smaPercentageIncrease = 0.0
SMA_PERCENT_INCREASE = 0.0
float atrValue = 0
bool bPositionOpened = false
float stockPositionSize = 0
float volatilityPercentage = 0.0
bool bDisplayArrow = false
bool bEMAIsRising = false
bool bSMAIsRising = false
bool bSMASlowIsRising = false
bool bMACDIsRising = false
bool bMACDHistIsRising = false
bool bMACDSignalIsRising = false
float stopLoss = input (1.5, "StopLoss in %", type=input.float) //StopLoss associated with the order
//positionSize = input (1000, "in $")
float positionSize = 1000
float currentPrice = close
float stopLossPrice = 0
float entryPrice = 0
//-----------------------------------------------------------
// === INPUT BACKTEST RANGE ONE YEAR
//FromDay = input(defval = 01, title = "From Day", minval = 1, maxval = 31)
//FromMonth = input(defval = 01, title = "From Month", minval = 1, maxval = 12)
//FromYear = input(defval = 2020, title = "From Year", minval = 2017)
FromDay = 01
FromMonth = 01
FromYear = 2019
//ToDay = input(defval = 01, title = "To Day", minval = 1, maxval = 31)
//ToMonth = input(defval = 01, title = "To Month", minval = 1, maxval = 12)
//ToYear = input(defval = 2023, title = "To Year", minval = 2017)
ToDay = 31
ToMonth = 12
ToYear = 2099
// === FUNCTION EXAMPLE ===
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"
//emaLength = input(20, "EMA Length")
//smaLength = input(100, "SMA Length")
//smaSlowLength = input(200, "SMA Length")
emaLength = 20
smaLength = 100
smaSlowLength = 200
ema = ema(close, emaLength)
sma = sma(close, smaLength)
smaSlow = sma(close, smaSlowLength)
plot(sma, color=color.green)
plot(smaSlow, color=color.orange)
plot(ema, color=color.yellow)
//reload previous values
stopLossPrice := na(stopLossPrice[1]) ? 0.0 : stopLossPrice[1]
entryPrice := na(entryPrice[1]) ? 0.0 : entryPrice[1]
bPositionOpened := na(bPositionOpened[1]) ? false : bPositionOpened[1]
positionSize := na(positionSize[1]) ? 50000 : positionSize[1]
stockPositionSize := na(stockPositionSize[1]) ? 0 : stockPositionSize[1]
//leverage := na(leverage[1]) ? 1 : leverage[1]
//ReEvaluate the direction of indicators
bEMAIsRising := rising(ema, 2)
bSMAIsRising := rising(sma, 3)
bMACDIsRising := rising(macdLine, 3)
bMACDHistIsRising := rising(macdHist, 1)
bSMASlowIsRising := rising(smaSlow, 10)
bMACDSignalIsRising := rising(macdSignalLine, 3)
atrValue := atr(14)
volatilityPercentage := (atrValue/currentPrice)*100 //calcute the volatility. Percentage of the actual price
//There is too many signal in tranding market, to avoid this we need to make sure that the smaSlow has a mininal increase
//THIS DOES NOT WORK AT ALL!!!!!
//if bSMASlowIsRising == true
// //calculate the percentegage difference over the last 10 bars
// smaPercentageIncrease := ((smaSlow[0]/sma[10])-1)*100
// if smaPercentageIncrease < SMA_PERCENT_INCREASE
// //Not enough increase we reset the flag
// bSMASlowIsRising := false
if (window())
//Check if we can open a LONG
//sma > smaSlow and
if ( volatilityPercentage < 2 and bPositionOpened == false and bSMASlowIsRising == true and bMACDIsRising == true and bEMAIsRising == true and bSMAIsRising == true and ema[0] > sma[0] and sma[0] < currentPrice)
// add comparaison between macd and macd signal line
//if (bPositionOpened == false and macdSignalLine < macdLine and bMACDIsRising == true and bMACDHistIsRising == true and bEMAIsRising == true and bSMAIsRising == true and ema[1] > sma[1] and sma[1] < currentPrice)
//Enter in short position
stockPositionSize := (positionSize*leverage)/currentPrice //Calculate the position size based on the actual price and the position Size (in $) configured.
//calculate exit values
stopLossPrice := currentPrice*(1-stopLoss/100)
strategy.entry("myPosition", strategy.long, qty=stockPositionSize, comment="BUY at " + tostring(currentPrice))
entryPrice := currentPrice //store the entry price
bPositionOpened := true
bDisplayArrow := true
//if (bPositionOpened == true and (currentPrice <= stopLossPrice or crossunder(ema[1], sma[1]) or currentPrice < sma[1]))
if (bPositionOpened == true and (currentPrice <= stopLossPrice or crossunder(ema[1], sma[1])))
strategy.close("myPosition", comment="" + tostring(currentPrice) ) //Stop
//uncomment the below line to make the bot investing the full portfolio amount to test compounding effect.
//positionSize := positionSize + ((stockPositionSize * currentPrice) - (positionSize*leverage))
//reset some flags
bPositionOpened := false
bDisplayArrow := true
entryPrice := 0.0