Open Drive Strategy

Author: ChaoZhang, Date: 2023-10-23 15:13:49
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Overview

The open drive strategy observes price behavior in the first 30 minutes after market open each trading day, identifies strong directional breakouts, and enters trend trades in that direction. It mainly utilizes the increased liquidity and trading volume after open, which can generate larger price swings and directional forces.

Strategy Logic

Use 30-minute bars, as there needs to be enough time to measure extreme price moves after open.
Identify bars opening during these time periods: 0700-0715, 0800-0815, 1300-1315, 1430-1445.
Check if open bar satisfies:
- Open near bar low, close near bar high (up bar)
- Or open near bar high, close near bar low (down bar)
- And high exceeds previous 5-bar high by 1 x 5-bar range, or low breaks previous 5-bar low by 1 x 5-bar range (breakout)
If above conditions met, enter trend trade in that direction 3 bars after signal bar.
Set stop loss at high/low of entry bar.
Hold position for 3 bars (90 mins), then exit.

Advantage Analysis

Captures strong directional moves resulting from high liquidity after open
Breakout filters avoid false signals from choppy conditions
Higher timeframe reduces over-trading
Stop loss avoids excessive losses

Risk Analysis

Fixed open time periods risk missing trending breakouts
Inadequate breakout threshold may filter valid signals
Fixed holding time cannot adapt to specific conditions
No trailing stop fails to follow trends

Consider:

Dynamically determine open period with more parameters
Optimize breakout threshold
Adjust holding time based on volatility
Add trailing stop procedures

Improvement Directions

Incorporate more indicators to improve signal quality
Enter trades on lower timeframes for more frequency
Optimize parameters like open period, breakout threshold, stops etc. based on backtests
Consider trailing stops, re-entries etc. to boost profits
Backtest across various products to find best fit

Summary

The open drive strategy follows trend by capturing strong directional breakouts after open. Compared to random entries, it provides better risk-reward characteristics. The key is proper parameter tuning, instrument selection, and balancing frequency and profitability. It suits experienced traders with additional analysis.

/*backtest
start: 2023-10-15 00:00:00
end: 2023-10-22 00:00:00
period: 10m
basePeriod: 1m
exchanges: [{"eid":"Futures_Binance","currency":"BTC_USDT"}]
*/

// This source code is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public License 2.0 at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/
// © Marcns_

//@version=5
// a script that highlights open drives around cash market opens throughout the day
// this indicator identifies the following cash open, open drives 0700 - 0715 / 0800 - 0815 / 1300 - 1315 / 1430 - 1445 
// an open drive is when a cash market opens and price runs either up or down away from the opening price, often this will be the high or the low the remainer of the session or day
// and often identify a trend session
strategy("Open Drive", commission_type =  strategy.commission.cash_per_contract, commission_value = 3.8 )

// open drive filter times - all times GMT
eu_sev = time(timeframe.period, "0700-0715", "GB")
eu_eig = time(timeframe.period, "0800-0815", "GB")
us_one = time(timeframe.period, "1300-1315", "GB")
us_two = time(timeframe.period, "1430-1445", "GB")


// identify bar that opens at low and closes at high + vice versa 
// bar needs to open at one extreme and close at another 
TrndExThreshold_Open = 0.15
TrndExThreshold_Close = 0.15

// add a bar range expansion filter - range of bar correlates to volume, high volume = wider range. This script will be able to filter for a break of a 5 bar range +100% or -100%

fbhi = ta.highest(5)
fblo = ta.lowest(5)

fbr = (fbhi - fblo)

RangeEx_up = 0.0

if high >= (fbhi[1] + fbr[1])
    RangeEx_up := 1.0
else
    na

// range ex down

RangeEx_do = 0.0

if low <= (fblo[1] - fbr[1]) 
    RangeEx_do := 1.0
else
    na


//#1 open within 5% of low

OpenAtLow = 0.0 

if (close > open) and (open-low) / (high-low) < TrndExThreshold_Open
    OpenAtLow := 1.0
else 
    na 

//#2 close within 5% of high
    
CloseAtHigh = 0.0

if (close > open) and (high-close) / (high-low) < TrndExThreshold_Close
    CloseAtHigh := 1.0
else
    na 

OD_Up = 0.0

if (OpenAtLow + CloseAtHigh + RangeEx_up == 3.0) and ( eu_sev or eu_eig or us_one or us_two)
    OD_Up := 1
else
    na

plot(OD_Up, title = "OD_up")



OpenAtHigh = 0.0 

if (close < open) and (high-open) / (high-low) < TrndExThreshold_Open
    OpenAtHigh := 1.0
else 
    na 

//#2 close within 5% of high
    
CloseAtLow = 0.0

if (close < open) and (close-low) / (high-low) < TrndExThreshold_Close
    CloseAtLow := 1.0
else
    na 

OD_Down = 0.0

if (OpenAtHigh + CloseAtLow + RangeEx_do == 3.0) and ( eu_sev or eu_eig or us_one or us_two)
    OD_Down := -1
else
    na

plot(OD_Down, title = "OD_down", color = color.red)


//3sma

ma = ta.sma(close,3)

// one time framing - highlight bars the make a series of lower highs or higher lows to identify trend 
// one time frame up 
otf_u = 0.0

if close > ma and close[1] > ma[1]
    otf_u := 1
else
    na
// one time frame down 
otf_d = 0.0

if close < ma and close[1] < ma[1]
    otf_d := 1
else
    na


//bgcolor(otf_u ? color.rgb(76, 175, 79, 70) : na)
//bgcolor(otf_d ? color.rgb(255, 82, 82, 66) : na)

// record high and low of entry bar into variable for absolute stop
// buy stop
bs = 0.0

if OD_Up
    bs := low[1]
else
    na

// sell stop
ss = 0.0

if OD_Down
    ss := high[1]
else
    na




// strategy entry and exits 
// long
if OD_Up
    strategy.entry("el", strategy.long, 2)
if ta.barssince(OD_Up)> 3 
    strategy.exit(id = "ex" , from_entry = "el", limit = close)

// short 
if OD_Down
    strategy.entry("es", strategy.short, 2)
if ta.barssince(OD_Down)> 3
    strategy.exit(id = "ex" , from_entry = "es", limit = close)

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