This strategy is called “Pivot-based RSI Divergence Strategy”. It uses the divergence between RSI indicators at different cycles to determine entry and exit points, and adds long-term RSI as a filter condition to improve the stability of the strategy.
The strategy mainly judges the opportunity to buy when there is a “hidden bullish divergence” or “regular bullish divergence” between the short-term RSI (such as 5-day RSI) and price; and to sell when there is a “hidden bearish divergence” or “regular bearish divergence”.
A “regular bullish divergence” means that the price makes a new low while the RSI does not make a new low; a “hidden bullish divergence” is the opposite, the price does not make a new low while the RSI makes a new low. The “new lows” and “new highs” referred to in both definitions are relative to historical extremes over a certain rolling window.
In addition, the strategy also introduces long-term RSI (such as 50-day RSI) as a filter condition. It only considers buy signals when the long RSI is greater than 50; and considers stop loss or take profit exit when the long RSI is less than 30.
The biggest advantage of this strategy is that it utilizes both the RSI divergence signals on the short-term and the filter of long-term RSI, which can avoid being trapped and missing trends to some extent. Specifically, it has the following main advantages:
The strategy also has some risks to note:
Corresponding risk management measures include: reasonably setting stop loss/take profit conditions, controlling position sizing, partial profit-taking to smooth the equity curve, etc.
There is room for further optimization of the strategy:
This strategy combines the long/short RSI divergence signals of short-term and long-term to improve profitability while controlling risks. It reflects multiple principles in quantitative strategy design, including when to enter, when to exit, partial profit-taking, stop loss/take profit setting, etc. This is an exemplary RSI divergence strategy for reference.
/*backtest start: 2023-11-20 00:00:00 end: 2023-11-27 00:00:00 period: 5m 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/ // © mohanee //@version=4 //GOOGL setting 5 ,50 close, 3 , 1 profitLevel at 75 and No stop Loss shows win rate 99.03 % profit factor 5830.152 strategy(title="RSI5_50 with Divergence", overlay=false,pyramiding=2, default_qty_type=strategy.fixed, default_qty_value=3, initial_capital=10000, currency=currency.USD) len = input(title="RSI Period", minval=1, defval=5) longRSILen = input(title="Long RSI Period", minval=10, defval=50) src = input(title="RSI Source", defval=close) lbR = input(title="Pivot Lookback Right", defval=3) lbL = input(title="Pivot Lookback Left", defval=1) takeProfitRSILevel = input(title="Take Profit at RSI Level", minval=50, defval=75) stopLoss = input(title="Stop Loss%(if checked 8% rule applied)", defval=false) shortTermRSI = rsi(close,len) longTermRSI = rsi(close,longRSILen) rangeUpper = input(title="Max of Lookback Range", defval=60) rangeLower = input(title="Min of Lookback Range", defval=5) plotBull = input(title="Plot Bullish", defval=true) plotHiddenBull = input(title="Plot Hidden Bullish", defval=true) plotBear = input(title="Plot Bearish", defval=true) plotHiddenBear = input(title="Plot Hidden Bearish", defval=false) bearColor = color.purple bullColor = color.green hiddenBullColor = color.new(color.green, 80) hiddenBearColor = color.new(color.red, 80) textColor = color.white noneColor = color.new(color.white, 100) plot(shortTermRSI, title="RSI", linewidth=2, color=#8D1699) plot(longTermRSI, title="longTermRSI", linewidth=2, color=color.orange) hline(50, title="Middle Line", linestyle=hline.style_dotted) obLevel = hline(70, title="Overbought", linestyle=hline.style_dotted) osLevel = hline(30, title="Oversold", linestyle=hline.style_dotted) fill(obLevel, osLevel, title="Background", color=longTermRSI >=50 ? color.green:color.purple, transp=65) // longTermRSI >=50 plFound = na(pivotlow(shortTermRSI, lbL, lbR)) ? false : true phFound = na(pivothigh(shortTermRSI, lbL, lbR)) ? false : true _inRange(cond) => bars = barssince(cond == true) rangeLower <= bars and bars <= rangeUpper //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // Regular Bullish // shortTermRSI: Higher Low oscHL = shortTermRSI[lbR] > valuewhen(plFound, shortTermRSI[lbR], 1) and _inRange(plFound[1]) // Price: Lower Low priceLL = low[lbR] < valuewhen(plFound, low[lbR], 1) bullCond = plotBull and priceLL and oscHL and plFound plot( plFound ? shortTermRSI[lbR] : na, offset=-lbR, title="Regular Bullish", linewidth=2, color=(bullCond ? bullColor : noneColor), transp=0 ) plotshape( bullCond ? shortTermRSI[lbR] : na, offset=-lbR, title="Regular Bullish Label", text=" Bull ", style=shape.labelup, location=location.absolute, color=bullColor, textcolor=textColor, transp=0 ) //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // Hidden Bullish // shortTermRSI: Lower Low oscLL = shortTermRSI[lbR] < valuewhen(plFound, shortTermRSI[lbR], 1) and _inRange(plFound[1]) // Price: Higher Low priceHL = low[lbR] > valuewhen(plFound, low[lbR], 1) hiddenBullCond = plotHiddenBull and priceHL and oscLL and plFound plot( plFound ? shortTermRSI[lbR] : na, offset=-lbR, title="Hidden Bullish", linewidth=2, color=(hiddenBullCond ? hiddenBullColor : noneColor), transp=0 ) plotshape( hiddenBullCond ? shortTermRSI[lbR] : na, offset=-lbR, title="Hidden Bullish Label", text=" H Bull ", style=shape.labelup, location=location.absolute, color=bullColor, textcolor=textColor, transp=0 ) longCondition= longTermRSI >=50 and ( (bullCond or hiddenBullCond ) ) or (strategy.position_size>0 and crossover(shortTermRSI,20) ) //last condition above is to leg in if you are already in the Long trade, strategy.entry(id="RSIDivLE", long=true, when=longCondition) //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // Regular Bearish // shortTermRSI: Lower High oscLH = shortTermRSI[lbR] < valuewhen(phFound, shortTermRSI[lbR], 1) and _inRange(phFound[1]) // Price: Higher High priceHH = high[lbR] > valuewhen(phFound, high[lbR], 1) bearCond = plotBear and priceHH and oscLH and phFound plot( phFound ? shortTermRSI[lbR] : na, offset=-lbR, title="Regular Bearish", linewidth=2, color=(bearCond ? bearColor : noneColor), transp=0 ) plotshape( bearCond ? shortTermRSI[lbR] : na, offset=-lbR, title="Regular Bearish Label", text=" Bear ", style=shape.labeldown, location=location.absolute, color=bearColor, textcolor=textColor, transp=0 ) //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // Hidden Bearish // shortTermRSI: Higher High oscHH = shortTermRSI[lbR] > valuewhen(phFound, shortTermRSI[lbR], 1) and _inRange(phFound[1]) // Price: Lower High priceLH = high[lbR] < valuewhen(phFound, high[lbR], 1) hiddenBearCond = plotHiddenBear and priceLH and oscHH and phFound plot( phFound ? shortTermRSI[lbR] : na, offset=-lbR, title="Hidden Bearish", linewidth=2, color=(hiddenBearCond ? hiddenBearColor : noneColor), transp=0 ) plotshape( hiddenBearCond ? shortTermRSI[lbR] : na, offset=-lbR, title="Hidden Bearish Label", text=" H Bear ", style=shape.labeldown, location=location.absolute, color=bearColor, textcolor=textColor, transp=0 ) //calculate stop Loss stopLossVal = stopLoss==true ? ( strategy.position_avg_price - (strategy.position_avg_price*0.08) ) : 0 //partial profit strategy.close(id="RSIDivLE", comment="TP1", qty=strategy.position_size*3/4, when=strategy.position_size>0 and (longTermRSI>=takeProfitRSILevel or crossover(longTermRSI,90))) strategy.close(id="RSIDivLE",comment="TP2", qty=strategy.position_size*3/4 , when=crossover(longTermRSI,70)) strategy.close(id="RSIDivLE",comment="TP3", qty=strategy.position_size/2, when=crossover(longTermRSI,65)) strategy.close(id="RSIDivLE",comment="TP4", qty=strategy.position_size/2 , when=crossover(longTermRSI,60)) //close the whole position when stoploss hits or longTermRSI goes below 30 strategy.close(id="RSIDivLE",comment="Exit", when=crossunder(longTermRSI,30) or close<stopLossVal)