This is a tracking stop loss trading strategy based on moving average. It uses two EMA lines with different periods to generate golden cross and dead cross signals for long and short trades. Meanwhile, the strategy utilizes percentage or fixed points method to trail stop loss and take profit levels. This allows the strategy to lock in profits while effectively controlling risks.
The strategy employs fast and slow EMA lines. The fast EMA reacts sensitively while the slow EMA moves in a more stable manner. Golden cross is formed when the two lines move up to intersect, generating buy signals. Dead cross occurs when they intersect downwards, prompting sell signals. This is the underlying rationale behind moving average strategies.
On top of that, the strategy trails stop loss and profit target once trade is entered. Specifically, the stop loss and profit target levels will adjust towards favorable direction as price fluctuates. This allows profits to be locked while risks are capped. The trailing pace can be configured using percentage or fixed points. This makes the stop loss and take profit mechanism more flexible and intelligent.
The strategy integrates the strengths of moving average signaling and trend tracking techniques. It demonstrates steady and stellar performance over long term and possesses practical value for live trading. Further improvements can be achieved through parameter tuning and combination optimization. The strategy merits real-world verification.
/*backtest start: 2023-01-31 00:00:00 end: 2024-01-31 00:00:00 period: 1d basePeriod: 1h 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/ // © Sharad_Gaikwad //@version=5 strategy("Traling.SL.Target", overlay=true, process_orders_on_close = true, max_labels_count = 500) // << Parameters section { _1 = input.bool(title = "━━━━━━━ ↓ Pivot parameters for trade ↓ ━━━━━━━", defval = false) fast_len = input.int(title = 'Fast len', defval = 20) slow_len = input.int(title = 'Slow len', defval = 50) label_bg_color = input.color(title = 'BG color for ongoing trade SL/Target label', defval=color.white) sl_target_method = input.string(title = 'Method to be used for SL/Target trailing', defval='% Based Target and SL', options = ['% Based Target and SL','Fix point Based Target and SL']) _2 = input.bool(title = "━━━━━━━ ↓ % Based Target and SL ↓ ━━━━━━━", defval = true) initial_profit_percent = input.float(title = 'Inital profit %', defval = 1) / 100 initial_sl_percent = input.float(title = 'Inital SL %', defval = 1) / 100 initiate_trailing_percent = input.float(title = 'Initiate trailing %', defval = 0.5, tooltip = 'Initiate trailing of target and SL after change in price in % after taking trade') / 100 trail_profit_percent = input.float(title = 'Trail profit by %', defval = 0.3) / 100 trail_sl_percent = input.float(title = 'Trail SL by %', defval = 0.3) / 100 _3 = input.bool(title = "━━━━━━━ ↓ Fix point Based Target and SL ↓ ━━━━━━━", defval = false) initial_profit_points = input.float(title = 'Inital profit target points', defval = 100) initial_sl_points = input.float(title = 'Inital SL points', defval = 50) initiate_trailing_points = input.float(title = 'Initiate trailing points', defval = 60, tooltip = 'Initiate trailing of target and SL after change in price in points after taking trade') trail_profit_points = input.float(title = 'Trail profit by points', defval = 25) trail_sl_points = input.float(title = 'Trail SL by %', defval = 30) // } Parameters section >> // } << Common function { tab = table.new(position=position.bottom_right, columns=7, rows=200,frame_color = color.yellow, frame_width = 1) msg(int row, int col, string msg_str, clr=color.blue) => table.cell(table_id=tab, column=col, row=row, text=msg_str, text_color=clr) getVal(val) => ret_val = na(val) ? 0 : val t(val) => str.tostring(val, "0.00") timeToString(int _t) => str.tostring(dayofmonth(_t), '00') + '/' + str.tostring(month(_t), '00') + '/' + str.tostring(year(_t), '0000') + ' ' + str.tostring(hour(_t), '00') + ':' + str.tostring(minute(_t), '00') + ':' + str.tostring(second(_t), '00') // } Common functions>> // Variable declarations { percent_based = sl_target_method == '% Based Target and SL' ? true : false var initial_long_entry_price = float(na) var initial_short_entry_price = float(na) var long_target = float(na) var long_sl = float(na) var short_target = float(na) var short_sl = float(na) var long_entry_price = float(na) var short_entry_price = float(na) var initial_long_percent_target = float(na) var initial_long_percent_sl = float(na) var initial_long_point_target = float(na) var initial_long_point_sl = float(na) var initial_short_percent_target = float(na) var initial_short_percent_sl = float(na) var initial_short_point_target = float(na) var initial_short_point_sl = float(na) var is_long = bool(na) var is_short = bool(na) var trail_long_iteration = int(na) var trail_short_iteration = int(na) // } // derive important variable values // Strategy logic fast_ema = ta.ema(close, fast_len) slow_ema = ta.ema(close, slow_len) plot(fast_ema, color = color.red) plot(slow_ema, color = color.green) go_long = ta.crossover(fast_ema, slow_ema) and strategy.position_size == 0 go_short = ta.crossunder(fast_ema, slow_ema) and strategy.position_size == 0 // barcolor(ph ? color.purple : na, offset = -lb) // barcolor(pl ? color.yellow : na, offset = -lb) // barcolor(ph ? color.white : na) // barcolor(pl ? color.blue : na) // //trailing logic for long long_trailing_point = percent_based ? (close >= long_entry_price + (long_entry_price * initiate_trailing_percent)) : (close >= long_entry_price + initiate_trailing_points) short_trailing_point = percent_based ? (close <= short_entry_price - (short_entry_price * initiate_trailing_percent)) : (close >= short_entry_price - initiate_trailing_points) if(is_long and long_trailing_point) // initial_long_percent_target = initial_long_percent_target + (initial_long_percent_target * trail_profit_percent) // initial_long_percent_sl = initial_long_percent_sl - (initial_long_percent_sl * trail_sl_percent) // initial_long_point_target = initial_long_point_target + trail_profit_points // initial_long_point_sl = initial_long_point_sl - trail_sl_points trail_long_iteration := trail_long_iteration + 1 long_target := percent_based ? (long_target + (long_target * trail_profit_percent)) : (long_target + trail_profit_points) long_sl := percent_based ? (long_sl + (long_sl * trail_sl_percent)) : (long_sl + trail_sl_points) long_entry_price := percent_based ? (long_entry_price + (long_entry_price * initiate_trailing_percent)) : (long_entry_price + initiate_trailing_points) if(is_short and short_trailing_point) // initial_short_percent_target = initial_short_percent_target - (initial_short_percent_target * trail_profit_percent) // initial_short_percent_sl = initial_short_percent_sl + (initial_short_percent_sl * trail_sl_percent) // initial_short_point_target = initial_short_point_target - trail_profit_points // initial_short_point_sl = initial_short_point_sl + trail_sl_points trail_short_iteration := trail_short_iteration + 1 short_target := percent_based ? (short_target - (short_target * trail_profit_percent)) : (short_target - trail_profit_points) short_sl := percent_based ? (short_sl - (short_sl * trail_sl_percent)) : (short_sl - trail_sl_points) short_entry_price := percent_based ? (short_entry_price - (short_entry_price * initiate_trailing_percent)) : (short_entry_price - initiate_trailing_points) if(go_long) is_long := true is_short := false trail_long_iteration := 0 trail_short_iteration := 0 initial_long_entry_price := close long_entry_price := close initial_long_percent_target := close + (close * initial_profit_percent) initial_long_percent_sl := close - (close * initial_sl_percent) initial_long_point_target := close + initial_profit_points initial_long_point_sl := close - initial_sl_points long_target := percent_based ? initial_long_percent_target : initial_long_point_target long_sl := percent_based ? initial_long_percent_sl : initial_long_point_sl strategy.entry(id = 'Long', direction = strategy.long) if(go_short) is_long := false is_short := true trail_long_iteration := 0 trail_short_iteration := 0 initial_short_entry_price := close short_entry_price := close initial_short_percent_target := close - (close * initial_profit_percent) initial_short_percent_sl := close + (close * initial_sl_percent) initial_short_point_target := close - initial_profit_points initial_short_point_sl := close + initial_sl_points short_target := percent_based ? initial_short_percent_target : initial_short_point_target short_sl := percent_based ? initial_short_percent_sl : initial_short_point_sl strategy.entry(id = 'Short', direction = strategy.short) method = percent_based ? '% Based' : 'Fixed Points' long_tooltip = 'Long @ ' + timeToString(time) + '\n' + 'Method : ' + method + '\n' + 'Initial Trade Price: ' + t(initial_long_entry_price) + '\n' + 'Inital Target : ' + t(long_target) + '\n' + 'Inital SL : ' + t(long_sl) short_tooltip = 'Short @ ' + timeToString(time) + '\n' + 'Method : ' + method + '\n' + 'Initial Trade Price: ' + t(initial_short_entry_price) + '\n' + 'Inital Target : ' + t(short_target) + '\n' + 'Inital SL : ' + t(short_sl) label.new(go_long ? bar_index : na, go_long ? bar_index : na, style = label.style_diamond, yloc = yloc.belowbar, color = color.green, size=size.tiny, tooltip = long_tooltip) label.new(go_short ? bar_index : na, go_short ? bar_index : na, style = label.style_diamond, yloc = yloc.abovebar, color = color.red, size=size.tiny, tooltip = short_tooltip) trail_long_tooltip = 'Trail @ ' + timeToString(time) + '\n' + 'Iteration no : ' + t(trail_long_iteration) + '\n' + 'New Target : ' + t(long_target) + '\n' + 'New SL : ' + t(long_sl) trail_short_tooltip = 'Trail @ ' + timeToString(time) + '\n' + 'Iteration no : ' + t(trail_short_iteration) + '\n' + 'New Target : ' + t(short_target) + '\n' + 'New SL : ' + t(short_sl) label.new(is_long and long_trailing_point and strategy.position_size > 0 ? bar_index : na, is_long and long_trailing_point and strategy.position_size > 0 ? bar_index : na, text = str.tostring(trail_long_iteration), style = label.style_circle, textcolor = color.white, yloc = yloc.belowbar, color = color.green, size=size.tiny, tooltip = trail_long_tooltip) label.new(is_short and short_trailing_point and strategy.position_size < 0 ? bar_index : na, is_short and short_trailing_point and strategy.position_size < 0 ? bar_index : na, text = str.tostring(trail_short_iteration), style = label.style_circle, textcolor = color.white, yloc = yloc.abovebar, color = color.red, size=size.tiny, tooltip = trail_short_tooltip) strategy.close(id = 'Long', when = close <= long_sl, comment = 'SL') strategy.close(id = 'Short', when = close >= short_sl, comment = 'SL') strategy.close(id = 'Long', when = close >= long_target, comment = 'Target') strategy.close(id = 'Short', when = close <= short_target, comment = 'Target') // no_of_labels = 1 // label_q(_array, _val) => // array.push(_array, _val) // _return = array.shift(_array) // var target_label = float(na) // var sl_label = float(na) // if(strategy.position_size > 0) // target_label := long_target // sl_label := long_sl // else if(strategy.position_size < 0) // target_label := short_target // sl_label := short_sl // else // target_label := float(na) // sl_label := float(na) // var label[] target_array = array.new_label(no_of_labels) // label.delete(label_q(target_array, label.new(bar_index, target_label, "Target:"+t(target_label), style = label.style_label_down, color = label_bg_color, size=size.small, textcolor = color.green))) // var label[] sl_array = array.new_label(no_of_labels) // label.delete(label_q(sl_array, label.new(bar_index, sl_label, "SL:"+t(sl_label), style = label.style_label_up, color = label_bg_color, size=size.small, textcolor = color.red)))