The Triple Confirmation Trend Tracking strategy captures trend signals with high probability by combining signals from three major indicators - Moving Average, Heiken Ashi and Supertrend. When all three indicators give buy or sell signals simultaneously, the strategy will enter trades timely to track trends. When trend reverses, the strategy will quickly stop loss and even open reverse positions.
The strategy uses a Moving Average of 52 periods to determine the main trend direction. When price crosses above MA, it indicates an upward trend. When price crosses below MA, it indicates a downward trend.
The strategy also uses Heiken Ashi to identify secondary short-term reversals. Heiken Ashi is calculated similarly to Moving Average but with open prices instead of close prices, thus able to reflect reversal signals faster. When price crosses above a falling Heiken Ashi line, it signals stabilizing rebound. When price crosses below a rising Heiken Ashi line, it signals short-term pullback.
Additionally, the strategy incorporates Supertrend indicator to spot key reversal points. Supertrend combines ATR and price data to dynamically adjust upper/lower channel bands and hence effectively judge reversals.
Only when signs of all three indicators line up, the strategy will go long. When all three give sell signals, the strategy will open short positions. The triple confirmation mechanism filters out false signals substantially and ensures high-probability setups.
The combinted signals of Moving Average, Heiken Ashi and Supertren from different dimensions ensure high-probability entry.
The introduction of Heiken Ashi ensures fast response to short-term reversals. The adaptive Supertrend channel also tracks price changes timely.
The inbuilt auto profit-taking and stop-loss mechanism dynamically adjusts profit/loss levels based on ATR, effectively capping losses per trade.
The abundance of trading signals may incur over-trading. Moderately increasing the MA period helps to limit trade frequency.
Heiken Ashi and Supertrend may falsely identiy key reversals. Additional filter conditions on indicator parameters can enhance reversal reliability.
In raging markets, repetitive crossover signals may trigger frequent opening and stop loss of positions, causing losses. Recognizing and sidelining ranging mode will avoid such losses.
Volatility indicators like Bollinger Bands could help avoid opening new trades when price stretches near the bands. This effectively prevents whipsaw loss risks.
Extra auxiliary indicators like KDJ and MACD can provide additional layers of confirmation signals, allowing only qualified setups to pass through. This further screens out false signals.
The profit-taking mechanism can be upgraded in various ways, like trail stop, exponential trail stop, partial exit at interval etc., to harvest profit as much as possible in a steady manner.
The Triple Confirmation Trend Tracking Strategy fully leverages the strengths of Moving Average, Heiken Ashi and Supertrend to determine trend signals with high accuracy. The embedded automated profit-taking and stop-loss mechanism also effectively limits per trade loss. Potential areas for further enhancements include incorporating other filters before entry, as well as innovating the profit-taking techniques, in order to make the strategy more practical.
/*backtest start: 2024-01-01 00:00:00 end: 2024-01-31 23:59:59 period: 1h basePeriod: 15m exchanges: [{"eid":"Futures_Binance","currency":"BTC_USDT"}] */ //@version=5 //custom variables hei_col = 0 //1 for green 0 for red qqe_col = 0 //1 for blue 0 for red supa_col = 0 //1 for buy 0 for sell float upratr=0 float lwratr=0 //end strategy(title='Death_star', overlay=true,calc_on_every_tick = true) ma_type = input.string(title='MA Type', defval='EMA', options=['EMA', 'SMA', 'SWMA', 'VWMA', 'WMA']) ma_period = input.int(title='MA Period (Length)', defval=52, minval=1) ma_period_smoothing = input.int(title='MA Period smoothing (Length)', defval=10, minval=1) color_positive = input(title='Positive color (Bullish)', defval=color.new(#26A69A, 50)) color_negative = input(title='Negative color (Bearish)', defval=color.new(#EF5350, 50)) color_hl = input(title='High & Low cloud color', defval=color.new(#808080, 80)) show_line = input(title='Show (lines)', defval=false) show_hl_cloud = input(title='Show (High & Low cloud)', defval=true) show_oc_cloud = input(title='Show (Open & Close cloud)', defval=true) //———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— // I.2. Settings, Function definition — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — //———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— f_ma_type(input_ma_type, input_source, input_ma_period) => result = float(na) if input_ma_type == 'EMA' result := ta.ema(input_source, input_ma_period) result if input_ma_type == 'SMA' result := ta.sma(input_source, input_ma_period) result if input_ma_type == 'SWMA' result := ta.swma(input_source) result if input_ma_type == 'VWMA' result := ta.vwma(input_source, input_ma_period) result if input_ma_type == 'WMA' result := ta.wma(input_source, input_ma_period) result result //———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— // II.1. Calculations, MA — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — //———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— o = f_ma_type(ma_type, open, ma_period) c = f_ma_type(ma_type, close, ma_period) h = f_ma_type(ma_type, high, ma_period) l = f_ma_type(ma_type, low, ma_period) //———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— // II.2. Calculations, Heikin Ashi — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — //———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ha = ticker.heikinashi(syminfo.tickerid) ha_o = request.security(ha, timeframe.period, o) ha_c = request.security(ha, timeframe.period, c) ha_h = request.security(ha, timeframe.period, h) ha_l = request.security(ha, timeframe.period, l) //———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— // II.3. Calculations, MA (Smoothing) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — //———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ha_o_smooth = f_ma_type(ma_type, ha_o, ma_period_smoothing) ha_c_smooth = f_ma_type(ma_type, ha_c, ma_period_smoothing) ha_h_smooth = f_ma_type(ma_type, ha_h, ma_period_smoothing) ha_l_smooth = f_ma_type(ma_type, ha_l, ma_period_smoothing) //———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— // III.1. Display, Colors — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — //———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— tren = ha_c_smooth >= ha_o_smooth color_trend = tren ? color_positive : color_negative hei_col := tren ? 1 : 0 color_show_line_positive = show_line ? color_positive : na color_show_line_negative = show_line ? color_negative : na color_show_hl_cloud = show_hl_cloud ? color_hl : na color_show_oc_cloud = show_oc_cloud ? color_trend : na //———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— // III.2. Display, Plotting & Filling — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — //———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— o_line = plot(ha_o_smooth, color=color_show_line_positive, title='Open line') c_line = plot(ha_c_smooth, color=color_show_line_negative, title='Close line') h_line = plot(ha_h_smooth, color=color_show_line_positive, title='High line') l_line = plot(ha_l_smooth, color=color_show_line_negative, title='Low line') fill(o_line, c_line, color=color_show_oc_cloud, title='Open & Close Trendcloud', transp=90) fill(h_line, l_line, color=color_show_hl_cloud, title='High & Low Trendcloud', transp=90) upratr:=(ha_h_smooth) lwratr:=(ha_l_smooth) // supa Periods = input(title='ATR Period', defval=9) src = input(hl2, title='Source') Multiplier = input.float(title='ATR Multiplier', step=0.1, defval=3.9) changeATR = input(title='Change ATR Calculation Method ?', defval=true) showsignals = input(title='Show Buy/Sell Signals ?', defval=true) highlighting = input(title='Highlighter On/Off ?', defval=true) atr2 = ta.sma(ta.tr, Periods) atr = changeATR ? ta.atr(Periods) : atr2 up = src - Multiplier * atr up1 = nz(up[1], up) up := close[1] > up1 ? math.max(up, up1) : up dn = src + Multiplier * atr dn1 = nz(dn[1], dn) dn := close[1] < dn1 ? math.min(dn, dn1) : dn trend = 1 trend := nz(trend[1], trend) trend := trend == -1 and close > dn1 ? 1 : trend == 1 and close < up1 ? -1 : trend upPlot = plot(trend == 1 ? up : na, title='Up Trend', style=plot.style_linebr, linewidth=2, color=color.new(color.green, 0)) buySignal = trend == 1 and trend[1] == -1 plotshape(buySignal ? up : na, title='UpTrend Begins', location=location.absolute, style=shape.circle, size=size.tiny, color=color.new(color.green, 0)) plotshape(buySignal and showsignals ? up : na, title='Buy', text='Buy', location=location.absolute, style=shape.labelup, size=size.tiny, color=color.new(color.green, 0), textcolor=color.new(color.white, 0)) dnPlot = plot(trend == 1 ? na : dn, title='Down Trend', style=plot.style_linebr, linewidth=2, color=color.new(color.red, 0)) sellSignal = trend == -1 and trend[1] == 1 plotshape(sellSignal ? dn : na, title='DownTrend Begins', location=location.absolute, style=shape.circle, size=size.tiny, color=color.new(color.red, 0)) plotshape(sellSignal and showsignals ? dn : na, title='Sell', text='Sell', location=location.absolute, style=shape.labeldown, size=size.tiny, color=color.new(color.red, 0), textcolor=color.new(color.white, 0)) mPlot = plot(ohlc4, title='', style=plot.style_circles, linewidth=0) longFillColor = highlighting ? trend == 1 ? color.green : color.white : color.white shortFillColor = highlighting ? trend == -1 ? color.red : color.white : color.white supa_col := trend == 1 ? 1 : 0 fill(mPlot, upPlot, title='UpTrend Highligter', color=longFillColor, transp=90) fill(mPlot, dnPlot, title='DownTrend Highligter', color=shortFillColor, transp=90) alertcondition(buySignal, title='SuperTrend Buy', message='SuperTrend Buy!') alertcondition(sellSignal, title='SuperTrend Sell', message='SuperTrend Sell!') changeCond = trend != trend[1] alertcondition(changeCond, title='SuperTrend Direction Change', message='SuperTrend has changed direction!') //QQE //By Glaz, Modified //study("QQE MOD") RSI_Period = input(6, title='RSI Length') SF = input(5, title='RSI Smoothing') QQE = input(3, title='Fast QQE Factor') ThreshHold = input(3, title='Thresh-hold') // srctt = input(close, title='RSI Source') // // Wilders_Period = RSI_Period * 2 - 1 Rsi = ta.rsi(srctt, RSI_Period) RsiMa = ta.ema(Rsi, SF) AtrRsi = math.abs(RsiMa[1] - RsiMa) MaAtrRsi = ta.ema(AtrRsi, Wilders_Period) dar = ta.ema(MaAtrRsi, Wilders_Period) * QQE longband = 0.0 shortband = 0.0 trenda = 0 DeltaFastAtrRsi = dar RSIndex = RsiMa newshortband = RSIndex + DeltaFastAtrRsi newlongband = RSIndex - DeltaFastAtrRsi longband := RSIndex[1] > longband[1] and RSIndex > longband[1] ? math.max(longband[1], newlongband) : newlongband shortband := RSIndex[1] < shortband[1] and RSIndex < shortband[1] ? math.min(shortband[1], newshortband) : newshortband cross_1 = ta.cross(longband[1], RSIndex) trenda := ta.cross(RSIndex, shortband[1]) ? 1 : cross_1 ? -1 : nz(trenda[1], 1) FastAtrRsiTL = trenda == 1 ? longband : shortband //////////////////// length = input.int(50, minval=1, title='Bollinger Length') mult = input.float(0.35, minval=0.001, maxval=5, step=0.1, title='BB Multiplier') basis = ta.sma(FastAtrRsiTL - 50, length) dev = mult * ta.stdev(FastAtrRsiTL - 50, length) upper = basis + dev lower = basis - dev color_bar = RsiMa - 50 > upper ? #00c3ff : RsiMa - 50 < lower ? #ff0062 : color.gray // // Zero cross QQEzlong = 0 QQEzlong := nz(QQEzlong[1]) QQEzshort = 0 QQEzshort := nz(QQEzshort[1]) QQEzlong := RSIndex >= 50 ? QQEzlong + 1 : 0 QQEzshort := RSIndex < 50 ? QQEzshort + 1 : 0 // //Zero = hline(0, color=color.rgb(116, 26, 26), linestyle=hline.style_dotted, linewidth=1) //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// RSI_Period2 = input(6, title='RSI Length') SF2 = input(5, title='RSI Smoothing') QQE2 = input(1.61, title='Fast QQE2 Factor') ThreshHold2 = input(3, title='Thresh-hold') src2 = input(close, title='RSI Source') // // Wilders_Period2 = RSI_Period2 * 2 - 1 Rsi2 = ta.rsi(src2, RSI_Period2) RsiMa2 = ta.ema(Rsi2, SF2) AtrRsi2 = math.abs(RsiMa2[1] - RsiMa2) MaAtrRsi2 = ta.ema(AtrRsi2, Wilders_Period2) dar2 = ta.ema(MaAtrRsi2, Wilders_Period2) * QQE2 longband2 = 0.0 shortband2 = 0.0 trend2 = 0 DeltaFastAtrRsi2 = dar2 RSIndex2 = RsiMa2 newshortband2 = RSIndex2 + DeltaFastAtrRsi2 newlongband2 = RSIndex2 - DeltaFastAtrRsi2 longband2 := RSIndex2[1] > longband2[1] and RSIndex2 > longband2[1] ? math.max(longband2[1], newlongband2) : newlongband2 shortband2 := RSIndex2[1] < shortband2[1] and RSIndex2 < shortband2[1] ? math.min(shortband2[1], newshortband2) : newshortband2 cross_2 = ta.cross(longband2[1], RSIndex2) trend2 := ta.cross(RSIndex2, shortband2[1]) ? 1 : cross_2 ? -1 : nz(trend2[1], 1) FastAtrRsi2TL = trend2 == 1 ? longband2 : shortband2 // // Zero cross QQE2zlong = 0 QQE2zlong := nz(QQE2zlong[1]) QQE2zshort = 0 QQE2zshort := nz(QQE2zshort[1]) QQE2zlong := RSIndex2 >= 50 ? QQE2zlong + 1 : 0 QQE2zshort := RSIndex2 < 50 ? QQE2zshort + 1 : 0 // hcolor2 = RsiMa2 - 50 > ThreshHold2 ? color.silver : RsiMa2 - 50 < 0 - ThreshHold2 ? color.silver : na // plot(FastAtrRsi2TL - 50, title='QQE Line', color=color.new(color.white, 0), linewidth=2) // plot(RsiMa2 - 50, color=hcolor2, title='Histo2', style=plot.style_columns, transp=50) Greenbar1 = RsiMa2 - 50 > ThreshHold2 Greenbar2 = RsiMa - 50 > upper Redbar1 = RsiMa2 - 50 < 0 - ThreshHold2 Redbar2 = RsiMa - 50 < lower // plot(Greenbar1 and Greenbar2 == 1 ? RsiMa2 - 50 : na, title='QQE Up', style=plot.style_columns, color=color.new(#00c3ff, 0)) // plot(Redbar1 and Redbar2 == 1 ? RsiMa2 - 50 : na, title='QQE Down', style=plot.style_columns, color=color.new(#ff0062, 0)) qqe_col:=Greenbar1 and Greenbar2 == 1 ?1:(Redbar1 and Redbar2 == 1 ?0:-1) //lab=label.new(bar_index,50,str.tostring(qqe_col)) // //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // //custom code // //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // sma=((lhitt+shitt)/cnt) // plot(sma*1000) // plot(250,color=color.red) //begin sess=input("0916-1200","time for reversals!!") v=time(timeframe.period,sess) rr=input.float(1,"enter the reward..def is 3") on=na(v)?false:true bool daybreak=input.bool(false,"daybreak ? true means day end close") bool apply_on=input.bool(true,"do u want time for reversal?") apply_on:=not apply_on test=input.int(2,"train(0) test(1) all(2)?") // if str.tonumber(timeframe.period)!=5 // runtime.error("backtests and stocks only valid for 5 min tf!!") on:=apply_on or on pts=1/syminfo.mintick var float sl=0 var float profit=0 // var dud=0 // var counter=0 var con_win=0 var con_lose=0 var tempwin=0 var templose=0 //adding analytics variables var float[] stararr=array.new_float(10,-1) var float[] sslarr=array.new_float(10,-1) var float skipper=-1 var float[] ltararr=array.new_float(10,-1) var float[] lslarr=array.new_float(10,-1) var float lhit=0 var float shit=0 var float miss=0 var float cnt=0 var lflag=0 var sflag=0 var i=0 var dud=0 var gap=0 float begin=0 float end=0 // ei_col = 0 //1 for green 0 for red // qqe_col = 0 //1 for blue 0 for red // supa_col = 0 //plot(i) //code begins here if test==0 begin:=0 end:=5500/2 else if test==1 begin:=5500/2 end:=bar_index else if test==2 begin:=0 end:=bar_index if hei_col==1 and qqe_col==1 and supa_col==1 and lflag==0 and low>upratr and bar_index>=begin and bar_index<=end and on lflag:=1 sflag:=0 if array.get(lslarr,i)!=-1 dud:=dud+1 array.set(lslarr,i,upratr) array.set(ltararr,i,(close+rr*(close-upratr))) cnt:=cnt+1 skipper:=i // lab=label.new(bar_index,close+100,str.tostring(array.get(lslarr,i)) +"\n"+ str.tostring(array.get(ltararr,i)) +"\n"+str.tostring(i)) i:=(i+1)%9 strategy.order("long_"+str.tostring(i-1),strategy.long,1) strategy.order("sl_l"+str.tostring(i-1),strategy.short,stop=upratr,oca_name = "exit"+str.tostring(i-1)) strategy.order("target_l"+str.tostring(i-1),strategy.short,limit=((close+rr*(close-upratr))),oca_name = "exit"+str.tostring(i-1)) if hei_col==0 and qqe_col==0 and supa_col==0 and sflag==0 and high<lwratr and bar_index>=begin and bar_index<=end and on sflag:=1 lflag:=0 if array.get(sslarr,i)!=-1 dud:=dud+1 array.set(sslarr,i,lwratr) array.set(stararr,i,(close-rr*(lwratr-close))) skipper:=i // lab=label.new(bar_index,close+100,str.tostring(array.get(sslarr,i)) +"\n"+ str.tostring(array.get(stararr,i)) +"\n"+str.tostring(i)) i:=(i+1)%9 cnt:=cnt+1 strategy.order("short_"+str.tostring(i-1),strategy.short,1) strategy.order("sl_s"+str.tostring(i-1),strategy.long,stop=lwratr,oca_name = "exit"+str.tostring(i-1)) strategy.order("target_s"+str.tostring(i-1),strategy.long,limit=((close-rr*(lwratr-close))),oca_name = "exit"+str.tostring(i-1)) for j=0 to 9 if array.get(lslarr,j)!=-1 and j!=skipper if low < array.get(lslarr,j) and array.get(lslarr,j)!=-1// and open>array.get(lslarr,j) miss:=miss+1 array.set(ltararr,j,-1) array.set(lslarr,j,-1) else if high > array.get(ltararr,j) and array.get(lslarr,j)!=-1 //and open<array.get(ltararr,j) lhit:=lhit+1 array.set(ltararr,j,-1) array.set(lslarr,j,-1) if array.get(sslarr,j)!=-1 and j!=skipper if high > array.get(sslarr,j) and array.get(sslarr,j)!=-1 //and open<array.get(sslarr,j) miss:=miss+1 array.set(stararr,j,-1) array.set(sslarr,j,-1) else if low < array.get(stararr,j) and array.get(sslarr,j)!=-1 //and open>array.get(stararr,j) shit:=shit+1 array.set(stararr,j,-1) array.set(sslarr,j,-1) skipper:=-1 var day_miss=0 string ender="" if (timeframe.period)=="1" ender:="1528-1529" else if (timeframe.period)=="5" ender:="1520-1525" else if (timeframe.period)=="15" ender:="1500-1515" else if (timeframe.period)=="60" ender:="1330-1430" else //runtime.error("not accounted tf!!") daybreak:=false if time(timeframe.period,ender) and daybreak if strategy.position_size!=0 day_miss+=1 strategy.cancel_all() strategy.close_all("day_end_close") for k=0 to (array.size(stararr)==0?na:(array.size(stararr)-1)) array.set(stararr,k,-1) array.set(sslarr,k,-1) array.set(ltararr,k,-1) array.set(lslarr,k,-1) i:=0 if (lhit+shit)>(lhit[1]+shit[1]) tempwin:=tempwin+1 templose:=0 else if (miss)>(miss[1]) templose:=templose+1 tempwin:=0 if tempwin>con_win con_win:=tempwin if templose>con_lose con_lose:=templose // //*********************adding randomness indicator************ var float nhit=0,var float nphit=0 if cnt%10==0 and cnt>0 nhit:=(lhit+shit)-nphit nphit:=(lhit+shit) t=table.new(position.top_right,1,6,bgcolor = color.rgb(236, 172, 172)) table.cell(t,0,0,str.tostring(((lhit+shit)/cnt)*100)) table.cell(t,0,1,str.tostring(((lhit+shit)/(lhit+shit+miss))*100)) table.cell(t,0,2,"daymiss "+str.tostring(day_miss)) //table.cell(t,0,1,str.tostring(((lhit)/cnt)*100)) //table.cell(t,0,2,str.tostring(((shit)/cnt)*100)) table.cell(t,0,3,str.tostring(con_win)) // table.cell(t,0,4,str.tostring(gap)) table.cell(t,0,4,str.tostring(con_lose)) table.cell(t,0,5,str.tostring(cnt)) //plot(1000*cnt,color =color.rgb(105, 28, 28)) // // plot(40000+lhit+shit,color=strategy.closedtrades%10==0?color.green:color.white,style=plot.style_circles) //plot(1000*(lhit+shit),color=color.green) //plot(1000*miss,color=color.red) // // hitrate=strategy.wintrades/strategy.closedtrades // // plot(hitrate*100) // // plot(strategy.wintrades) //plot(nhit*10000) //dud is overwritten trades whereas day_miss are the trades closed at days end // sma=(lhit+shit)/(lhit+shit+miss) // plot(sma*100000) // plot(50000,color=color.red) // plot(con_win*1000,color=color.green) // plot(con_lose*1000,color=color.red) var float[] dat=array.new_float(10,-1) var dati=0 var float datp=0 if miss>miss[1] for cd=0 to ((miss-miss[1])-1) array.set(dat,dati,0) dati:=(dati+1)%10 if (lhit+shit)>(lhit[1]+shit[1]) for cd=0 to ( ((lhit+shit)-(lhit[1]+shit[1])) -1) array.set(dat,dati,1) dati:=(dati+1)%10 if array.get(dat,9)!=-1 for cd=0 to 9 datp:=datp+array.get(dat,cd) plot((datp/10)*10000) plot(5000,color = color.red) datp:=0