Doji @ Simple Areas — Strategy (v7)

Twisted FX — Doji @ Simple Areas — Strategy (v7) Educational strategy for standard candles. No financial advice. Use realistic commission + slippage in backtests. For community chat or videos, see the author’s Signature on their profile.

Summary: Doji reversals only where it matters—inside/near ATR-sized supply/demand areas built from swing pivots. Optional quality gating, HTF confluence, and zone-strength scoring help keep the good trades and filter the noise.

What it does

Builds supply/demand areas from swing pivots when the departure is strong enough (ATR-scaled).

Maintains zone lifecycle: tracks touches, confirms retests, expires old zones, and flips a broken zone into the opposite side (optional).

Waits for a doji near/in a zone (strict or loose definition), with optional next-bar confirmation.

Resolves side using (a) which zone you’re closest to, (b) penetration depth, and/or (c) EMA trend.

Optional filters: K-of-4 quality checks, HTF EMA gate, HTF swing-band proximity, and zone strength score.

How signals form

Detect doji (strict: tiny body+both wicks; loose: body ≤ range fraction)

Check near/inside zone (ATR proximity)

Choose side (penetration vs distance; EMA trend optional; prev-candle flip optional)

Optional next-bar confirmation away from the touched zone

Pass quality mode + strength gates; enter at close, stop beyond doji wick (+buffer), TP via RR multiple

Quality modes

Off: widest coverage

Soft: pass K-of-4 (wick rejection, edge-band close, fresh touch, approach impulse)

Strict: auto-tightens thresholds (deeper wick, tighter band, stronger approach, fresher touch) + “rescue” if nearby zone is very strong

Zone strength (0–10)

Based on retests, post-touch reaction, age, and integrity (not broken); separate minimums for Soft/Strict

HTF confluence (optional)

HTF EMA trend gate (longs with uptrend, shorts with downtrend)

HTF swing-band proximity (ATR band around HTF swings)

Defaults are off so you can evaluate the core edge first

Options to play with

Zones/visuals: pivot length, zone half-ATR, min departure, expiry, break tolerance, de-dupe, extend right, Show zones, Hide unconfirmed, nearest-K highlight

Confirmation: retest window (bars), wick-based retest depth (ATR), min bars between signals

Doji rules: strict/loose, body fraction, min range (ATR), near-zone distance (ATR)

Side resolver: use trend (EMAs), use penetration, prev-candle flip, next-bar confirm + confirm ATR

Quality: mode Off/Soft/Strict, K setting, wick penetration ATR, edge-band fraction, approach lookback/min ATR, fresh-touch spacing

Strength gate: min strength Soft/Strict

Risk: RR multiple, stop buffer (micropips/ticks), Fixed qty or Risk % of equity

HTF: timeframe, EMA lengths, swing len, HTF ATR band size

Defaults

Quality mode: Off

HTF trend gate: Off

Show zones: On

Flip on break: On

Tuning tips

Too few trades: Quality → Off/Soft, raise proxATR, lower minRetestsToShow, widen confirm window, enable wick-based retest

Too many losers: try Soft/Strict, raise minStrength*, enable next-bar confirm, raise approachMinATR, enable HTF trend

Confirmed-only is empty: lower minRetestsToShow (e.g., 1) and enable wick-based retest so strong rejections count

Visuals & debug

Toggle “Show zones” and “Hide unconfirmed”; nearest-K highlight brings focus

Debug mode prints veto reasons (quality/HTF/strength/prevFlip/confirm) to help tuning

Notes

Zones come from confirmed pivots; brand-new structure needs a few bars to appear

Research/education only; not financial advice

Changelog (v7.1.5)

Safer arrays, stable nearest-K highlight, strict tuned with rescue, zone-strength consistency loops, defaults set to Quality Off & HTF gate Off, debug veto labels

Keywords

supply demand, doji, wick rejection, ATR, EMA, HTF, RR, confluence, strict filter, zone strength, FX/crypto/indices