Rollover LTEThis indicator shows where price needs to be and when in order to cause the 20-sma and 50-sma moving averages to change directions. A change in direction requires the slope of a moving average to change from negative to positive or from positive to negative. When a moving average changes direction, it can be said that it has “rolled over” or “rolled up,” with the latter only applying if slope went from negative to positive.
Theory:
In order to solve for the price of the current bar that will cause the moving average to roll up, the slope from the previous bar’s average to the current bar’s average must be set equal to zero which is to say that the averages must be the same.
For the 20-sma, the equation simply stated in words is as follows:
Current MA as a function of current price and previous 19 values = previous MA which is fixed based on previous 20 values
The denominators which are both 20 cancel and the previous 19 values cancel. What’s left is current price on the left side and the value from 20 bars ago on the right.
Current price = value from 20 bars ago
and since the equation was set up for solving for the price of the current bar that will cause the MA to roll over
Rollover price = value from 20 bars ago
This makes plotting rollover price, both current and forecasted, fairly simple, as it’s merely the closing price plotted with an offset to the right the same distance as the moving average length.
Application:
The 20-sma and 50-sma rollover prices are plotted because they are considered to be the two most important moving averages for rollover analysis. Moving average lengths can be modified in the indicator settings. The 20-sma and 20-sma rollover price are both plotted in white and the 50-sma and 50-sma rollover price are both plotted in blue. There are two rollover prices because the 20-sma rollover price is the price that will cause the 20-sma to roll over and the 50-sma rollover price is the price that will cause the 50-sma to roll over. The one that's vertically furthest away from the current price is the one that will cause both to rollover, as should become clearer upon reading the explanation below.
The distance between the current price and the 20-sma rollover price is referred to as the “rollover strength” of the price relative to the 20-sma. A large disparity between the current price and the rollover price suggests bearishness (negative rollover strength) if the rollover price is overhead because price would need to travel all that distance in order to cause the moving average to roll up. If the rollover price and price are converging, as is often the case, a change in moving average and price direction becomes more plausible. The rollover strengths of the 20-sma and 50-sma are added together to calculate the Rollover Strength and if a negative number is the result then the background color of the plot cloud turns red. If the result is positive, it turns green. Rollover Strength is plotted below price as a separate indicator in this publication for reference only and it's not part of this indicator. It does not look much different from momentum indicators. The code is below if anybody wants to try to use it. The important thing is that the distances between the rollover prices and the price action are kept in mind as having shrinking, growing, or neutral bearish and bullish effects on current and forecasted price direction. Trades should not be entered based on cloud colorization changes alone.
If you are about to crash into a wall of the 20-sma rollover price, as is indicated on the chart by the green arrow, you might consider going long so long as the rollover strength, both current and forecasted, of the 50-sma isn’t questionably bearish. This is subject to analysis and interpretation. There was a 20-sma rollover wall as indicated with yellow arrow, but the bearish rollover strength of the 50-sma was growing and forecasted to remain strong for a while at that time so a long entry would have not been suggested by both rollover prices. If you are about to crash into both the 20-sma and 50-sma rollover prices at the same time (not shown on this chart), that’s a good time to place a trade in anticipation of both slopes changing direction. You may, in the case of this chart, see that a 20-sma rollover wall precedes a 50-sma rollover convergence with price and anticipate a cascade which turned out to be the case with this recent NQ rally.
Price exiting the cloud entirely to either the upside or downside has strong implications. When exiting to the downside, the 20-sma and 50-sma have both rolled over and price is below both of them. The same is true for upside exits. Re-entering the cloud after a rally may indicate a reversal is near, especially if the forecasted rollover prices, particularly the 50-sma, agree.
This indicator should be used in conjunction with other technical analysis tools.
Additional Notes:
The original version of this script which will not be published was much heavier, cluttered, and is not as useful. This is the light version, hence the “LTE” suffix.
LTE stands for “long-term evolution” in telecommunications, not “light.”
Bar colorization (red, yellow, and green bars) was added using the MACD Hybrid BSH script which is another script I’ve published.
If you’re not sure what a bar is, it’s the same thing as a candle or a data point on a line chart. Every vertical line showing price action on the chart above is a bar and it is a bar chart.
sma = simple moving average
Rollover Strength Script:
// This source code is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public License 2.0 at mozilla.org
// © Skipper86
//@version=5
indicator(title="Rollover Strength", shorttitle="Rollover Strength", overlay=false)
source = input.source(close)
length1 = input.int(20, "Length 1", minval=1)
length2 = input.int(50, "Length 2", minval=1)
RolloverPrice1 = source
RolloverPrice2 = source
RolloverStrength1 = source-RolloverPrice1
RolloverStrength2 = source-RolloverPrice2
RolloverStrength = RolloverStrength1 + RolloverStrength2
Color1 = color.rgb(155, 155, 155, 0)
Color2 = color.rgb(0, 0, 200, 0)
Color3 = color.rgb(0, 200, 0, 0)
plot(RolloverStrength, title="Rollover Strength", color=Color3)
hline(0, "Middle Band", color=Color1)
//End of Rollover Strength Script
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Stock Tech Bot One ViewTechnical indicators are not limited. Hence, here is another indicator with the combination of OBV, RSI, and MACD along with support, and resistance that follows the price while honoring the moving average of 200, 90 & 50.
The default lookback period of this indicator is 21 though it is changeable as per the user's desire.
The highest high and lowest low for the last 21 days lookback period proven to be the perfect Support & Resistance as the price of particular stock values are decided by market psychology. The support and resistance lines are very important to understand the market psychology which is very well proven with price action patterns and the lines are drawn based on,
Lower Extreme = 0.1 (Changeable)
Maximum Range = 21 days highest high - 21 days lowest low.
Support Line = 21 days lowest low + (Maximum Range * Lower Extreme)
Resistance Line = 21 days highest high - (Maximum Range * Lower Extreme)
RSI - Relative strength indicator is very famous to find the market momentum within the range of 0 - 100. Though the lookback period is changeable, the 14 days lookback period is the perfect match as the momentum of market movement for the last 3 weeks will always assist to identify the market regime. Here the momentum is just to highlight the indication (green up arrow under the candle for long and red down arrow above the candle for short) of market movement though it is not very important to consider if the price of the stock respect the support & resistance lines along with volume indicator (* = violet color).
OBV - Momentum:
The on-balance volume is always going indicator on any kind of tickers, which helps to identify the buying interest. Now, applying momentum on OBV with the positive movement for at least two consecutive days gives perfect confirmation for entry. A combination of the price along with this momentum(OBV) in the chart will help us to know the whipsaw in the price.
The Symbol "*" on top of each bar shows the market interest in that particular stock. If your ticker is fundamentally strong then you can see this "*" even when the market falls.
MACD:
One of the favorites and simple indicators widely used, where the thump of the rule is not to change the length even if it is allowed. It's OK to believe blindly in certain indicator and consider it while trading. That's why the indicator changes the bar color by following the MACD histogram.
Volume:
It may be the OBV works based on the open price and close price along with volume movement, it is wise to have the volume that is plotted along with price movement that should help you to decide whether the market is greedy or fearful.
The symbol "-" on top of each bar tells you a lot and don't ignore it.
Moving Average:
Moving average is a very good trend indicator as everyone considers seeing along with the price in the chart which is not omitted while we gauge the price movement alone with volume in this indicator. The 200, 90 & 50 MA's are everyone's favorite, and the same is plotted on the chart.
As explained above, the combination of all four indicators with price movement will give us very good confidence to take entry.
Candlestick Pattern:
You should admire the techniques of the candlestick pattern as you navigate the chart from right to left. Though there are a lot of patterns that exist, it is easy to enable and disable to view the signal as the label.
Further, last but not least, the exit always depends on individual conviction and how often the individual watch the price movement, if your conviction is strong then follow the down arrow red indication. If not, then exit with a trailing stop that indicates the bar with orange color.
Happy investing
Note: It is just a combination of multiple indicators and patterns to get one holistic view. So, the credit goes to all wise developers who publically published.
Masculine Relative StrengthThis relative strength indicator compares the G8 currencies against each other in all 28 combinations. It uses the 200 period moving average as a scoring system. For example on eurusd if current price action is above the MA that is +1 for the eur and -1 for the dollar and the inverse is applied if current price is under the 200 ma. The higher the number the stronger the currency. The weaker the number the weaker the currency. Pair the strongest currency with the weakest. This indicator does not guarentee profits and past performance does not guarentee the same future results.
Mark MinerviniHi everyone,
Just sharing a script that I made when I began to be interested in Mark Minervini, Wiliam O'Neil, Nicolas Darvas,.. trading style.
This script displays :
- 10 EMA (orange)
- 20 EMA (blue light)
- 50 SMA (blue)
-150 SMA (green)
-200 SMA (red)
- Shows when the stock is "extended" from EMA10 to high of the candle (Works in Daily, you can adjust the % to make it match with the stock's volatility)
(Shows a red area between price and 10 EMA)
- Shows when Mark Minervini's trend template is respected by highlighting green between 150 & 200 SMA.
I Although added bollinger bands and 5 EMA for very strong stocks. (I never use them)
Have fun
MultiMA-v5 - Multiple Moving Average indicatorsMultiple Moving Average indicators (MultiMA)
This script is drawing several Moving Average (MA) indicators for different lengths and timeframes in the main chart pane.
MultiMA can be controlled as a single entity, which makes it very comfortable and space saving tool.
Each particular MA graph can be enabled or disabled and also marked with the corresponding text label.
MultiMA includes EMA (Exponential Moving Average) and SMA (Simple Moving Average).
The list of the lengths/timeframes are:
1) both EMA and SMA:
for 1 hour, 4 hours, 1 day, 1 week timeframes and
for 20, 50, 100 and 200 lengths.
(excluding EMA/SMA 200 1 hour as they overlap with EMA/SMA 50 4 hours)
2) EMA only:
1 minute 33, 84, 163 lengths,
5 minutes 50, 84, 115, 144, 163 lengths,
30 minutes 84, 163 lengths.
MA cloud + divergence tensionI noticed how well BTC often bounces off the 200 Moving Averages on the 4HR so started investigating ways of visualising the ongoing relationship between price and MAs.
Firstly, this draws a cloud which is made up of the SMA and the EMA, and it colours the cloud based on how far the price is diverging from the middle of the cloud. If the price is the most extreme distance out of the set (by default, the past 200) the cloud will be coloured dark blue. If it's the closest, it will be transparent.
I then looked at plotting these extremes. If the price passes the sensitivity threshold (default 99 - I will look at adding more sensitivity in the future), and by that I mean the price is more divergent than that percentage of other prices inspected in the range, it plots a circle - green if it's oversold, red if it's overbought.
These signal maximum tension between the price and the moving averages. Though when I say maximum, I'm only referring to the historic range! As you can see, often price diverges even further and so more signals are placed. But usually, this tension is resolved, either by the MA cloud moving towards the price or the price moving towards the cloud. With confluence from other indicators, these could be good points to start taking dollar cost averaging, or start taking profits.
Once that tension is released, and the price and cloud converge closely again, we get a blue "relief signal", which could signal that the price action is about to rebound again.
Please be careful with this, it's only for fun. Not investment advice!
If you have any suggestions, comments, criticism, I'd love to hear them,
Thanks
WSTF RSI2 IndicatorThis is the Indicator replicating the basic RSI(2) created by Wilders.
Buy condition:
(RSI(2) crossed under 10) & (close > EMA(200)) & (EMA(5) > close)
Sell condition:
(RSI(2) crossed over 90) & (close < EMA(200)) & (EMA(5) < close)
You can play around with the script by adjusting the RSI Values, EMA values and crossover & crossunder threshold.
We will update the script with new features in the futures.
Please don't hesitate to share some Ideas or Feedbacks, we would be happy to improve the script for you !
Have fun !
WS TradingFactory
Diversified Investment EMA Cross Strategy SimulatorThis simulating indicator proves that even if you use a simple strategy, you can reduce your risk by diversifying your investments.
The strategy itself is simple.(only long)
Buy when 50 days EMA crosses over 200 days EMA.
Sell when 50 days EMA crosses under 200 days EMA.
Or, stop loss when the asset falls by 2% (eg).
Using this simple strategy on an asset is just a test of your luck.
However, this capital change graph shows that risk can be reduced by diversifying investment into eight assets rather than one asset.
Options
Total Assets Capital Change represents the sum of capital changes for 8 assets. The gray line is the initial capital.
Each Asset Capital Change represents all eight asset capital changes. In this case, the gray line is displayed as the initial capital divided by 8.
The rest of the options show a graph of capital change for each asset, showing when buys and sells occurred.
And set the start date, initial capital, stop loss %, and commission.
And select the 8 assets you want to invest in and you are ready to go. To effectively reduce risk, uncoupled assets would be better if possible.
The table in the lower right shows the selected asset and color.
Please enjoy the simulation.
EMA 50 HIGH LOW BANDHi
This indicator displays a band of EMA 50 having high and low of the same ema.
This script works well on 5 min chart or lower time frames in intraday.
When any price is above this band, you may consider a buy position and whenever any price is below this band, you may consider a sell position.
You may also take help of EMA 200, which is shown in red color. Whenever price is above EMA200, it is considered bullish and when ever it is below EMA 200, it is considered bearish.
This will remove a lot of noise from your chart.
I hope it helps.
Thanks
Sherry on cryptoIf the price is above the 200 EMA, you are allowed to open only long positions and avoid shorts.
If the price is below the 200 EMA, you are allowed to open only short position and avoid longs. Don't use this indicator alone, use RSI, Stochastic RSI etc. Do not use this indicator like a bot, do TA and FA as well. This is just an indicator, do not always rely on it. It requires experience. This indicator has different winrate in different timeframes. Set its value accordingly.
Multiple EMAAn exponentially weighted moving average reacts more significantly to recent price changes than a simple moving average (SMA), which applies an equal weight to all observations in the period.
Here, i have merged multiple EMA into one indicator. traders would find it very convenient as multiple widely used EMA`s are merged into 1 indicator. one can also change the time and color from its settings as per their convenience.
About the practicality of this EMA`s:
Every EMA suggests the sentiments in a period of time.
The longer-day EMAs (i.e. 50 and 200-day) tend to be used more by long-term investors, while short-term investors tend to use 8 and 20 day EMAs.
One may prefer to short or to hedge their position when 200 day moving average is broken downside. vise-versa for long. Normally in one may expect around 2-3% move on either side when broken with volumes supporting it.
CCI and ADX_by RMCCI and ADX
ENTRY:
Buy: When CCI crosses -100 level from -200 level(1hr/15min Time Frame)
Short: When CCI crosses 100 level from 200 level (1hr/15min Time Frame)
Closing of Position : 1:1 OR 1:2 (Or As per Value Zone)
Booz StrategyBooz Backtesting : Booz Backtesting is a method for analyzing the performance of your current trading strategy . Booz Backtesting aims to help you generate results and evaluate risk and return without risking real capital.
The Booz Backtesting is the Booz Super Swing Indicator equivalent but gives you the ability to backtest data on different charts.
This is an Indicator created for the purpose of identifying trends in Multiple Markets, it is based on Moving Average Crossover and extra features.
Swing Trading: This function allows you to navigate the entire trend until it is not strong enough, so you can compare it with fixed parameters such as Take Profit and Stop Loss.
Take Profit and Stop Loss function: With this function you will be able to choose the most optimal parameters and see in real time the results in order to choose the best combination of parameters.
Leverage : We have this function for the futures markets where you can check which is the most appropriate leverage for your operation.
Trend Filter: allows you to take multiple entries in the same direction of the market.
If the market crosses below the 200 moving average, it will take only short entries.
If the market crosses above the 200 moving average, it will take only long entries.
Timeframes
Charting from 1 Hour, 4 Hour, Daily, Weekly, Weekly
Markets :Booz Backtesting can be tested in Cryptocurrency, Stocks and Futures markets.
Background Color : at a glance, you can see what cycle the market is in.
Green background : Shows that the market is in a bullish cycle.
Red background: Shows that the market is in a bearish cycle.
Booz Super SwingBooz Super Swing is an Indicator created for the purpose of identifying trends in Multiple Markets, it is based on Moving Average Crossover and extra features.
Trend Filter: allows you to take multiple entries in the same direction of the market.
If the market crosses below the 200 moving average it will take only short entries.
If the market crosses above the 200 moving average it will take only long entries.
Background Color : at a glance, you can see what cycle the market is in.
Green background : Shows that the market is in a bullish cycle.
Red background: Shows that the market is in a bearish cycle.
Markets : Booz Super Swing can be used and has been tested in Cryptocurrency, Stocks and Futures markets.
Timeframes
Charting from 1 Hour, 4 Hour, Daily, Weekly, Weekly
Weak Point :
Are Sideways Markets
Alarms :
Buy : Allows you to notify and automate entries based on market detection.
Sell : Allows you to notify and automate entries based on market detection.
Bozz Strategy
Booz Backtesting : Booz Backtesting is a method for analyzing the performance of your current trading strategy . Booz Backtesting aims to help you generate results and evaluate risk and return without risking real capital.
The Booz Backtesting is the Booz Super Swing Indicator equivalent but gives you the ability to backtest data on different charts.
This is an Indicator created for the purpose of identifying trends in Multiple Markets, it is based on Moving Average Crossover and extra features.
Swing Trading: This function allows you to navigate the entire trend until it is not strong enough, so you can compare it with fixed parameters such as Take Profit and Stop Loss.
Take Profit and Stop Loss function: With this function you will be able to choose the most optimal parameters and see in real time the results in order to choose the best combination of parameters.
Leverage : We have this function for the futures markets where you can check which is the most appropriate leverage for your operation.
Trend Filter: allows you to take multiple entries in the same direction of the market.
If the market crosses below the 200 moving average, it will take only short entries.
If the market crosses above the 200 moving average, it will take only long entries.
Timeframes
Charting from 1 Hour, 4 Hour, Daily, Weekly, Weekly
Markets :Booz Backtesting can be tested in Cryptocurrency, Stocks and Futures markets.
Background Color : at a glance, you can see what cycle the market is in.
Green background : Shows that the market is in a bullish cycle.
Red background: Shows that the market is in a bearish cycle.
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Bitcoin Bottom Detector: W TimeframeUse this indicator in the weekly time frame:
One of the most widely used indicators for identifying the Bitcoin market bottom is the 200-week moving average. This indicator works based on the ratio of price to the value of the 200-week moving average. When the indicator enters the lower blue part (overflow area), it indicates the bitcoin is in the bottom of the market.
Bollinger Bands + Keltner Channel Refurbished█ Goals
This is an indicator that brings together Bollinger Bands and Keltner's Channels in one thing.
Both are very similar, so I decided to make a merge of the best features I found out there.
Here there is the possibility of choosing one of these two as needed.
In addition, I added the following resources:
1. Pre-Defined intermediate bands with Fibonacci values;
2. Detachment of the bands in which the price was present;
3. Choice of Moving Average:
"Simple", "Exponential", "Regularized Exponential", "Hull", "Arnaud Legoux", "Weighted Moving Average", "Least Squares Moving Average (Linear Regression)", "Volume Weighted Moving Average", "Smoothed Moving Average", "Median", "VWAP");
4. Statistics: bars count within the bands.
█ Concepts
Keltner Channels vs. Bollinger Bands
"These two indicators are quite similar.
Keltner Channels use ATR to calculate the upper and lower bands while Bollinger Bands use standard deviation instead.
The interpretation of the indicators is similar, although since the calculations are different the two indicators may provide slightly different information or trade signals."
(Investopedia)
Bollinger Bands (BB)
"Bollinger Bands (BB) are a widely popular technical analysis instrument created by John Bollinger in the early 1980’s.
Bollinger Bands consist of a band of three lines which are plotted in relation to security prices.
The line in the middle is usually a Simple Moving Average (SMA) set to a period of 20 days (the type of trend line and period can be changed by the trader; however a 20 day moving average is by far the most popular).
The SMA then serves as a base for the Upper and Lower Bands which are used as a way to measure volatility by observing the relationship between the Bands and price.
Typically the Upper and Lower Bands are set to two standard deviations away from the SMA (The Middle Line); however the number of standard deviations can also be adjusted by the trader."
(TradingView)
Keltner Channels (KC)
"The Keltner Channels (KC) indicator is a banded indicator similar to Bollinger Bands and Moving Average Envelopes.
They consist of an Upper Envelope above a Middle Line as well as a Lower Envelope below the Middle Line.
The Middle Line is a moving average of price over a user-defined time period.
Either a simple moving average or an exponential moving average are typically used. The Upper and Lower Envelopes (user defined) are set a range away from the Middle Line.
This can be a multiple of the daily high/low range, or more commonly a multiple of the Average True Range."
(TradingView)
█ Examples
Bollinger Bands with 200 REMA:
Keltner Channel with 200 REMA:
Bollinger Bands with 55 ALMA:
Keltner Channel with 55 ALMA:
Bollinger Bands with 55 Least Squares Moving Average:
█ Thanks
- TradingView (BB, KC, ATR, MA's)
- everget (Regularized Exponential Moving Average)
- TimeFliesBuy ("Triple Bollinger Bands")
- Rashad ("Fibonacci Bollinger Bands")
- Dicargo_Beam ("Is the Bollinger Bands assumption wrong?")
Timeframed Moving Average RibbonAdded timeframe inputs for each of the moving averages in the stock TradingView Moving Average Ribbon indicator.
Now one can use a combination of different moving averages such as the following without readjusting the indicator's settings when switching the chart's timeframes:
- 390 period 5 minute (5 day equivalent) SMA
- 150 period 1 day (30 week equivalent) EMA
- 200 period 1 week (50 month equivalent) SMA
- 50 period chart timeframe SMA
- 100 period chart timeframe SMA
- 200 period chart timeframe SMA
Price Spread Indicator v2Version 2 of this script. Looks at the spread of current price to two prior MA's. Defaults to 200 and 90 however 20 and 58 provide some nice results. A -1.3% spread ratio is used to trigger alerts ie -1.3% spread on 200 and 90. This has been derived from backtesting what optimised P&L.
Ideal for investors rather than traders. Out performs simple buy and hold by 5-6 times.
Simple Moving Averages - XfactorUsing this script in 2 minutes chart. When 20 SMA crosses over 200 sma, it's a buy signal. Also, using 9 and 50 sma as a signal to take profit and cut loss.
For example 20 SMA crosses up 200 SMA it's a buy then if the candle closes under 9 SMA we can cut.
USFuturesInvestments Moving Averages - Exponencia and SimpleThis indicator contains the main exponential moving averages (9, 21 and 80) and the simple moving averages (200, 305 and 610), which I use in my operational.
It was developed by my friend Giovani, who is a 10 note guy!
I hope he can help you on your journey to becoming a Professional Trader.
You can modify it the way you prefer, it is very simple.
Neste indicador estão reunidas as principais médias móveis exponenciais (9, 21 e 80) e as médias móveis simples (200, 305 e 610), que uso em meu operacional.
Ele foi desenvolvido por meu amigo Giovani, que é um cara nota 10!
Espero que ele possa ajudar a você na jornada para se tornar um Trader Profissional.
Você pode modifica-la do jeito que preferir, é muito simples.
BB Order BlocksUsing the Bollinger Band to mark areas of Support and Resistance
The scrip finds the highest and lowest levels of the bands to mark up futures areas of interest.
If the High/Lows are being broken on the Bollinger band, or if the look back range has expired without finding new levels, the script will stop plotting them until new levels are found
I have found many combinations which work well
Changing the band length to to levels 20,50,100 or 200 seem to give interesting results
Aswell as this changing the standard deviation to 3 instead of 2 marks up key levels.
The look back range seems to show better levels on 50,100 and 200
Let me know any changes or updates you think you could make an impact , this was just a quick basic script I wanted to share.
Template Trailing Strategy (Backtester)💭 Overview
+ Title: Template Trailing Strategy (Backtester)
+ Author: Iason Nikolas (jason5480)
+ License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
💢 What is the "Template Trailing Strategy (Backtester)" ❓
The "Template Trailing Strategy (Backtester)" (TTS) is a back-tester orchestration framework. It supercharges the implementation-test-evaluation lifecycle of new trading strategies, by making it possible to plug in your own trading idea.
While TTS offers a vast number of configuration settings, it primarily allows the trader to:
Test and evaluate your own trading logic that is described in terms of entry, exit, and cancellation conditions.
Define the entry and exit order types as well as their target prices when the limit, stop, or stop-limit order types are used.
Utilize a variety of options regarding the placement of the stop-loss and take-profit target(s) prices and support for well-known techniques like moving to breakeven and trailing.
Provide well-known quantity calculation methods to properly handle risk management and easily evaluate trading strategies and compare them.
Alert on each trading event or any related change through a robust and fully customizable messaging system.
All of the above makes TTS a practical toolkit: once you learn it, many repetitive tasks that strategy authors usually re-implement are eliminated. Using TradingView’s built-in backtesting engine makes testing and comparing ideas straightforward.
By utilizing the TTS one can easily swap "trading logic" by testing, evaluating, and comparing each trading idea and/or individual component of a strategy.
Finally, TTS, through its per-event alert management (and debugging) system, provides an automated solution that supports live trading with brokers via webhooks.
NOTE: The "Template Trailing Strategy (Backtester)" does not dictate how you can combine different indicator types. Thus, it should not be confused as a "Trading System", because it gives its user full flexibility on that end (for better or worse).
💢 What is a "Signal Indicator" ❓
"Signal Indicator" (SI) is an indicator that can output a "signal" that follows a specific convention so that the "Template Trailing Strategy (Backtester)" can "understand" and execute the orders accordingly. The SI realizes the core trading logic signaling to the TTS when to enter, exit, or cancel an order. A SI instructs the TTS "when" to enter or exit, and the TTS determines "how" to enter and exit the position once the Signal Indicator generates a signal.
A very simple example of a Signal Indicator might be a 200-day Simple Moving Average Signal. When the price of the security closes above the 200-day SMA, a SI would provide TTS with a "long entry signal". Once TTS receives the "long entry signal", the TTS will open a long position and send an alert or automated trade message via webhook to a broker, based on the Entry settings defined in TTS. If the TTS Entry settings specify a "Market" order type, then the open long position will be executed by TTS immediately. But if the TTS Entry settings specify a "Stop" order type with a 1% Stop Distance, then when the price of the security rises by 1% after the "long entry signal" occurs, the TTS will open a long position and the Long Entry alert or webhook to the broker will be sent.
🤔 How to Guide
💢 How to connect a "signal" from a "Signal Indicator" ❓
The "Template Trailing Strategy (Backtester)" was designed to receive external signals from a "Signal Indicator". In this way, a "new trading idea" can be developed, configured, and evaluated separately from the TTS. Similarly, the SI can be held constant, and the trading mechanics can change in the TTS settings and back-tested to answer questions such as, "Am I better with a different stop loss placement method, what if I used a limit order instead of a stop order to enter, what if I used 25% margin instead of trading spot market?"
To make that possible by connecting an external signal indicator to TTS, you should:
Add both your SI (e.g. "Two MA Signal Indicator" , "Click Signal Indicator" , "Signal Adapter" , "Signal Composer" ) and the TTS script to the same chart.
Open the script's Settings / Inputs dialog for the TTS.
In the 🛠️ STRATEGY group set 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞 to 🔨External (this makes TTS listen to an external signal source).
Still inside 🛠️ STRATEGY locate the 🔌𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐥 🛈 input and choose the plotted output of your SI. The option should look like: "<SI short title>:🔌Signal to TTS" .
Verbose troubleshooting & tips
If the SI does not appear in the 🔌Signal 🛈 selector, confirm both scripts are added to the same chart and the SI exposes a plotted series (title often "🔌Signal to TTS").
When using multiple SIs, pick the SI instance that actually outputs the "🔌Signal to TTS" plotted series.
Validate on the chart: when your SI changes state, the plotted "🔌Signal" series in the TTS (visible in the data window) should change accordingly.
The TTS accepts only signals that follow the tts_convention DealConditions structure. Do not attempt to feed arbitrary scalar series without using conv.getDealConditions / conv.DealConditions.
Make sure your SI composes a DealConditions value following the TTS convention (startLong, endLong, startShort, endShort — optional cancel fields). See the template below.
If the plot is present but TTS does not react, ensure the SI plot is non-repainting (or accept realtime/backtest limitations). Test on historical bars first.
Create alerts on the strategy (see the Alerts section). Use the {{strategy.order.alert_message}} placeholder in the Create Alert dialog to forward TTS messages.
💢 How to create a custom trading logic ❓
The "Template Trailing Strategy (Backtester)" provides two ways to plug in your custom trading logic. Both of them have their advantages and disadvantages.
✍️ Develop your own Customized "Signal Indicator" 💥
The first approach is meant to be used for relatively more complex trading logic. The advantages of this approach are the full control and customization you have over the trading logic and the relatively simple configuration setup by having two scripts only. The downsides are that you have to have some experience with pinescript or you are willing to learn and experiment. You should also know the exact formula for every indicator you will use since you have to write it by yourself. Copy-pasting from existing open-source indicators will get you started quite fast though.
The idea here is either to create a new indicator script from scratch or to copy an existing non-signal indicator and make it a "Signal Indicator". To create a new script, press the "Pine Editor" button below the chart to open the "Pine Editor" and then press the "Open" button to open the drop-down menu with the templates. Select the "New Indicator" option. Add it to your chart to copy an existing indicator and press the source code {} button. Its source code will be shown in the "Pine Editor" with a warning on top stating that this is a read-only script. Press the "create a working copy". Now you can give a descriptive title and a short title to your script, and you can work on (or copy-paste) the (other) indicators of your interest. Once you have the information needed to decide, define a DealConditions object and plot it like this:
import jason5480/tts_convention/ as conv
// Calculate the start, end, cancel start, cancel end conditions
dealConditions = conv.DealConditions.new(
startLongDeal = ,
startShortDeal = ,
endLongDeal = ,
endShortDeal = ,
cnlStartLongDeal = ,
cnlStartShortDeal = ,
cnlEndLongDeal = ,
cnlEndShortDeal = )
// Use this signal in scripts like "Template Trailing Strategy (Backtester)" and "Signal Composer" that can utilize its value
// Emit the current signal value according to the TTS framework convention
plot(series = conv.getSignal(dealConditions), title = '🔌Signal to TTS', color = #808000, editable = false, display = display.data_window + display.status_line, precision = 0)
You should import the latest version of the tts_convention library and write your deal conditions appropriately based on your trading logic and put them in the code section shown above by replacing the "…" part after "=". You can omit the conditions that are not relevant to your logic. For example, if you use only market orders for entering and exiting your positions the cnlStartLongDeal, cnlStartShortDeal, cnlEndLongDeal, and cnlEndShortDeal are irrelevant to your case and can be safely omitted from the DealConditions object. After successfully compiling your new custom SI script add it to the same chart with the TTS by pressing the "Add to chart" button. If all goes well, you will be able to connect your "signal" to the TTS as described in the "How to connect a "signal" from a "Signal Indicator"?" guide.
🧩 Adapt and Combine existing non-signal indicators 💥
The second approach is meant to be used for relatively simple trading logic. The advantages of this approach are the lack of pine script and coding experience needed and the fact that it can be used with closed-source indicators as long as the decision-making part is displayed as a line in the chart. The drawback is that you have to have a subscription that supports the "indicator on indicator" feature so you can connect the output of one indicator as an input to another indicator. Please check if your plan supports that feature here
To plug in your own logic that way you have to add your indicator(s) of preference in the chart and then add the "Signal Adapter" script in the same chart as well. This script is a "Signal Indicator" that can be used as a proxy to define your custom logic in the CONDITIONS group of the "Settings/Inputs" tab after defining your inputs from your preferred indicators in the VARIABLES group. Then a "signal" will be produced, if your logic is simple enough it can be directly connected to the TTS that is also added to the same chart for execution. Check the "How to connect a "signal" from a "Signal Indicator"?" in the "🤔 How to Guide" for more information.
If your logic is slightly more complicated, you can add a second "Signal Adapter" in your chart. Then you should add the "Signal Composer" in the same chart, go to the SIGNALS group of the "Settings/Inputs" tab, and connect the "signals" from the "Signal Adapters". "Signal Composer" is also a SI so its composed "signal" can be connected to the TTS the same way it is described in the "How to connect a "signal" from a "Signal Indicator"?" guide.
At this point, due to the composability of the framework, you can add an arbitrary number (bounded by your subscription of course) of "Signal Adapters" and "Signal Composers" before connecting the final "signal" to the TTS.
💢 How to set up ⏰Alerts ❓
The "Template Trailing Strategy (Backtester)" provides a fully customizable per-event alert mechanism. This means that you may have an entirely different message for entering and exiting into a position, hitting a stop-loss or a take-profit target, changing trailing targets, etc. There are no restrictions, and this gives you great flexibility.
First enable the events you want under the "🔔 ALERT MESSAGES" module. Each enabled event exposes a text area where you can craft the message using placeholders that TTS replaces with actual values when the event occurs.
The placeholder categories (exact names used by the script) are:
Chart & instrument:
{{ticker}}
{{base_currency}}
{{quote_currency}}
Entry / exit / stop / TP prices & offsets:
{{entry_price}}
{{exit_price}}
{{stop_loss_price}}
{{take_profit_price_1}} ... {{take_profit_price_5}}
{{entry+_price}}, {{entry-_price}}, {{exit+_price}}, {{exit-_price}} — Optional offset helpers (computed using "Offset Ticks")
Quantities, percents & derived quantities:
{{entry_base_quantity}} — base units at entry (e.g. BTC)
{{entry_quote_quantity}} — quote amount at entry (e.g. USD)
{{risk_perc}} — % of capital risked for that entry (multiplied by 100 when "Percentage Range " is enabled)
{{remaining_quantity_perc}} — % of the initial position remaining at close/SL
{{remaining_base_quantity}} — remaining base units at close/SL
{{take_profit_quantity_perc_1}} ... {{take_profit_quantity_perc_5}} — % sold/bought at each TP
{{take_profit_base_quantity_1}} ... {{take_profit_base_quantity_5}} — base units closed at each TP
❗ Important: the per-event alert text is injected into the Create Alert dialog using TradingView's strategy placeholder:
{{strategy.order.alert_message}}
During the creation of a strategy alert, make sure the placeholder {{strategy.order.alert_message}} exists in the "Message" box. TradingView will substitute the per-event text you configured and enabled in TTS Settings/Inputs before sending it via webhook/notification.
Tip: For webhook/broker execution, set the proper "Condition" in the Create Alert dialog (for changing-entry/exit/SL notifications use "Order fills and alert() function calls" or "alert() function calls only" as appropriate).
💢 How to execute my orders in a broker ❓
To execute your orders in a broker that supports webhook integration, you should enable the appropriate alerts in the "Template Trailing Strategy (Backtester)" first (see the "How to set up Alerts?" guide above). Then you should go to the "Create Alert/Notifications" tab check the "Webhook URL" and paste the URL provided by your broker. You have to read the documentation of your broker for more information on what messages are expected.
Keep in mind that some brokers have deep integration with TradingView so a per-event alert approach might be overkill.
📑 Definitions
This section tries to give some definitions in terms that appear in the "Settings/Inputs" tab of the "Template Trailing Strategy (Backtester)"
💢 What is Trailing ❓
Trailing is a technique where a price target follows another "barrier" price (usually high or low) by trying to keep a maximum distance from the "barrier" when it moves in only one direction (up or down). When the "barrier" moves in the other direction the price target will not change. There are as many types of trailing as price targets, which means that there are entry trailing, exit trailing, stop-loss trailing, and take-profit trailing techniques.
💢 What is a Moonbag ❓
A Moonbag in a trade is the quantity of the position that is reserved and will not be exited even if all take-profit targets defined in the strategy are hit, the quantity will be exited only if the stop-loss is hit or a close signal is received. This makes the stop-loss trailing technique in a trend-following strategy a good candidate to take advantage of a Moonbag.
💢 What is Distance ❓
Distance is the difference between two prices.
💢 What is Bias ❓
Bias is a psychological phenomenon where you make decisions based on market sentiment. For example, when you want to enter a long position you have a long bias, and when you want to exit from the long position you have a short bias. It is the other way around for the short position.
💢 What is the Bias Distance of a price target ❓
The Bias Distance of a price target is the distance that the target will deviate from its initial price. The direction of this deviation depends on the bias of the market. For example, suppose you are in a long position, and you set a take-profit target to the local highest high. In that case, adding a bias distance of five ticks will place your take-profit target 5 ticks below this local highest high because you have a short bias when exiting a long position. When the bias is long the bias distance will be added resulting in a higher target price and when you have a short bias the bias distance will be subtracted.
⚙️ Settings
In the "Settings/Inputs" tab of the "Template Trailing Strategy (Backtester)", you can find all the customizable settings that are provided by the framework. The variety of those settings is vast; hence we will only scratch the surface here. However, for every setting, there is an information icon 🛈 where you can learn more if you mouse over it. The "Settings/Inputs" tab is divided into ten main groups. Each one of them is responsible for one module of the framework. Every setting is part of a group that is named after the module it represents. So, to spot the module of a setting find the title that appears above it comes with an emoji and uppercase letters. Some settings might have the same name but belong to different modules e.g. "Tgt Dist Mtd" (Target Distance Method). Some settings are indented, which means that they are closely related to the non-indented setting above. Usually, indented settings provide further configuration for one or more options of the non-indented setting above. The groups that correspond to each module of the framework are the following:
🗺️ Quick Module Cross-Reference (use emojis to jump to setting groups)
📆 FILTERS — session, date & weekday filters
🛠️ STRATEGY — internal vs external deal-conditions; pick the signal source
🔧 STRATEGY – INTERNAL — built-in Two MA logic for demonstration purposes
🎢 VOLATILITY — ATR / StDev update modes
🔷 ENTRY — entry order types & trailing
🎯 TAKE PROFIT — multi-step TP and trailing rules
🛑 STOP LOSS — stop placement, move-to-breakeven, trailing
🟪 EXIT — exit order types & cancel logic
💰 QUANTITY/RISK MANAGEMENT — position sizing, moonbag, limits
📊 ANALYTICS — stats, streaks, seasonal tables
🔔 ALERT MESSAGES — per-event alert templates & placeholders
😲 Caveats
💢 Does "Template Trailing Strategy (Backtester)" have repainting behavior? ❓
The answer is that the "Template Trailing Strategy (Backtester)" does not repaint as long as the "Signal Indicator" that is connected also does not repaint. If you developed your own SI make sure that you understand and know how to prevent this behavior. The publication by @PineCoders here will give you a good idea on how to avoid most of the repainting cases.
⚠️ There is an exception though, when the "Enable Trail⚠️💹" checkbox is checked, the Take Profit trailing feature is enabled, and a tick-based approach is used, meaning that after a while, when the TradingView discards all the real-time data, assumptions will be made by the backtesting engine that will cause a form of repainting. To avoid making false assumptions please disable this feature in the early stages and evaluate its usefulness in your strategy later on, after first confirming the success of the logic without this feature. In this case, consider turning on the bar magnifier feature. This way you will get more accurate backtest results when the Take Profit trailing feature is enabled.
💢 Can "Template Trailing Strategy (Backtester)" satisfy all my trading strategies ❓
While this framework can satisfy quite a large number of trading strategies there are cases where it cannot do so. For example, if you have a custom logic for your stop-loss or take-profit placement, or if you want to dollar cost average, then it might be better to start a new strategy script from scratch.
⚠️ It is not recommended to copy the official TTS code and start developing unless you are a Pine wizard! Even in that case, there is a stiff learning curve that might not be worth your time. Last, you must consider that I do not offer support for customized versions of the TTS script and if something goes wrong in the process you are all alone.
💝 Support & Feedback
For feedback, bug reports, or feature requests, contact me via TradingView PM or use the script comments.
Note: The author's personal links and contact are available on the TradingView profile.
🤗 Thanks
Special thanks to the welcoming community members, who regularly gave feedback all those years and helped me to shape the framework as it is today! Thanks everyone who contributed by either filing a "defect report" or asking questions that helped me to understand what improvements were necessary to help traders.
Enjoy!
Jason
