1 Min Trading Strategy

• 07/13/2017 at 12:29 PM #40559
  juanj

  Good Day,

  I have seen many people asking for a 1 min trading strategy so I decided to make one.

  I personally  don’t like HFT type strategies as the spread can really eat away at profits compared to a nice trend following strategy.

  The strategy is based on candle formations, along with a Long/Near Moving Average Trend Check and a RSI[2] check.

  The trigger is made by a Bullish (or Bearish) candle formation and if the MA and RSI checks are valid a position is opened in the direction of the trend.

  Some candle patterns are counter intuitive and hence some should be commented out (this would require some testing).

  It is currently configured for long only trades (although the code is included for short trades).

  I don’t think it is exceptionally effective, but maybe someone here can make something worthwhile out of it.

  Results on 1min for thr EUR/USD with spread set to 0.8:

  Defparam cumulateorders = false If longonmarket and close < positionprice and (barindex-tradeindex) > 650 Then Sell at market ElsIf shortonmarket and close > positionprice and (barindex-tradeindex) > 60 then Exitshort at market EndIf body=close-open abody=abs(body) if range>0 then ratio=abody/range else ratio=0 endif middle=(open+close)/2 bodytop=max(open, close) bodybottom=min(open, close) shadowtop=high-bodytop shadowbottom=bodybottom-low longcandle= (ratio>0.6) Bull = 0 Bear = 0 //Bullish Signals MorningStar=(body[2]<0 and body>0 and longcandle[2] and open[1]<close[2] and open>close[1] and ratio[1]<0.3 and abody[1]<abody[2] and abody[1]<abody and low[1]<low and low[1]<low[2] and high[1]<open[2] and high[1]<close) if MorningStar then Bull = 1 //Positive endif PiercingLine=(body[1]<0 and body>0 and longcandle[1] and longcandle and open<low[1] and close>middle[1] and close<open[1]) if PiercingLine then Bull = 1 //None endif AbandonedBabyBottom=(body[2]<0 and body>0 and longcandle[2] and ratio[1]<0.3 and high[1]<low[2] and high[1]<low) if AbandonedBabyBottom then Bull = 1 //None endif ThreeInsideUp=(body[2]<0 and body[1]>0 and body>0 and BullishHarami[1] and close>close[1]) if ThreeInsideUp then Bull = 1 //Positive endif ThreeOutsideUp=(body[2]<0 and body[1]>0 and body>0 and BullishEngulfing[1] and close>close[1]) if ThreeOutsideUp then Bull = 1 //Positive endif ThreeWhiteSoldiers=(body[2]>0 and body[1]>0 and body>0 and high[1]>high[2] and high>high[1] and close[1]>close[2] and close>close[1] and open[1]>open[2] and open[1]<close[2] and open>open[1] and open<close[1]) if ThreeWhiteSoldiers then //Bull = 1 //Increase Drawdown endif ConcealingBabySwallow=(body[3]<0 and body[2]<0 and body[1]<0 and body<0 and ratio[3]>0.8 and ratio[2]>0.8 and ratio>0.8 and open[1]<close[2] and high[1]>close[2] and shadowtop[1]>0.6*(abody[1]+shadowbottom[1]) and bodybottom<bodybottom[1] and bodytop>high[1]) if ConcealingBabySwallow then Bull = 1 //None endif BullishHarami=(body[1]<0 and body>0 and longcandle[1] and bodybottom>bodybottom[1] and bodytop<bodytop[1]) if BullishHarami then //Bull = 1 //Negative Impact endif HomingPigeon=(body[1]<0 and body<0 and longcandle[1] and bodybottom>bodybottom[1] and bodytop<bodytop[1]) if HomingPigeon then Bull = 1 //None endif BullishEngulfing=(body[1]<0 and body>0 and bodybottom<bodybottom[1] and bodytop>bodytop[1] and longcandle) if BullishEngulfing then Bull = 1 //Positive endif LastEngulfingBottom=(body[1]>0 and body<0 and bodybottom<bodybottom[1] and bodytop>bodytop[1] and longcandle) if LastEngulfingBottom then Bull = 1 //None endif DragonflyDojiBottom=(body[1]<0 and longcandle[1] and low<low[1] and shadowbottom>3*abody and shadowtop<shadowbottom/3) if DragonflyDojiBottom then Bull = 1 //None endif GravestoneDojiBottom=(body[1]<0 and longcandle[1] and low<low[1] and shadowtop>3*abody and shadowbottom<shadowtop/3) if GravestoneDojiBottom then Bull = 1 //None endif DojiStarBottom=(body[1]<0 AND longcandle[1] AND low<low[1] AND open<close[1] AND ratio<0.3 AND range<0.3*range[1]) if DojiStarBottom then Bull = 1 //None endif BullishHaramiCross=(body[1]<0 and longcandle[1] and bodybottom>bodybottom[1] and bodytop<bodytop[1] and ratio<0.3 and range<0.3*range[1]) if BullishHaramiCross then Bull = 1 //None endif ThreeStarsInTheSouth=(body[2]<0 and body[1]<0 and body<0 and shadowtop[2]<range[2]/4 and shadowbottom[2]>abody[2]/2 and low[1]>low[2] and high[1]<high[2] and abody[1]<abody[2] and shadowtop[1]<range[1]/4 and shadowbottom[1]>abody[1]/2 and low>low[1] and high<high[1] and abody<abody[1] and shadowtop<range/4 and shadowbottom<range/4) if ThreeStarsInTheSouth then Bull = 1 //None endif BullishBreakaway=(body[4]<0 and body[3]<0 and body>0 and open[3]<close[4] and close[2]<close[3] and close[1]<close[2] and longcandle and close<close[4] and close>open[3]) if BullishBreakaway then Bull = 1 //None endif Hammer=(body[1]<0 and longcandle[1] and low<low[1] and shadowbottom>2*abody and shadowtop<0.3*abody) if Hammer then Bull = 1 //None endif InvertedHammer=(body[1]<0 and longcandle[1] and low<low[1] and shadowtop>2*abody and shadowbottom<0.3*abody) if InvertedHammer then Bull = 1 //None endif RisingThreeMethods=(body[4]>0 and body[3]<0 and body[1]<0 and body>0 and longcandle[4] and longcandle and close[2]<close[3] and close[1]<close[2] and high[2]<high[3] and high[1]<high[2] and low[1]>low[4] and open>close[1] and close>high[4] and close>high[3] and close>high[2] and close>high[1]) if RisingThreeMethods then Bull = 1 //None endif BullishThreeLineStrike=(body[3]>0 and body[2]>0 and body[1]>0 and body<0 and longcandle[3] and longcandle[2] and longcandle[1] and close[2]>close[3] and close[1]>close[2] and open>close[1] and close<open[3]) if BullishThreeLineStrike then Bull = 1 //None endif BullishMatHold=(body[4]>0 and body[3]<0 and body[1]<0 and body>0 and longcandle[4] and close[3]>close[4] and close[2]<close[3] and close[1]<close[2] and high[2]<high[3] and high[1]<high[2] and low[1]>low[4] and open>close[1] and close>high[4] and close>high[3] and close>high[2] and close>high[1]) if BullishMatHold then Bull = 1 //None endif BullSash=(body[1]<0 AND longcandle[1] AND body>0 AND longcandle AND open>close[1] AND open<open[1] AND close>open[1] AND shadowtop<0.1*abody) if BullSash then Bull = 1 //Positive endif BullSeparatingLine=(body[1]<0 AND longcandle[1] AND body>0 AND longcandle AND open>=open[1] AND shadowtop<0.1*abody) if BullSeparatingLine then Bull = 1 //None endif BullishCounterAttack=(body[1]<0 AND longcandle[1] AND body>0 AND longcandle AND close<=close[1]) if BullishCounterAttack then Bull = 1 //None endif BullishKicking=(body[1]<0 AND longcandle[1] AND body>0 AND longcandle AND open>=open[1] AND shadowtop=0 AND shadowbottom=0) if BullishKicking then Bull = 1 //None endif //Bearish Signal EveningStar=(body[2]>0 AND body<0 and longcandle[2] and open[1]>close[2] and open<close[1] and ratio[1]<0.3 and abody[1]<abody[2] and abody[1]<abody and high[1]>high and high[1]>high[2] and low[1]>open[2] and low[1]>close) if EveningStar then Bear = 1 endif DarkCloudCover=(body[1]>0 and body<0 and longcandle[1] and longcandle and open>high[1] and close<middle[1] and close>open[1]) if DarkCloudCover then Bear = 1 endif AbandonedBabyTop=(body[2]>0 and body<0 and longcandle[2] and ratio[1]<0.3 and low[1]>high[2] and low[1]>high) if AbandonedBabyTop then Bear = 1 endif ThreeInsideDown=(body[2]>0 and body[1]<0 and body<0 and bearishharami[1] and close<close[1]) if ThreeInsideDown then Bear = 1 endif ThreeOutsideDown=(body[2]>0 and body[1]<0 and body<0 and bearishengulfing[1] and close<close[1]) if ThreeOutsideDown then Bear = 1 endif ThreeBlackCrows=(body[2]<0 and body[1]<0 and body<0 and longcandle[2] and longcandle[1] and longcandle and low[1]<low[2] and low<low[1] and close[1]<close[2] and close<close[1] and open[1]<open[2] and open[1]>close[2] and open<open[1] and open>close[1]) if ThreeBlackCrows then Bear = 1 endif UpsideGapTwoCrows=(body[2]>0 and body[1]<0 and body<0 and longcandle[2] and open[1]>close[2] and bodytop>bodytop[1] and bodybottom<bodybottom[1] and close>close[2]) if UpsideGapTwoCrows then Bear = 1 endif BearishHarami=(body[1]>0 and body<0 and longcandle[1] and bodybottom>bodybottom[1] and bodytop<bodytop[1]) if BearishHarami then Bear = 1 endif DescendingHawk=(body[1]>0 and body>0 and longcandle[1] and bodybottom>bodybottom[1] and bodytop<bodytop[1]) if DescendingHawk then Bear = 1 endif BearishEngulfing=(body[1]>0 and body<0 and bodybottom<bodybottom[1] and bodytop>bodytop[1] and longcandle) if BearishEngulfing then Bear = 1 endif LastEngulfingTop=(body[1]<0 and body>0 and bodybottom<bodybottom[1] and bodytop>bodytop[1] and longcandle) if LastEngulfingTop then Bear = 1 endif DragonflyDojiTop=(body[1]>0 and longcandle[1] and high>high[1] and shadowbottom>3*abody and shadowtop<shadowbottom/3) if DragonflyDojiTop then Bear = 1 endif GravestoneDojiTop=(body[1]>0 and longcandle[1] and high>high[1] and shadowtop>3*abody and shadowbottom<shadowtop/3) if GravestoneDojiTop then Bear = 1 endif DojiStarTop=(body[1]>0 AND longcandle[1] AND high>high[1] AND open>close[1] AND ratio<0.3 AND range<0.3*range[1]) if DojiStarTop then Bear = 1 endif BearishHaramiCross=(body[1]>0 and longcandle[1] and bodybottom>bodybottom[1] and bodytop<bodytop[1] and ratio<0.3 and range<0.3*range[1]) if BearishHaramiCross then Bear = 1 endif AdvanceBlock=(body[2]>0 and body[1]>0 and body>0 and high[2]<high[1] and high[1]<high and open[1]>bodybottom[2] and open[1]<bodytop[2] and open>bodybottom[1] and open<bodytop[1] and abody[1]<abody[2] and abody<abody[1]) if AdvanceBlock then Bear = 1 endif TwoCrows=(body[2]>0 and body[1]<0 and body<0 and longcandle[2] and open[1]>close[2] and close[1]>close[2] and open<bodytop[1] and open>bodybottom[1] and close<bodytop[2] and close>bodybottom[2]) if TwoCrows then Bear = 1 endif BearishBreakaway=(body[4]>0 and body[3]>0 and body<0 and open[3]>close[4] and close[2]>close[3] and close[1]>close[2] and longcandle and close>close[4] and close<open[3]) if BearishBreakaway then Bear = 1 endif ShootingStar=(body[1]>0 and longcandle[1] and high>high[1] and shadowtop>2*abody and shadowbottom<0.3*abody) if ShootingStar then Bear = 1 endif HangingMan=(body[1]>0 and longcandle[1] and high>high[1] and shadowbottom>2*abody and shadowtop<0.3*abody) if HangingMan then Bear = 1 endif FallingThreeMethods=(body[4]<0 and body[3]>0 and body[1]>0 and body<0 and longcandle[4] and longcandle and close[2]>close[3] and close[1]>close[2] and low[2]>low[3] and low[1]>low[2] and high[1]<high[4] and open<close[1] and close<low[4] and close<low[3] and close<low[2] and close<low[1]) if FallingThreeMethods then Bear = 1 endif BearishThreeLineStrike=(body[3]<0 and body[2]<0 and body[1]<0 and body>0 and longcandle[3] and longcandle[2] and longcandle[1] and close[2]<close[3] and close[1]<close[2] and open<close[1] and close>open[3]) if BearishThreeLineStrike then Bear = 1 endif BearishMatHold=(body[4]<0 and body[3]>0 and body[1]>0 and body<0 and longcandle[4] and close[3]<close[4] and close[2]>close[3] and close[1]>close[2] and low[2]>low[3] and low[1]>low[2] and high[1]<high[4] and open<close[1] and close<low[4] and close<low[3] and close<low[2] and close<low[1]) if BearishMatHold then Bear = 1 endif BearSash=(body[1]>0 AND longcandle[1] AND body<0 AND longcandle AND open>open[1] AND open<close[1] AND close<open[1] AND shadowbottom<0.1*abody) if BearSash then Bear = 1 endif BearSeparatingLine=(body[1]>0 AND longcandle[1] AND body<0 AND longcandle AND open<=open[1] AND shadowbottom<0.1*abody) if BearSeparatingLine then Bear = 1 endif BearishCounterAttack=(body[1]>0 AND longcandle[1] AND body<0 AND longcandle AND close>=close[1]) if BearishCounterAttack then Bear = 1 endif BearishKicking=(body[1]>0 AND longcandle[1] AND body<0 AND longcandle AND open<=open[1] AND shadowtop=0 AND shadowbottom=0) if BearishKicking then Bear = 1 endif //Entry/Exit Criteria possize = 1 NearMA = Average[7,2](close) If countofposition = 0 and Bull = 1 and NearMA[1] > NearMA[3] and RSI[2](close) > 75 and NearMA > Average[150,2](close) Then //If shortonmarket Then //Exitshort at market //EndIf Buy possize contract at market EndIf If countofposition = 0 and Bear = 1 and NearMA[1] < NearMA[3] and RSI[2](close) < 25 and NearMA < Average[150,2](close) Then //If longonmarket Then //Sell at market //EndIf //Sellshort possize contract at market EndIf Set Target pProfit 8 Set Stop pLoss 100

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  Defparam cumulateorders = false   If longonmarket and close < positionprice and (barindex-tradeindex) > 650 Then Sell at market ElsIf shortonmarket and close > positionprice and (barindex-tradeindex) > 60 then Exitshort at market EndIf   body=close-open   abody=abs(body)   if range>0 then ratio=abody/range else ratio=0 endif   middle=(open+close)/2   bodytop=max(open, close)   bodybottom=min(open, close)   shadowtop=high-bodytop   shadowbottom=bodybottom-low   longcandle= (ratio>0.6)   Bull = 0 Bear = 0   //Bullish Signals   MorningStar=(body[2]<0 and body>0 and longcandle[2] and open[1]<close[2] and open>close[1] and ratio[1]<0.3 and abody[1]<abody[2] and abody[1]<abody and low[1]<low and low[1]<low[2] and high[1]<open[2] and high[1]<close) if MorningStar then Bull = 1 //Positive endif   PiercingLine=(body[1]<0 and body>0 and longcandle[1] and longcandle and open<low[1] and close>middle[1] and close<open[1]) if PiercingLine then Bull = 1 //None endif   AbandonedBabyBottom=(body[2]<0 and body>0 and longcandle[2] and ratio[1]<0.3 and high[1]<low[2] and high[1]<low) if AbandonedBabyBottom then Bull = 1 //None endif   ThreeInsideUp=(body[2]<0 and body[1]>0 and body>0 and BullishHarami[1] and close>close[1]) if ThreeInsideUp then Bull = 1 //Positive endif   ThreeOutsideUp=(body[2]<0 and body[1]>0 and body>0 and BullishEngulfing[1] and close>close[1]) if ThreeOutsideUp then Bull = 1 //Positive endif   ThreeWhiteSoldiers=(body[2]>0 and body[1]>0 and body>0 and high[1]>high[2] and high>high[1] and close[1]>close[2] and close>close[1] and open[1]>open[2] and open[1]<close[2] and open>open[1] and open<close[1]) if ThreeWhiteSoldiers then //Bull = 1 //Increase Drawdown endif   ConcealingBabySwallow=(body[3]<0 and body[2]<0 and body[1]<0 and body<0 and ratio[3]>0.8 and ratio[2]>0.8 and ratio>0.8 and open[1]<close[2] and high[1]>close[2] and shadowtop[1]>0.6*(abody[1]+shadowbottom[1]) and bodybottom<bodybottom[1] and bodytop>high[1]) if ConcealingBabySwallow then Bull = 1 //None endif   BullishHarami=(body[1]<0 and body>0 and longcandle[1] and bodybottom>bodybottom[1] and bodytop<bodytop[1]) if BullishHarami then //Bull = 1 //Negative Impact endif   HomingPigeon=(body[1]<0 and body<0 and longcandle[1] and bodybottom>bodybottom[1] and bodytop<bodytop[1]) if HomingPigeon then Bull = 1 //None endif   BullishEngulfing=(body[1]<0 and body>0 and bodybottom<bodybottom[1] and bodytop>bodytop[1] and longcandle) if BullishEngulfing then Bull = 1 //Positive endif   LastEngulfingBottom=(body[1]>0 and body<0 and bodybottom<bodybottom[1] and bodytop>bodytop[1] and longcandle) if LastEngulfingBottom then Bull = 1 //None endif   DragonflyDojiBottom=(body[1]<0 and longcandle[1] and low<low[1] and shadowbottom>3*abody and shadowtop<shadowbottom/3) if DragonflyDojiBottom then Bull = 1 //None endif   GravestoneDojiBottom=(body[1]<0 and longcandle[1] and low<low[1] and shadowtop>3*abody and shadowbottom<shadowtop/3) if GravestoneDojiBottom then Bull = 1 //None endif   DojiStarBottom=(body[1]<0 AND longcandle[1] AND low<low[1] AND open<close[1] AND ratio<0.3 AND range<0.3*range[1]) if DojiStarBottom then Bull = 1 //None endif   BullishHaramiCross=(body[1]<0 and longcandle[1] and bodybottom>bodybottom[1] and bodytop<bodytop[1] and ratio<0.3 and range<0.3*range[1]) if BullishHaramiCross then Bull = 1 //None endif   ThreeStarsInTheSouth=(body[2]<0 and body[1]<0 and body<0 and shadowtop[2]<range[2]/4 and shadowbottom[2]>abody[2]/2 and low[1]>low[2] and high[1]<high[2] and abody[1]<abody[2]  and shadowtop[1]<range[1]/4 and shadowbottom[1]>abody[1]/2 and low>low[1] and high<high[1] and abody<abody[1] and shadowtop<range/4 and shadowbottom<range/4) if ThreeStarsInTheSouth then Bull = 1  //None endif   BullishBreakaway=(body[4]<0 and body[3]<0 and body>0 and open[3]<close[4] and close[2]<close[3] and close[1]<close[2] and longcandle and close<close[4] and close>open[3]) if BullishBreakaway then Bull = 1 //None endif   Hammer=(body[1]<0 and longcandle[1] and low<low[1] and shadowbottom>2*abody and shadowtop<0.3*abody) if Hammer then Bull = 1 //None endif   InvertedHammer=(body[1]<0 and longcandle[1] and low<low[1] and shadowtop>2*abody and shadowbottom<0.3*abody) if InvertedHammer then Bull = 1 //None endif   RisingThreeMethods=(body[4]>0 and body[3]<0 and body[1]<0 and body>0 and longcandle[4] and longcandle and close[2]<close[3] and close[1]<close[2] and high[2]<high[3] and high[1]<high[2] and low[1]>low[4] and open>close[1] and close>high[4] and close>high[3] and close>high[2] and close>high[1]) if RisingThreeMethods then Bull = 1 //None endif   BullishThreeLineStrike=(body[3]>0 and body[2]>0 and body[1]>0 and body<0 and longcandle[3] and longcandle[2] and longcandle[1] and close[2]>close[3] and close[1]>close[2] and open>close[1] and close<open[3]) if BullishThreeLineStrike then Bull = 1 //None endif   BullishMatHold=(body[4]>0 and body[3]<0 and body[1]<0 and body>0 and longcandle[4] and close[3]>close[4] and close[2]<close[3] and close[1]<close[2] and high[2]<high[3] and high[1]<high[2] and low[1]>low[4] and open>close[1] and close>high[4] and  close>high[3] and close>high[2] and close>high[1]) if BullishMatHold then Bull = 1 //None endif   BullSash=(body[1]<0 AND longcandle[1] AND body>0 AND longcandle AND open>close[1] AND open<open[1] AND close>open[1] AND shadowtop<0.1*abody) if BullSash then Bull = 1 //Positive endif   BullSeparatingLine=(body[1]<0 AND longcandle[1] AND body>0 AND longcandle AND open>=open[1] AND shadowtop<0.1*abody) if BullSeparatingLine then Bull = 1 //None endif   BullishCounterAttack=(body[1]<0 AND longcandle[1] AND body>0 AND longcandle AND close<=close[1]) if BullishCounterAttack then Bull = 1 //None endif   BullishKicking=(body[1]<0 AND longcandle[1] AND body>0 AND longcandle AND open>=open[1] AND shadowtop=0 AND shadowbottom=0) if BullishKicking then Bull = 1 //None endif   //Bearish Signal   EveningStar=(body[2]>0 AND body<0 and longcandle[2] and open[1]>close[2] and open<close[1] and ratio[1]<0.3 and abody[1]<abody[2] and abody[1]<abody and high[1]>high and high[1]>high[2] and low[1]>open[2] and low[1]>close) if EveningStar then Bear = 1 endif   DarkCloudCover=(body[1]>0 and body<0 and longcandle[1] and longcandle and open>high[1] and close<middle[1] and close>open[1]) if DarkCloudCover then Bear = 1 endif   AbandonedBabyTop=(body[2]>0 and body<0 and longcandle[2] and ratio[1]<0.3 and low[1]>high[2] and low[1]>high) if AbandonedBabyTop then Bear = 1 endif   ThreeInsideDown=(body[2]>0 and body[1]<0 and body<0 and bearishharami[1] and close<close[1]) if ThreeInsideDown then Bear = 1 endif   ThreeOutsideDown=(body[2]>0 and body[1]<0 and body<0 and bearishengulfing[1] and close<close[1]) if ThreeOutsideDown then Bear = 1 endif   ThreeBlackCrows=(body[2]<0 and body[1]<0 and body<0 and longcandle[2] and longcandle[1] and longcandle and low[1]<low[2] and low<low[1] and close[1]<close[2] and close<close[1] and open[1]<open[2] and open[1]>close[2] and open<open[1] and open>close[1]) if ThreeBlackCrows then Bear = 1 endif   UpsideGapTwoCrows=(body[2]>0 and body[1]<0 and body<0 and longcandle[2] and open[1]>close[2] and bodytop>bodytop[1] and bodybottom<bodybottom[1] and close>close[2]) if UpsideGapTwoCrows then Bear = 1 endif   BearishHarami=(body[1]>0 and body<0 and longcandle[1] and bodybottom>bodybottom[1] and bodytop<bodytop[1]) if BearishHarami then Bear = 1 endif   DescendingHawk=(body[1]>0 and body>0 and longcandle[1] and bodybottom>bodybottom[1] and bodytop<bodytop[1]) if DescendingHawk then Bear = 1 endif   BearishEngulfing=(body[1]>0 and body<0 and bodybottom<bodybottom[1] and bodytop>bodytop[1] and longcandle) if BearishEngulfing then Bear = 1 endif   LastEngulfingTop=(body[1]<0 and body>0 and bodybottom<bodybottom[1] and bodytop>bodytop[1] and longcandle) if LastEngulfingTop then Bear = 1 endif   DragonflyDojiTop=(body[1]>0 and longcandle[1] and high>high[1] and shadowbottom>3*abody and shadowtop<shadowbottom/3) if DragonflyDojiTop then Bear = 1 endif   GravestoneDojiTop=(body[1]>0 and longcandle[1] and high>high[1] and shadowtop>3*abody and shadowbottom<shadowtop/3) if GravestoneDojiTop then Bear = 1 endif   DojiStarTop=(body[1]>0 AND longcandle[1] AND high>high[1] AND open>close[1] AND ratio<0.3 AND range<0.3*range[1]) if DojiStarTop then Bear = 1 endif   BearishHaramiCross=(body[1]>0 and longcandle[1] and bodybottom>bodybottom[1] and bodytop<bodytop[1] and ratio<0.3 and range<0.3*range[1]) if BearishHaramiCross then Bear = 1 endif   AdvanceBlock=(body[2]>0 and body[1]>0 and body>0 and high[2]<high[1] and high[1]<high and open[1]>bodybottom[2] and open[1]<bodytop[2] and open>bodybottom[1] and open<bodytop[1] and abody[1]<abody[2] and abody<abody[1]) if AdvanceBlock then Bear = 1 endif   TwoCrows=(body[2]>0 and body[1]<0 and body<0 and longcandle[2] and open[1]>close[2] and close[1]>close[2] and open<bodytop[1] and open>bodybottom[1] and close<bodytop[2] and close>bodybottom[2]) if TwoCrows then Bear = 1 endif   BearishBreakaway=(body[4]>0 and body[3]>0 and body<0 and open[3]>close[4] and close[2]>close[3] and close[1]>close[2] and longcandle and close>close[4] and close<open[3]) if BearishBreakaway then Bear = 1 endif   ShootingStar=(body[1]>0 and longcandle[1] and high>high[1] and shadowtop>2*abody and shadowbottom<0.3*abody) if ShootingStar then Bear = 1 endif   HangingMan=(body[1]>0 and longcandle[1] and high>high[1] and shadowbottom>2*abody and shadowtop<0.3*abody) if HangingMan then Bear = 1 endif   FallingThreeMethods=(body[4]<0 and body[3]>0 and body[1]>0 and body<0 and longcandle[4] and longcandle and close[2]>close[3] and close[1]>close[2] and low[2]>low[3] and low[1]>low[2] and high[1]<high[4] and open<close[1] and close<low[4] and close<low[3] and close<low[2] and close<low[1]) if FallingThreeMethods then Bear = 1 endif   BearishThreeLineStrike=(body[3]<0 and body[2]<0 and body[1]<0 and body>0 and longcandle[3] and longcandle[2] and longcandle[1] and close[2]<close[3] and close[1]<close[2] and open<close[1] and close>open[3]) if BearishThreeLineStrike then Bear = 1 endif   BearishMatHold=(body[4]<0 and body[3]>0 and body[1]>0 and body<0 and longcandle[4] and close[3]<close[4] and close[2]>close[3] and close[1]>close[2] and low[2]>low[3] and low[1]>low[2] and high[1]<high[4] and open<close[1] and close<low[4] and close<low[3] and close<low[2] and close<low[1]) if BearishMatHold then Bear = 1 endif   BearSash=(body[1]>0 AND longcandle[1] AND body<0 AND longcandle AND open>open[1] AND open<close[1] AND close<open[1] AND shadowbottom<0.1*abody) if BearSash then Bear = 1 endif   BearSeparatingLine=(body[1]>0 AND longcandle[1] AND body<0 AND longcandle AND open<=open[1] AND shadowbottom<0.1*abody) if BearSeparatingLine then Bear = 1 endif   BearishCounterAttack=(body[1]>0 AND longcandle[1] AND body<0 AND longcandle AND close>=close[1]) if BearishCounterAttack then Bear = 1 endif   BearishKicking=(body[1]>0 AND longcandle[1] AND body<0 AND longcandle AND open<=open[1] AND shadowtop=0 AND shadowbottom=0) if BearishKicking then Bear = 1 endif   //Entry/Exit Criteria   possize = 1   NearMA = Average[7,2](close)   If countofposition = 0 and Bull = 1 and NearMA[1] > NearMA[3] and RSI[2](close) > 75 and NearMA > Average[150,2](close) Then //If shortonmarket Then //Exitshort at market //EndIf Buy possize contract at market EndIf   If countofposition = 0 and Bear = 1 and NearMA[1] < NearMA[3] and RSI[2](close) < 25 and NearMA < Average[150,2](close) Then //If longonmarket Then //Sell at market //EndIf //Sellshort possize contract at market EndIf   Set Target pProfit 8 Set Stop pLoss 100

   

   

  

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  07/14/2017 at 8:24 AM #40607
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  hello !

  Thank you for sharing !

  Have you tested with WF ? Why not activate the sell ?

  thanks !

  

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  07/14/2017 at 8:44 AM #40608
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  I try to test it but I have the division by zero problem on this strategy 🙂

  

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  07/14/2017 at 9:41 AM #40614
  GraHal

  I checked the optimisation (good) and tried the SellShort (not great, but maybe we can improve?) and I’ve set it going Live … it’s okay I’ll watch it as soon as it triggers.

  It would be useful and interesting if  (somehow easily?) we could GRAPH which of  the candle patterns has formed at Trade entry.  I guess you’d need Bull 1, Bull2, Bull 3 … etc and then use DRAWTEXT? And then GRAPH Bull 1 OR Bull 2 … etc (if even allowed?).  Naah not worth the effort, just a few thoughts anyway?

  Many Thanks for your inspiration, time and effort and sharing with us all juanj
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  PS  I’ll let you know if I get the divide by zero error TheAccountant.

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  07/14/2017 at 10:06 AM #40621
  TheAccountant

  this is the backtest with 200k :

  

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  07/14/2017 at 12:32 PM #40633
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  As promised TheAccountant … above Bot (with no changes) triggered a Live Trade with NO divide by zero error.

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  07/14/2017 at 12:45 PM #40635
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  I have been thinking about the whole idea of a 1 min (scalping type strategy) and the important factors to consider should be as follow:

  1. In Direction of Primary Trend i.e. Long above and Short below 100-250MA (Long MA)
  2. In Direction of Near Trend i.e Near MA pointing in direction of Trade
  3. Strong Momentum i.e. RSI and or Stachastic in Overbough/Oversold area
  4. Good Trigger i.e. Reliable Candle Stick Pattern
  5. Small Target (i.e. <= ATR)

  Also worth pointing out would be to use a market with a small spread <= 0.8

  I believe my strategy over complicates the above.

  Instead of using a whole library of candle patterns lets identify 1 to 3 ‘reliable’ ones such as the recent Hammer-Negated pattern posted by Francesco.

  Also lets use confluence of Momentum Indicators such as Stochastic and RSI to identify strong Momentum

  And finally using ATR to identify a likely Target

  I don’t have the time right now to try this but will look into it sometime this weekend.

  

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  07/14/2017 at 1:02 PM #40640
  GraHal

  Good and logical ideas juanj!

  it would seem sensible to use those candle patterns that are statistically proven to be the most reliable in predicting market direction after the pattern formed.

  I’ll find some links for above and post on here.

  Cheers
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  07/14/2017 at 3:12 PM #40653
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  Okay so I got distracted by the idea and ended up coding something in line with the above logic.

  Code is for Long only but pretty sure we can adapt it to be bi-directional.

  I really like the results and think we are onto something here! EUR/USD (spread 0.8):

  //Stategy: Scalping Candles //Market: EUR/USD //Timeframe: 1min //Spread: 0.8 //Author: Juan Jacobs (Jd3gjacobs@gmail.com) Defparam cumulateorders = false If longonmarket and close < positionprice and (barindex-tradeindex) > 720 Then //Time Stop set to 12 hours Sell at market EndIf //Candle Paramaters body=close-open abody=abs(body) if range>0 then ratio=abody/range else ratio=0 endif bodytop=max(open, close) bodybottom=min(open, close) shadowtop=high-bodytop longcandle= (ratio>0.6) Bull = 0 //Bullish Signals BullishHarami=(body[1]<0 and body>0 and longcandle[1] and bodybottom>bodybottom[1] and bodytop<bodytop[1]) MorningStar=(body[2]<0 and body>0 and longcandle[2] and open[1]<close[2] and open>close[1] and ratio[1]<0.3 and abody[1]<abody[2] and abody[1]<abody and low[1]<low and low[1]<low[2] and high[1]<open[2] and high[1]<close) if MorningStar then Bull = 1 //Positive endif ThreeInsideUp=(body[2]<0 and body[1]>0 and body>0 and BullishHarami[1] and close>close[1]) if ThreeInsideUp then Bull = 1 //Positive endif ThreeOutsideUp=(body[2]<0 and body[1]>0 and body>0 and BullishEngulfing[1] and close>close[1]) if ThreeOutsideUp then Bull = 1 //Positive endif BullishEngulfing=(body[1]<0 and body>0 and bodybottom<bodybottom[1] and bodytop>bodytop[1] and longcandle) if BullishEngulfing then Bull = 1 //Positive endif BullSash=(body[1]<0 AND longcandle[1] AND body>0 AND longcandle AND open>close[1] AND open<open[1] AND close>open[1] AND shadowtop<0.1*abody) if BullSash then Bull = 1 //Positive endif If (high - low) = 0 Then //Prevents potential division by zero HiLo = 1 Else HiLo = (high - low) EndIf HammerUp = min(open[1],close[1])>high[1]-(high[1]-low[1])/3 HammerUpNeg= max(open,close)<min(open[1],close[1]) and abs(open-close)/HiLo>0.5 //Bullish Hammer Negated = Bearish (used for exit signal) HammerDown = max(open[1],close[1])<low[1]+(high[1]-low[1])/3 HammerDownNeg = min(open,close)>max(open[1],close[1]) and abs(open-close)/HiLo>0.5 //Bearish Hammer Negated = Bullish (used for exit signal) If HammerUp and HammerUpNeg Then //Bull = 0 ElsIf HammerDown and HammerDownNeg Then Bull = 1 EndIf dojibull2 = open[2]<close[2] and abs(open[2]-close[2])/(high[2]-low[2])<0.6 dojibull1 = open[1]<close[1] and abs(open[1]-close[1])/(high[1]-low[1])<0.6 dojibear2 = open[2]>close[2] and abs(open[2]-close[2])/(high[2]-low[2])<0.6 dojibear1 = open[1]>close[1] and abs(open[1]-close[1])/(high[1]-low[1])<0.6 hammerup2 = min(open,close)>high-(high-low)/2 //and max(open,close) < min(open[1],close[1]) hammerdown2 = max(open,close)<low+(high-low)/2 //and max(open,close)<min(open[1],close[1])//and timeok If (dojibull2 and dojibull1) and hammerdown2 Then Bull = 1 ElsIf (dojibear2 and dojibear1) and hammerup2 Then //Bull = 0 EndIf //Entry/Exit Criteria possize = 1 ATR = AverageTrueRange[4](close) LongMA = Average[50,2](close) NearMA = Average[6,2](close) RSIChk = RSI[4](close) >= 80 StoChk = Stochastic[14,3](close) >= 75 If countofposition = 0 and Bull = 1 and close > LongMA and NearMA > LongMA and LongMA[1] > LongMA[20] and NearMA[1] > NearMA[3] and ATR[1] > ATR[2] and RSIChk and StoChk Then Buy possize contract at market EndIf Set Target $profit 125 Set Stop $Loss 250

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  //Stategy: Scalping Candles //Market: EUR/USD //Timeframe: 1min //Spread: 0.8 //Author: Juan Jacobs (Jd3gjacobs@gmail.com)   Defparam cumulateorders = false   If longonmarket and close < positionprice and (barindex-tradeindex) > 720 Then //Time Stop set to 12 hours Sell at market EndIf   //Candle Paramaters   body=close-open   abody=abs(body)   if range>0 then ratio=abody/range else ratio=0 endif   bodytop=max(open, close)   bodybottom=min(open, close)   shadowtop=high-bodytop   longcandle= (ratio>0.6)   Bull = 0   //Bullish Signals   BullishHarami=(body[1]<0 and body>0 and longcandle[1] and bodybottom>bodybottom[1] and bodytop<bodytop[1])   MorningStar=(body[2]<0 and body>0 and longcandle[2] and open[1]<close[2] and open>close[1] and ratio[1]<0.3 and abody[1]<abody[2] and abody[1]<abody and low[1]<low and low[1]<low[2] and high[1]<open[2] and high[1]<close) if MorningStar then Bull = 1 //Positive endif   ThreeInsideUp=(body[2]<0 and body[1]>0 and body>0 and BullishHarami[1] and close>close[1]) if ThreeInsideUp then Bull = 1 //Positive endif   ThreeOutsideUp=(body[2]<0 and body[1]>0 and body>0 and BullishEngulfing[1] and close>close[1]) if ThreeOutsideUp then Bull = 1 //Positive endif   BullishEngulfing=(body[1]<0 and body>0 and bodybottom<bodybottom[1] and bodytop>bodytop[1] and longcandle) if BullishEngulfing then Bull = 1 //Positive endif   BullSash=(body[1]<0 AND longcandle[1] AND body>0 AND longcandle AND open>close[1] AND open<open[1] AND close>open[1] AND shadowtop<0.1*abody) if BullSash then Bull = 1 //Positive endif   If (high - low) = 0 Then //Prevents potential division by zero HiLo = 1 Else HiLo = (high - low) EndIf   HammerUp = min(open[1],close[1])>high[1]-(high[1]-low[1])/3 HammerUpNeg= max(open,close)<min(open[1],close[1]) and abs(open-close)/HiLo>0.5 //Bullish Hammer Negated = Bearish (used for exit signal) HammerDown = max(open[1],close[1])<low[1]+(high[1]-low[1])/3 HammerDownNeg = min(open,close)>max(open[1],close[1]) and abs(open-close)/HiLo>0.5 //Bearish Hammer Negated = Bullish (used for exit signal)   If HammerUp and HammerUpNeg Then //Bull = 0 ElsIf HammerDown and HammerDownNeg Then Bull = 1 EndIf dojibull2 = open[2]<close[2] and abs(open[2]-close[2])/(high[2]-low[2])<0.6 dojibull1 = open[1]<close[1] and abs(open[1]-close[1])/(high[1]-low[1])<0.6 dojibear2 = open[2]>close[2] and abs(open[2]-close[2])/(high[2]-low[2])<0.6 dojibear1 = open[1]>close[1] and abs(open[1]-close[1])/(high[1]-low[1])<0.6 hammerup2 = min(open,close)>high-(high-low)/2 //and max(open,close) < min(open[1],close[1]) hammerdown2 = max(open,close)<low+(high-low)/2 //and max(open,close)<min(open[1],close[1])//and timeok   If (dojibull2 and dojibull1) and hammerdown2 Then Bull = 1 ElsIf  (dojibear2 and dojibear1) and hammerup2 Then //Bull = 0 EndIf   //Entry/Exit Criteria   possize = 1   ATR = AverageTrueRange[4](close) LongMA = Average[50,2](close) NearMA = Average[6,2](close) RSIChk = RSI[4](close) >= 80 StoChk = Stochastic[14,3](close) >= 75   If countofposition = 0 and Bull = 1 and close > LongMA and NearMA > LongMA and LongMA[1] > LongMA[20] and NearMA[1] > NearMA[3] and ATR[1] > ATR[2] and RSIChk and StoChk Then Buy possize contract at market EndIf   Set Target $profit 125 Set Stop $Loss 250

   

   

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  07/14/2017 at 8:13 PM #40666
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  It’s weird I do not have the same results at all ! It’s not bad but it’s different ! 🙂

  I can test on 200k but it will be necessary that we have the same results on 100k first lol

  

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  07/14/2017 at 8:38 PM #40671
  GraHal

  Have you got 0.8 spread set (same as juanj) on the backtest engine?

  Also I don’t think juanj has stated exactly what instrument he is testing on … CFD or spreadbet etc??

  I couldn’t get same results as juanj either.

  Let’s keep at it now we are gaining momentum? So many of these collaborative / improvement projects seem to fall over?

  Thanks
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  07/14/2017 at 8:58 PM #40675
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  Hi, I suspect it could have something to do with the stop/target being specified in $profit and $loss instead of Pprofit and Ploss. Perhaps we should standardize to points x*pipsize.

  TP = x*pipsize

  SL = TP*2

  Set Target pProfit TP

  Set Stop pLoss SL

  For the record it is standard CFD. 

  

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  07/14/2017 at 9:20 PM #40678
  TheAccountant

  “Have you got 0.8 spread set (same as juanj) on the backtest engine?”

  yep 🙂 and Im on CFD too.

  

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  07/14/2017 at 10:32 PM #40680
  GraHal

  You both with IG?

  I am with IG and my PRT Platform is direct from IG.   Attached is latest version etc.

  

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  07/15/2017 at 5:55 AM #40692
  Inertia

  Hi,

  This is what I have from my side.

  

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