Another Bollinger Band Strategy

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    deletedaccount051022
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    Hello,

    As there seems to be a wave of Bollinger Band strategies I thought I would have a go.  And here it is.  It’s a disaster!  🙂

    This strategy will look for a candle that closes below the lower band, then will only buy if the following candle is an engulfing candle to the up side.  To filter out unwanted trades, the current close must be greater than the close of ~1 week prior, plus it uses a simple 2 x MA filter.  It currently has no stop loss, this is work in progress, so the max DD  is huge.

    I looks great on the Dashboard, but only because I have intentionally tested it over 100k candles.  It’s far less sexy if you go further back.  However, it has become a most useful exercise in what to look out for if you are considering buying a system, be sure to ask for a demo or a lot more info than what may initially be given.

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    Anyway, it sparked initial interest and has been fun to create.  I hope to find a way to make it more robust, perhaps even on other markets, and will share here if I do.

    I hope you enjoy!

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    #176612 quote
    Nicolas
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    Since it’s based on mean reversion with a candlestick confirmation, try with STD factor higher than 2.0. Reduce drawdown with averaging down?

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    deletedaccount051022
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    Thank you Sir!  Will try this and see if that improves things.  Much appreciated.

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    murre87
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    Did u made any inprovemants samsampop

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    Meta Signals Pro
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    Hi @Nicolas,
    Can you precise what you mean

    > try with STD factor higher than 2.0.

    > Reduce drawdown with averaging down?

    What piece of code do you have in mind?
    Thanks ^^

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    Nicolas
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    Wider bollinger bands would trigger orders less often but also marked an extensive deviation from the mean and therefore a better chance of price revert to it.

    For the averaging down technique, this could improve the drawdown. Since this strategy has no stoploss, you might as well give it a try.

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Another Bollinger Band Strategy


ProOrder: Automated Strategies & Backtesting

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Started: 09/01/2021
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