Buying A Bottom of a Market

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02/03/2022 at 1:53 PM #187460 quote
justadude
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Hi there,

Does anyone have any ideas about buying a bottom of a market, I’ve been experimenting with trying to create an algorithm that buys if the price falls candle after candle, then flattens out, and starts going back up.

For Example:
```
// Definition of code parameters
DEFPARAM CumulateOrders = False // Cumulating positions deactivated

// Conditions to enter long positions
c1 = (close < close[1])
c2 = (close < close[2])
c3 = (close < close[3])
c4 = (close < close[4])
c5 = (close < close[5])
c6 = (close < close[6])
//here is the market turning after a fall
c7 = (close > close[7])
c8 = (close > close[8])

IF c1 AND c2 AND c3 AND c4 AND c5 AND c6 AND c7 AND c8 THEN
BUY 1 PERPOINT AT MARKET
ENDIF

// Stops and targets
SET STOP pLOSS 5
SET TARGET pPROFIT 10
```
Would it be possible to incorporate a volume spike at the bottom too?

At the moment, the results are completely random.
02/03/2022 at 3:33 PM #187467 quote

robertogozzi
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Legend

When do you want to start buying the very first time?

Then you want to buy additional positions as it falls down?

When shall it exit?

02/03/2022 at 3:59 PM #187469 quote

justadude
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Exit will be a fixed amount of points, for example – 7 points

Thank you.

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02/03/2022 at 4:26 PM #187472 quote

pableitor
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Master

You are just looking for a V shaped bottom which may be the easiest to program but IMHO may not be the most bottom. I would look also for a W , reverse head&shoulders or better yet a 123 bottom, but those are difficult to detect by SW

02/04/2022 at 8:23 AM #187499 quote

justadude
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Do you have the code for a V shaped bottom, please?

02/04/2022 at 12:09 PM #187516 quote
nonetheless
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It only takes 3 candles to make a V, but how will you know if it’s likely to continue, or just a bounce within the previous trend?

You can’t do it with price action alone. Try adding a fast MA, for example:
```
ma = hullaverage[10](typicalprice) // can also be written ma = average[10,7]
long = ma > ma[1] and ma[1] < ma[2]
short = ma < ma[1] and ma[1] > ma[2]
```
On a 4 hour TF this is often a “fairly reliable” indicator of changes in the primary trend.
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