Explanation about breakout strategy parameters

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    Yngve
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    Hi

    Could someone pleas exlane to me what these represents in a breakout strategy?

    MaxAmplitude = 58
    MinAmplitude = 11
    OrderDistance = 4
    PourcentageMin = 30

    Yngve

    #17117 quote
    Wing
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    Not without seeing the system code.

    #17126 quote
    Yngve
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    Hi Wing

    Thanks for replying to my question!

    Well for instant this code

     

    // We do not store datas until the system starts.
    // If it is the first day that the system is launched and if it is afternoon,
    // it will be waiting until the next day for defining sell and buy orders 
    DEFPARAM PreLoadBars = 0
    
    // Position is closed at 7h45 PM, frenh time (in case of CAC40 trading)
    DEFPARAM FlatAfter = 194500
    
    // No new position will be initiated after the 5h00 PM candlestick
    LimitHour = 171500
    
    // Market scan begin with the 15 minute candlestick that closed at 9h15 AM
    StartHour = 091500
    
    // The 24th and 31th days of December will not be traded because market close before 7h45 PM
    IF (Month = 5 AND Day = 1) OR (Month = 12 AND (Day = 24 OR Day = 25 OR Day = 26 OR Day = 30 OR Day = 31)) THEN
      TradingDay = 0
    ELSE
      TradingDay = 1
    ENDIF
    
    // Variables that would be adapted to your preferences
    if time = 084500 then
      PositionSize = max(2,2+ROUND((strategyprofit-1000)/1000)) //gain re-invest trade volume
    //PositionSize = 2 //constant trade volume over the time
    endif
    
    MaxAmplitude = 58
    MinAmplitude = 11
    OrderDistance = 4
    PourcentageMin = 30
    
    // Variable initilization once at system start
    ONCE StartTradingDay = -1
    
    // Variables that can change in intraday are initiliazed
    // at first bar on each new day
    IF (Time <= StartHour AND StartTradingDay <> 0) OR IntradayBarIndex = 0 THEN
      BuyTreshold = 0
      SellTreshold = 0
      BuyPosition = 0
      SellPosition = 0
      StartTradingDay = 0
    ELSIF Time >= StartHour AND StartTradingDay = 0 AND TradingDay = 1 THEN
    
    // We store the first trading day bar index 
      DayStartIndex = IntradayBarIndex
      StartTradingDay = 1
    ELSIF StartTradingDay = 1 AND Time <= LimitHour THEN
    
    // For each trading day, we define each 15 minutes
    // the higher and lower price value of the instrument since StartHour
    // until the buy and sell tresholds are not defined
    
    IF BuyTreshold = 0 OR SellTreshold = 0 THEN
      HighLevel = Highest[IntradayBarIndex - DayStartIndex + 1](High)
      LowLevel = Lowest [IntradayBarIndex - DayStartIndex + 1](Low)
    
    // Spread calculation between the higher and the 
    // lower value of the instrument since StartHour
      DaySpread = HighLevel - LowLevel
    
    // Minimal spread calculation allowed to consider a significant price breakout
    // of the higher and lower value 
      MinSpread = DaySpread * PourcentageMin / 100
    
    // Buy and sell tresholds for the actual if conditions are met
      IF DaySpread <= MaxAmplitude THEN
       IF SellTreshold = 0 AND (Close - LowLevel) >= MinSpread THEN
    SellTreshold = LowLevel + OrderDistance
       ENDIF
       IF BuyTreshold = 0 AND (HighLevel - Close) >= MinSpread THEN
    BuyTreshold = HighLevel - OrderDistance
       ENDIF
      ENDIF
    ENDIF
    
    // Creation of the buy and sell orders for the day
    // if the conditions are met 
    IF SellTreshold > 0 AND BuyTreshold > 0 AND (BuyTreshold - SellTreshold) >= MinAmplitude THEN
      IF BuyPosition = 0 THEN
       IF LongOnMarket THEN
        BuyPosition = 1
       ELSE
        BUY PositionSize CONTRACT AT BuyTreshold STOP
      ENDIF
    ENDIF
    IF SellPosition = 0 THEN
       IF ShortOnMarket THEN
        SellPosition = 1
       ELSE
      SELLSHORT PositionSize CONTRACT AT SellTreshold STOP
    ENDIF
    ENDIF
    ENDIF
    ENDIF
    
    // Conditions definitions to exit market when a buy or sell order is already launched
    IF LongOnMarket AND ((Time <= LimitHour AND SellPosition = 1) OR Time > LimitHour) THEN
    SELL AT SellTreshold STOP
    ELSIF ShortOnMarket AND ((Time <= LimitHour AND BuyPosition = 1) OR Time > LimitHour) THEN
    EXITSHORT AT BuyTreshold STOP
    ENDIF
    
    // Maximal risk definition of loss per position 
    // in case of bad evolution of the instrument price
    SET STOP PLOSS MaxAmplitude
    #17148 quote
    Wing
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    Veteran

    Something like this, for that strategy:

     

    MaxAmplitude = maximum stop loss/maximum daily range to trade

    MinAmplitude =  minimum daily range to trade

    OrderDistance = Distance from range that order is placed when breakout has occured

    PourcentageMin = How large of a movement is considered an outbreak, measured in percent of today’s range so far (high-low).

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    #17224 quote
    Yngve
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    Hi Wing

    Thanks for the explenation, it makes sens now.

    Regards

     

    Yngve

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Explanation about breakout strategy parameters


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