## Volatility Trailing Stop
## Version 1.1
## By Steve Coombs
## This ATR Trailing Stop is calculated using the Highest Close in an uptrend or
## the Lowest Close in a downtrend, rather than just the Close that is used
## in the standard TOS ATRTrailing Stop
#input StopLabel = yes; #ATRStop Label is Stop value from yesterdays ATR calculation
input ATRPeriod = 10;
input ATRFactor = 1.5;
input firstTrade = {default long, short};
input averageType = AverageType.SIMPLE;
Assert(ATRFactor > 0, "'atr factor' must be positive: " + ATRFactor);
def trueRange = TrueRange(high, close, low);
def loss = ATRFactor * MovingAverage(averageType, trueRange, ATRPeriod);
def state = {default init, long, short};
def trail;
def mclose;
switch (state[1]) {
case init:
if (!IsNaN(loss)) {
switch (firstTrade) {
case long:
state = state.long;
mclose = close;
trail = close -loss;
case short:
state = state.short;
mclose = close;
trail = close + loss;
}
} else {
state = state.init;
trail = Double.NaN;
mclose = Double.NaN;
}
case long:
if (close > trail[1]) {
state = state.long;
mclose = Max(mclose[1], close);
trail = Max (trail[1], mclose -loss);
} else {
state = state.short;
mclose = close;
trail = mclose + loss;
}
case short:
if (close < trail[1]) {
state = state.short;
mclose = Min(mclose[1], close);
trail = Min(trail[1], mclose + loss);
} else {
state = state.long;
mclose = close + 0;
trail = mclose -loss;
}
}
#AddLabel(StopLabel, "ATR Stop =" + Round(trail[1], 2), color = Color.BLUE);
plot TrailingStop = trail;
TrailingStop.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.POINTS);
TrailingStop.SetLineWeight(lineWeight = 3);
TrailingStop.DefineColor("Buy", GetColor(5));
TrailingStop.DefineColor("Sell", GetColor(1));
TrailingStop.AssignValueColor(if state == state.long
then TrailingStop.Color("Sell")
else TrailingStop.Color("Buy"));
.
