Gap Down Reversal StrategyA "Gap down Reversal" is when the current days candle, opens, below the prior days close, and "finishes up" on the day with the close greater than the open. This type of price action can provide traders with favorable entry points to trade long, as anyone who was short the prior day, can get squeezed or panic out of the trade as they would see profits erode quickly from the gap down at the open.
Strategy results are shown on SHOP with 10k starting capital and 10k per trade. The strategy enters at next days close after the gap down reversal fires off, and a 5% trailing stop order is also executed. This is important to understand when experimenting with different trailing stops on different symbols and observing results to find the most viable strategy. The discretionary trader may choose to enter at the close, or at the next days open, so understand results are not calculated for those entry points.
You also may alter the start date of the strategy, so you can include, or exclude certain dates.
Experiment with different stops and symbols! More volatile symbols most likely will need looser stops and Vice Versa. Concentrate on symbols in up trends, as "the dips" usually get consistently bought in these names, but hard reversals in downtrends can happen as well.
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Down
Three Outside Down Backtest This is a three candlestick bearish reversal pattern consisting of a bearish
engulfing pattern formed by the first two candlesticks then followed by a down
candlestick with a lower close than the prior candlestick.
WARNING:
- For purpose educate only
- This script to change bars colors.
Average DownThis strategy has been published for a Pyramiding tutorial on the Backtest Rookies website.
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Summary
The code example will create a simple script that allows us to average down whenever our portfolio is down x%. The idea will be to bring our average cost down so that we can still exit with a profit when conditions improve. With this in mind, the strategy shall also have a simple take profit exit at x% above our average price.
Inputs
Target Loss to Average Down (%) : This is the target percentage level will trigger us to average down. In other words, if we have a close below this level from our average buying price, we will average down.
Target Take Profit : A standard take profit percentage level. Use this to set how much profit you will target.
% Of Current Holdings to Buy : Is the number of shares/contracts we will aim to buy when we average down. 50 will mean we buy 50% of our current holdings. So if we have 100 shares, then we buy 50 when we average down.
SMA Period : Defines our SMA lookback period. Our strategy will enter the first/initial position when we have a close above our SMA level.