Kangaroo Tail Indicator

The Kangaroo Tail is a multi-bar pattern.
The Kangaroo Tail is both simple and very effective pattern to trade.
The strategy that comes with the Kangaroo Tail is based on price action.
The indicator does what he was designed for: displaying Kangaroo Tail patterns. Don't expect to follow the up and down arrows and make money. Trading is not that simple. The Kangaroo Tail pattern is a starting point. The arrow is not a confirmed BUY and SELL signal in itself. The Kangaroo Tail indicator alerts you that the market might be at a turning point now. Then you must use other elements of your strategy (trend, momentum, support/resistance, volatility, daily bias, and other indicators) to confirm the signal and place a trade.
Inputs of the indicator are:
MaxBars: number of bars back used to calculate the indicator
BuySignals (true/false): you can filter signals and decide to show BUY signals or not. Default settings is true (no filter).
SellSignals (true/false): you can filter signals and decide to show SELL signals or not. Default settings is true (no filter).
CandleSize: filter signals depending on the size of candle (0.5 to 1.5 recommended range of values)
Alerts:
The alerts are managed by TradingView trading platform features and not by the indicator itself. You must use Kangaroo Sell less than zero and Kangaroo Buy greater than zero as settings for the alerts.
Trading rules:
For BUY: wait for a bullish Kangaroo Tail to print on a support zone after a down trend. Wait for price to break high of the Kangaroo Tail candle (5 pips above the high for H1 and higher time frames). Immediately enter in the trade once high is broken. You also can use a BUY STOP order placed 5 pips above the high of the candle (plus spread). Stop Loss should be placed below the low of the Kangaroo Tail candle. If order is not triggered in the next candle then trade is invalidated and should be canceled.
For SELL: wait for a bearish Kangaroo Tail to print on resistance zone after an up trend. Wait for price to break the low of the Kangaroo Tail candle (5 pips below the low for H1 and higher time frames). Immediately enter in the trade once low is broken. You also can use a SELL STOP order place 5 pips below the low of the candle. Stop Loss should be placed above the high of the Kangaroo Tail candle. If order is not triggered in the next candle then trade is invalidated and should be canceled.
The Kangaroo Tail indicator can be used with any time frame.
The Kangaroo Tail indicator can be used with any class of asset: Forex, Stocks, Indices, Futures, Commodities and Cryptos.
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Disclaimer
Invite-only script
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TradingView does NOT recommend paying for or using a script unless you fully trust its author and understand how it works. You may also find free, open-source alternatives in our community scripts.
Author's instructions
Warning: please read our guide for invite-only scripts before requesting access.