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Compound Trend Following Strategy

This article introduces a quantitative trading strategy that combines multiple indicators to determine trends. It tracks medium-to-long term price trends using moving averages, new highs/lows, yearly levels and more.

Author
ChaoZhang
Complexity
Intermediate · 167 lines
Parameters
15
Backtest bar
1h · intraday
Tested on
BTC/USDT · futures

Overview

This article introduces a quantitative trading strategy that combines multiple indicators to determine trends. It tracks medium-to-long term price trends using moving averages, new highs/lows, yearly levels and more.

Strategy Logic

The strategy is based on:

  1. Using moving averages, new highs/lows index to determine price trend.

  2. Incorporating yearly levels to avoid short-term whipsaws.

  3. Entering on aligned indicator bundle signals to filter fakeouts.

  4. Trailing with supertrend to lock in trend profits.

  5. Stopping out on moving average breaches.

Advantage Analysis

Advantages of the strategy:

  1. Multiple indicators improve decision accuracy.

  2. Only trading clear trends avoids unnecessary trades.

  3. Supertrend trailing locks in profits and reduces drawdowns.

  4. Timely stop outs on breakouts improve win rate.

  5. Clear logic makes optimization intuitive.

Risk Analysis

Potential risks include:

  1. Multiple filters may cause missed trades.

  2. Supertrend trails could overly limit profits.

  3. Bad breakout stops cause unnecessary exits.

  4. Parameter tuning significantly impacts performance.

Conclusion

This strategy combines multiple technical indicators to determine trend. With proper optimization, it can achieve good returns. But traders should watch trend accuracy and adjust parameters accordingly.

Parameters

NameDefaultWhat it controls
v_input_10Moving Average Type: hma | sma | ema | rma | vwma | wma
v_input_2trueincludePartiallyAligned
v_input_322HighLowPeriod
v_input_410LookbackPeriod
v_input_5falseconsiderYearlyHighLow
v_input_6truedirTBars
v_input_730dirRBars
v_input_80Moving Average Type: ema | sma | hma | rma | vwma | wma
v_input_910PMALength
v_input_102shift
v_input_113supertrendMult
v_input_1222supertrendLength
v_input_132riskReward
v_input_140Trade Direction: strategy.openMA<closeMA?1:-1.all | strategy.direction.long | strategy.direction.short
v_input_15truebacktestYears

Source Pine Script

/*backtest
start: 2023-08-16 00:00:00
end: 2023-09-15 00:00:00
period: 1h
basePeriod: 15m
exchanges: [{"eid":"Futures_Binance","currency":"BTC_USDT"}]
*/

// This source code is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public License 2.0 at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/
// © HeWhoMustNotBeNamed

//@version=4
strategy("AlignedMA and Cumulative HighLow Strategy V2", overlay=true, initial_capital = 1000, default_qty_type = strategy.percent_of_equity, default_qty_value = 100, commission_type = strategy.commission.percent, pyramiding = 1, commission_value = 0.01, calc_on_order_fills = true)

MAType = input(title="Moving Average Type", defval="hma", options=["ema", "sma", "hma", "rma", "vwma", "wma"])
includePartiallyAligned = input(true)
HighLowPeriod = input(22, minval=1,step=1)
LookbackPeriod = input(10, minval=1,step=1)
considerYearlyHighLow = input(false)

dirTBars = input(1)
dirRBars = input(30)

PMAType = input(title="Moving Average Type", defval="ema", options=["ema", "sma", "hma", "rma", "vwma", "wma"])
PMALength = input(10, minval=2, step=10)
shift = input(2, minval=1, step=1)

//Use 2 for ASX stocks
supertrendMult = input(3, minval=1, maxval=10, step=0.5)
supertrendLength = input(22, minval=1)

riskReward = input(2, minval=1, maxval=10, step=0.5)

tradeDirection = input(title="Trade Direction", defval=strategy.direction.all, options=[strategy.direction.all, strategy.direction.long, strategy.direction.short])
backtestYears = input(1, minval=1, step=1)

f_getMovingAverage(source, MAType, length)=>
    ma = sma(source, length)
    if(MAType == "ema")
        ma := ema(source,length)
    if(MAType == "hma")
        ma := hma(source,length)
    if(MAType == "rma")
        ma := rma(source,length)
    if(MAType == "vwma")
        ma := vwma(source,length)
    if(MAType == "wma")
        ma := wma(source,length)
    ma
    
f_getMaAlignment(MAType, includePartiallyAligned)=>
    ma5 = f_getMovingAverage(close,MAType,5)
    ma10 = f_getMovingAverage(close,MAType,10)
    ma20 = f_getMovingAverage(close,MAType,20)
    ma30 = f_getMovingAverage(close,MAType,30)
    ma50 = f_getMovingAverage(close,MAType,50)
    ma100 = f_getMovingAverage(close,MAType,100)
    ma200 = f_getMovingAverage(close,MAType,200)

    upwardScore = 0
    upwardScore := close > ma5? upwardScore+1:upwardScore
    upwardScore := ma5 > ma10? upwardScore+1:upwardScore
    upwardScore := ma10 > ma20? upwardScore+1:upwardScore
    upwardScore := ma20 > ma30? upwardScore+1:upwardScore
    upwardScore := ma30 > ma50? upwardScore+1:upwardScore
    upwardScore := ma50 > ma100? upwardScore+1:upwardScore
    upwardScore := ma100 > ma200? upwardScore+1:upwardScore
    
    upwards = close > ma5 and ma5 > ma10 and ma10 > ma20 and ma20 > ma30 and ma30 > ma50 and ma50 > ma100 and ma100 > ma200
    downwards = close < ma5 and ma5 < ma10 and ma10 < ma20 and ma20 < ma30 and ma30 < ma50 and ma50 < ma100 and ma100 < ma200
    upwards?1:downwards?-1:includePartiallyAligned ? (upwardScore > 5? 0.5: upwardScore < 2?-0.5:upwardScore>3?0.25:-0.25) : 0

f_getHighLowValue(HighLowPeriod)=>
    currentHigh = highest(high,HighLowPeriod) == high
    currentLow = lowest(low,HighLowPeriod) == low
    currentHigh?1:currentLow?-1:0

f_getDirection(Series)=>
    direction = Series > Series[1] ? 1 : Series < Series[1] ? -1 : 0
    direction := direction == 0? nz(direction[1],0):direction
    direction

f_getDirectionT(Series, tBars, rBars)=>
    compH = Series > 0? Series[tBars] : Series[rBars]
    compL = Series < 0? Series[tBars] : Series[rBars]
    direction = Series > compH ? 1 : Series < compL ? -1 : 0
    direction := direction == 0? nz(direction[1],0):direction
    direction

f_getYearlyHighLowCondition(considerYearlyHighLow)=>
    yhigh = security(syminfo.tickerid, '12M', high[1]) 
    ylow = security(syminfo.tickerid, '12M', low[1]) 
    yhighlast = yhigh[365]
    ylowlast = ylow[365]
    yhighllast = yhigh[2 * 365]
    ylowllast = ylow[2 * 365]
    
    yearlyTrendUp = na(yhigh)? true : na(yhighlast)? close > yhigh : na(yhighllast)? close > max(yhigh,yhighlast) : close > max(yhigh, min(yhighlast, yhighllast))
    yearlyHighCondition = (  (na(yhigh) or na(yhighlast) ? true : (yhigh > yhighlast) ) and ( na(yhigh) or na(yhighllast) ? true : (yhigh > yhighllast))) or yearlyTrendUp or not considerYearlyHighLow
    yearlyTrendDown = na(ylow)? true : na(ylowlast)? close < ylow : na(ylowllast)? close < min(ylow,ylowlast) : close < min(ylow, max(ylowlast, ylowllast))
    yearlyLowCondition = (  (na(ylow) or na(ylowlast) ? true : (ylow < ylowlast) ) and ( na(ylow) or na(ylowllast) ? true : (ylow < ylowllast))) or yearlyTrendDown or not considerYearlyHighLow
    
    [yearlyHighCondition,yearlyLowCondition]

f_getOpenCloseMA(MAType, length)=>
    openMA = f_getMovingAverage(open, MAType, length)
    closeMA = f_getMovingAverage(close, MAType, length)
    direction = openMA < closeMA ? 1 : -1
    [openMA, closeMA, direction]

inDateRange = true

maAlignment = f_getMaAlignment(MAType,includePartiallyAligned)
alignedMaIndex = sum(maAlignment,LookbackPeriod)

maAlignmentDirection=f_getDirectionT(alignedMaIndex,dirTBars, dirRBars)
atr = atr(22)
highLowIndex = f_getHighLowValue(HighLowPeriod)
cumulativeHighLowIndex = sum(highLowIndex,LookbackPeriod)

hlDirection = f_getDirectionT(cumulativeHighLowIndex,dirTBars,dirRBars)
[yearlyHighCondition,yearlyLowCondition] = f_getYearlyHighLowCondition(considerYearlyHighLow)
[supertrend, dir] = supertrend(supertrendMult, supertrendLength)
[esupertrend, edir] = supertrend(supertrendMult+1, supertrendLength)

movingAverage = f_getMovingAverage(close, PMAType, PMALength)

secondaryBuyFilter = movingAverage > movingAverage[shift]
secondarySellFilter = movingAverage < movingAverage[shift]

closeBuyFilter = dir == 1
closeSellFilter = dir == -1
buyFilter = (maAlignmentDirection == 1 and hlDirection == 1 and yearlyHighCondition)
sellFilter = (maAlignmentDirection == -1 and hlDirection == -1 and yearlyLowCondition)

barColor = buyFilter?color.lime:sellFilter?color.orange:color.gray

bandColor = secondaryBuyFilter ? color.green : secondarySellFilter ? color.red : color.gray

compound = strategy.position_size > 0? strategy.position_avg_price + (atr* supertrendMult * riskReward) : strategy.position_size < 0 ? strategy.position_avg_price - (atr* supertrendMult * riskReward) : na
riskFree = na(compound)?false:strategy.position_size > 0 ? supertrend > compound : strategy.position_size < 0 ? supertrend < compound : false

trailingStop = riskFree?(dir==-1?supertrend - 2*atr : supertrend + 2*atr) :supertrend
trailingStop := (strategy.position_size > 0 and trailingStop < trailingStop[1]) ? trailingStop[1] :  ((strategy.position_size < 0 and trailingStop > trailingStop[1])? trailingStop[1] :trailingStop)
plot(trailingStop, title="Supertrend", color=riskFree? color.blue:dir==-1?color.green:color.red, linewidth=2)


buyEntry = buyFilter and secondaryBuyFilter and not closeBuyFilter and low > trailingStop
sellEntry = sellFilter and secondarySellFilter and not closeSellFilter and low < trailingStop
Fi1 = plot(movingAverage[shift], title="MA", color=color.red, linewidth=1, transp=50)
Fi2 = plot(movingAverage, title="Shift", color=color.green, linewidth=1, transp=50)
fill(Fi1, Fi2, title="Band Filler", color=bandColor, transp=40)

barcolor(barColor)

//plot(compound, title="Compound"mzn, color=dir==-1?color.lime:color.orange, linewidth=2)

strategy.risk.allow_entry_in(tradeDirection)
strategy.entry("Buy", strategy.long, when=buyEntry and inDateRange and (riskFree or strategy.position_size==0), oca_name="oca_buy")
strategy.exit("ExitBuy", "Buy", stop = trailingStop)
strategy.close("Buy", when=closeBuyFilter)


strategy.entry("Sell", strategy.short, when=sellEntry and inDateRange and (riskFree or strategy.position_size==0), oca_name="oca_sell")
strategy.exit("ExitSell", "Buy", stop = trailingStop)
strategy.close("Sell", when=closeSellFilter)

Published by ChaoZhang on the FMZ strategy square · last modified 2023-09-16. Collected in the Quant Trading Vault. Unvalidated research: re-test with your own data and costs before trusting it.

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