Dual Moving Average Trend Tracking Strategy 440999

The Dual Moving Average Trend Tracking strategy utilizes a combination of fast and slow moving averages to determine trend direction, along with candlestick body color as entry signals. This strategy has both trend…

Pine ScriptTrend following Breakout Mean reversion EMA SMA

Author: ChaoZhang
Complexity: Intermediate · 74 lines
Parameters: 8
Backtest bar: 1h · intraday
Tested on: BTC/USDT · futures

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Overview

Principle

The strategy uses a 20-period slow moving average to define overall trend. Upward crossover suggests an uptrend while downward crossover suggests a downtrend. A 5-period fast MA serves as an entry filter. Trades are triggered only when price breaks the fast MA. In addition, recent N candle body colors are checked. Long signals are triggered when body color turns red in an uptrend. Short signals are triggered when body color turns green in a downtrend. This helps avoid false breakouts.

The strategy examines price action using three dimensions - trend, short-term MA and candlestick body, improving signal reliability. Signals are generated only when all three align, filtering out some noise.

Advantages

Combines trend following and mean reversion, adaptable across market environments.
Multi-factor review prior signals improves win rate by avoiding false signals.
Optimizable using MA lengths, candle colors checked etc.
Clear, concise logic, beginner friendly.

Risks

Whipsaws during rangy markets can lead to losses/drawdowns. Consider loss limits or optimizing MA parameters.
Potential whipsaws during sideways may result in losses. Try tweaking number of candles checked or disabling mean reversion.
Extensive backtesting needed to validate parameters and performance.

Enhancement

Explore other MA types e.g. EMA, KAMA etc.
Add position sizing rules e.g fixed quantity or % equity based.
Build in stop loss mechanism. Consider exiting longs if price closes below slow MA.
Test across different instruments to verify stability.

Conclusion

The Dual MA strategy profits from trend trades while extracting mean reversion alpha in shorter time frames. Performance and profit potential can be improved further through optimization. Despite its simplicity, it allows beginners to grasp key concepts around combining trend and mean reversion. Comprehensive validation is must across instruments and parameters.

Parameters

Name	Default	What it controls
v_input_1	true	long
v_input_2	true	short
v_input_3	7	Type of Slow MA
v_input_4_close	0	Source of Slow MA: close \| high \| low \| open \| hl2 \| hlc3 \| hlcc4 \| ohlc4
v_input_5	true	Use fast MA Filter
v_input_6	5	fast MA Period
v_input_7	20	slow MA Period
v_input_8	2	Bars Q

Source Pine Script

/*backtest
start: 2024-01-04 00:00:00
end: 2024-02-03 00:00:00
period: 1h
basePeriod: 15m
exchanges: [{"eid":"Futures_Binance","currency":"BTC_USDT"}]
*/

//@version=2
strategy(title = "Noro's Trend MAs 1.5", shorttitle = "Trend MAs 1.5", overlay=true, default_qty_type = strategy.percent_of_equity, default_qty_value=100.0, pyramiding=0)

//Settings
needlong = input(true, "long")
needshort = input(true, "short")
type = input(7, defval = 7, minval = 1, maxval = 7, title = "Type of Slow MA")
src = input(close, defval = close, title = "Source of Slow MA")
usefastsma = input(true, "Use fast MA Filter")
fastlen = input(5, defval = 5, minval = 1, maxval = 50, title = "fast MA Period")
len = input(20, defval = 20, minval = 2, maxval = 200, title = "slow MA Period")
bars = input(2, defval = 2, minval = 0, maxval = 3, title = "Bars Q")

fastsma = ema(src, fastlen)

//DEMA
dema = 2 * ema(src, len) - ema(ema(close, len), len)

//TEMA
xPrice = close
xEMA1 = ema(src, len)
xEMA2 = ema(xEMA1, len)
xEMA3 = ema(xEMA2, len)
tema = 3 * xEMA1 - 3 * xEMA2 + xEMA3

//KAMA
xvnoise = abs(src - src[1])
nfastend = 0.20
nslowend = 0.05
nsignal = abs(src - src[len])
nnoise = sum(xvnoise, len)
nefratio = iff(nnoise != 0, nsignal / nnoise, 0)
nsmooth = pow(nefratio * (nfastend - nslowend) + nslowend, 2) 
kama = nz(kama[1]) + nsmooth * (src - nz(kama[1]))

//PriceChannel
lasthigh = highest(src, len)
lastlow = lowest(src, len)
center = (lasthigh + lastlow) / 2

//Trend
ma = type == 1 ? sma(src, len) : type == 2 ? ema(src, len) : type == 3 ? vwma(src, len) : type == 4 ? dema : type == 5 ? tema : type == 6 ? kama : type == 7 ? center : 0
trend = low > ma ? 1 : high < ma ? -1 : trend[1]

//Bars
bar = close > open ? 1 : close < open ? -1 : 0
redbars = bars == 0 ? 1 : bars == 1 and bar == -1 ? 1 : bars == 2 and bar == -1 and bar[1] == -1 ? 1 : bars == 3 and bar == -1 and bar[1] == -1 and bar[2] == -1 ? 1 : 0
greenbars = bars == 0 ? 1 : bars == 1 and bar == 1 ? 1 : bars == 2 and bar == 1 and bar[1] == 1 ? 1 : bars == 3 and bar == 1 and bar[1] == 1 and bar[2] == 1 ? 1 : 0

//Signals
up = trend == 1 and (low < fastsma or usefastsma == false) and redbars == 1 ? 1 : 0
dn = trend == -1 and (high > fastsma or usefastsma == false) and greenbars == 1 ? 1 : 0

//Lines
colorfastsma = usefastsma == true ? red : na
plot(fastsma, color = colorfastsma, title = "Fast MA")
plot(ma, color = blue, linewidth = 3, transp = 0, title = "Slow MA")

//Trading
longCondition = up == 1
if (longCondition)
    strategy.entry("Long", strategy.long, needlong == false ? 0 : na)

shortCondition = dn == 1
if (shortCondition)
    strategy.entry("Short", strategy.short, needshort == false ? 0 : na)

Published by ChaoZhang on the FMZ strategy square · last modified 2024-02-04. Collected in the Quant Trading Vault. Unvalidated research: re-test with your own data and costs before trusting it.

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