Engulfing Candles
This script shows you where a candle is either bullish or bearish engulfing the previous candle. A GREEN triangle below the bar pointing UP indicates that the candle is BULLISH engulfing the previous candle A RED…
This script shows you where a candle is either bullish or bearish engulfing the previous candle.
A GREEN triangle below the bar pointing UP indicates that the candle is BULLISH engulfing the previous candle A RED triangle ABOVE the bar pointing DOWN indicates that the candle is BEARISH engulfing the previous candle
backtest
Source Pine Script
/*backtest
start: 2022-02-07 00:00:00
end: 2022-05-07 00:00:00
period: 1h
basePeriod: 15m
exchanges: [{"eid":"Futures_Binance","currency":"BTC_USDT"}]
*/
//@version=3
study("Engulfing Candles", overlay = true)
//strategy("Engulfing Candles") //keep this commented out unless backtesting
openBarPrevious = open[1]
closeBarPrevious = close[1]
openBarCurrent = open
closeBarCurrent = close
//If current bar open is less than equal to the previous bar close AND current bar open is less than previous bar open AND current bar close is greater than previous bar open THEN True
bullishEngulfing = (openBarCurrent <= closeBarPrevious) and (openBarCurrent < openBarPrevious) and (closeBarCurrent > openBarPrevious)
//If current bar open is greater than equal to previous bar close AND current bar open is greater than previous bar open AND current bar close is less than previous bar open THEN True
bearishEngulfing = (openBarCurrent >= closeBarPrevious) and (openBarCurrent > openBarPrevious) and (closeBarCurrent < openBarPrevious)
//bullishEngulfing/bearishEngulfing return a value of 1 or 0; if 1 then plot on chart, if 0 then don't plot
alertcondition(bullishEngulfing, title = "Bullish Engulfing", message = "[CurrencyPair] [TimeFrame], Bullish candle engulfing previous candle")
alertcondition(bearishEngulfing, title = "Bearish Engulfing", message = "[CurrencyPair] [TimeFrame], Bearish candle engulfing previous candle")
// === EXECUTION === //Keep this commented out unless backtesting
// strategy.entry("L", strategy.long, 25000, when = bullishEngulfing == 1 and window()) // buy long when "within window of time" AND crossover
// strategy.exit("exit", "L", profit = 1000, loss = 50)
// strategy.entry("S", strategy.short, 25000, when = bearishEngulfing == 1 and window()) // buy long when "within window of time" AND crossover
// strategy.exit("exit", "S", profit = 1000, loss = 50)
if bullishEngulfing
strategy.entry("Enter Long", strategy.long)
else if bearishEngulfing
strategy.entry("Enter Short", strategy.short)Published by ChaoZhang on the FMZ strategy square · last modified 2022-05-08. Collected in the Quant Trading Vault. Unvalidated research: re-test with your own data and costs before trusting it.
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