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Parabolic SAR

This is a redesign of the built-in Parabolic SAR indicator. I added a proper input system, an option to highlight initial points for both lines and an option to choose points width. So, customize it as you want…

Pine ScriptTrend followingTools & templatesParabolic SAR
Author
ChaoZhang
Complexity
Intermediate · 53 lines
Parameters
7
Backtest bar
5m · intraday
Tested on
BTC/USDT · futures
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This is a redesign of the built-in Parabolic SAR indicator. I added a proper input system, an option to highlight initial points for both lines and an option to choose points width. So, customize it as you want.

Parabolic SAR was originally developed by J. Welles Wilder and described in his book "New Concepts in Technical Trading Systems" (1978). It is a trend-following indicator that can be used as a trailing stop loss.

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Parameters

NameDefaultWhat it controls
v_input_10.02Start
v_input_20.02Increment
v_input_30.2Maximum
v_input_42Point Width
v_input_5trueHighlight Start Points ?
v_input_6trueShow Buy/Sell Labels ?
v_input_7trueHighlight State ?

Source Pine Script

/*backtest
start: 2022-04-30 00:00:00
end: 2022-05-29 23:59:00
period: 5m
basePeriod: 1m
exchanges: [{"eid":"Futures_Binance","currency":"BTC_USDT"}]
*/

//@version=4
// Copyright (c) 2019-present, Alex Orekhov (everget)
// Parabolic SAR script may be freely distributed under the terms of the GPL-3.0 license.
study("Parabolic SAR", shorttitle="PSAR", overlay=true)

start = input(title="Start", type=input.float, step=0.001, defval=0.02)
increment = input(title="Increment", type=input.float, step=0.001, defval=0.02)
maximum = input(title="Maximum", type=input.float, step=0.01, defval=0.2)
width = input(title="Point Width", type=input.integer, minval=1, defval=2)
highlightStartPoints = input(title="Highlight Start Points ?", type=input.bool, defval=true)
showLabels = input(title="Show Buy/Sell Labels ?", type=input.bool, defval=true)
highlightState = input(title="Highlight State ?", type=input.bool, defval=true)

psar = sar(start, increment, maximum)
dir = psar < close ? 1 : -1

psarColor = dir == 1 ? #3388bb : #fdcc02
psarPlot = plot(psar, title="PSAR", style=plot.style_circles, linewidth=width, color=psarColor, transp=0)

var color longColor = color.green
var color shortColor = color.red

buySignal = dir == 1 and dir[1] == -1
plotshape(buySignal and highlightStartPoints ? psar : na, title="Long Start", location=location.absolute, style=shape.circle, size=size.tiny, color=longColor, transp=0)
plotshape(buySignal and showLabels ? psar : na, title="Buy Label", text="Buy", location=location.absolute, style=shape.labelup, size=size.tiny, color=longColor, textcolor=color.white, transp=0)

sellSignal = dir == -1 and dir[1] == 1
plotshape(sellSignal and highlightStartPoints ? psar : na, title="Short Start", location=location.absolute, style=shape.circle, size=size.tiny, color=shortColor, transp=0)
plotshape(sellSignal and showLabels ? psar : na, title="Sell Label", text="Sell", location=location.absolute, style=shape.labeldown, size=size.tiny, color=shortColor, textcolor=color.white, transp=0)

midPricePlot = plot(ohlc4, title="", display=display.none)

fillColor = highlightState ? (dir == 1 ? longColor : shortColor) : na
fill(midPricePlot, psarPlot, title="Trade State Filling", color=fillColor)

changeCond = dir != dir[1]
alertcondition(changeCond, title="Alert: PSAR Direction Change", message="PSAR has changed direction!")
alertcondition(buySignal, title="Alert: PSAR Long", message="PSAR Long")
alertcondition(sellSignal, title="Alert: PSAR Short", message="PSAR Sell")


if buySignal
    strategy.entry("Enter Long", strategy.long)
else if sellSignal
    strategy.entry("Enter Short", strategy.short)

Published by ChaoZhang on the FMZ strategy square · last modified 2022-05-31. Collected in the Quant Trading Vault. Unvalidated research: re-test with your own data and costs before trusting it.

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