Supertrend Based Multitimeframe Trend Tracking Strategy

Pine ScriptTrend following Multi-timeframe Machine learning Supertrend

Author: ChaoZhang
Complexity: Intermediate · 103 lines
Parameters: 6
Backtest bar: 1d · swing
Tested on: BTC/USDT · futures

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Overview

The core idea of this strategy is to combine multiple timeframes to identify market trends, using the Supertrend indicator from higher timeframes as a filter and generating buy and sell signals from lower timeframes. It aims to leverage the market structure information provided by higher timeframes to improve the quality of trading decisions.

Strategy Logic

The strategy retrieves the Supertrend indicator values from a higher timeframe (default 4x of current timeframe) by calling the security function. The Supertrend indicator consists of two lines: the Supertrend line and the trend line. The Supertrend line above the trend line is a bullish signal, while below is a bearish signal.

The direction of the Supertrend indicator from the higher timeframe serves as a filter condition. Trading signals are only generated when the directions of the Supertrend from both timeframes align. That means signals are only triggered when both timeframes give signals in the same direction.

This avoids interference from market noise in lower timeframes and improves signal reliability. It also allows the use of higher timeframe market structures to make correct overall judgements.

Advantages

Filters noise from lower timeframes using market structure info from higher tf
More reliable signals from combining analysis of multiple timeframes
Customizable Supertrend parameters for strategy optimization
Built-in date range settings to constrain backtest period

Risk Analysis

Lagging signals from higher timeframe may miss short-term opportunities
Inaccuracies in higher timeframe market structure judgements
Potential erroneous signals from Supertrend itself
Backtest date constraints may omit important data and affect result accuracy

Solutions:

Fine tune higher timeframe settings to reduce signal lag
Add other indicators to confirm higher timeframe judgements
Optimize Supertrend parameters to improve signal quality
Progressively expand backtest time period to test robustness

Optimization Directions

This strategy can be improved in several areas:

Optimize Supertrend parameters for best parameter combination
Add other indicators to create multifactor models
Test different high-low timeframe combinations
Incorporate stop loss mechanisms to control risks
Utilize machine learning to dynamically adjust parameters

Through parameter optimization, combining indicators, improving stops loss, and introducing machine learning, significant performance improvement can be achieved for this multitimeframe trend tracking strategy.

Conclusion

This strategy cleverly leverages higher timeframe trend judgements to guide trade execution in lower timeframes. Such multitimeframe design can effectively filter out market noise and identify clearer trend directions. The built-in date settings also make backtesting more flexible. Overall, this is a well-designed multitimeframe trend tracking strategy that merits further research and application.

Parameters

Name	Default	What it controls
v_input_1	4	HTFMultiplier
v_input_2	true	SupertrendMult
v_input_3	4	SupertrendPd
v_input_4	10	Backtest from
v_input_5	0	Timeframe: years \| months \| days
v_input_6	0	Repaint: Yes \| No - set lookahead false \| No - do not use security

Source Pine Script

/*backtest
start: 2023-02-14 00:00:00
end: 2024-02-20 00:00:00
period: 1d
basePeriod: 1h
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("Higher TF - Repainting", overlay=true, initial_capital = 100000, 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)

HTFMultiplier = input(4, minval=1, step=1)

SupertrendMult = input(1)
SupertrendPd = input(4, minval=4, step=4)

backtestBars = input(title="Backtest from ", defval=10, minval=1, maxval=30)
backtestFrom = input(title="Timeframe", defval="years", options=["days", "months", "years"])

repaintOption = input(title="Repaint", defval="Yes", options=["Yes", "No - set lookahead false", "No - do not use security"])

f_multiple_resolution(HTFMultiplier) => 
    target_Res_In_Min = timeframe.multiplier * HTFMultiplier * (
      timeframe.isseconds   ? 1. / 60. :
      timeframe.isminutes   ? 1. :
      timeframe.isdaily     ? 1440. :
      timeframe.isweekly    ? 7. * 24. * 60. :
      timeframe.ismonthly   ? 30.417 * 24. * 60. : na)

    target_Res_In_Min     <= 0.0417       ? "1S"  :
      target_Res_In_Min   <= 0.167        ? "5S"  :
      target_Res_In_Min   <= 0.376        ? "15S" :
      target_Res_In_Min   <= 0.751        ? "30S" :
      target_Res_In_Min   <= 1440         ? tostring(round(target_Res_In_Min)) :
      tostring(round(min(target_Res_In_Min / 1440, 365))) + "D"

f_getBackTestTimeFrom(backtestFrom, backtestBars)=>
    byDate = backtestFrom == "days"
    byMonth = backtestFrom == "months"
    byYear = backtestFrom == "years"
    
    date = dayofmonth(timenow)
    mth = month(timenow)
    yr = year(timenow)
    
    leapYearDaysInMonth = array.new_int(12,0)
    array.set(leapYearDaysInMonth,0,31)
    array.set(leapYearDaysInMonth,1,29)
    nonleapYearDaysInMonth = array.new_int(12,0)
    array.set(leapYearDaysInMonth,0,31)
    array.set(leapYearDaysInMonth,1,28)
    
    restMonths = array.new_int(10,0)
    array.set(leapYearDaysInMonth,0,31)
    array.set(leapYearDaysInMonth,1,30)
    array.set(leapYearDaysInMonth,2,31)
    array.set(leapYearDaysInMonth,3,30)
    array.set(leapYearDaysInMonth,4,31)
    array.set(leapYearDaysInMonth,5,31)
    array.set(leapYearDaysInMonth,6,30)
    array.set(leapYearDaysInMonth,7,31)
    array.set(leapYearDaysInMonth,8,30)
    array.set(leapYearDaysInMonth,9,31)
    
    array.concat(leapYearDaysInMonth,restMonths)
    array.concat(nonleapYearDaysInMonth,restMonths)
    isLeapYear = yr % 4 == 0 and (year%100 != 0 or year%400 == 0)
    numberOfDaysInCurrentMonth = isLeapYear ? array.get(leapYearDaysInMonth, mth-2) : array.get(nonleapYearDaysInMonth, mth-2)
    if(byDate)
        mth := (date - backtestBars) < 0 ? mth - 1 : mth
        yr := mth < 1 ? yr - 1 : yr
        mth := mth < 1 ? 1 : mth
        date := (date - backtestBars) < 0 ? numberOfDaysInCurrentMonth - backtestBars + date + 1 : date - backtestBars + 1
    if(byMonth)
        date := 1
        yr := (mth - (backtestBars%12)) < 0 ? yr - int(backtestBars/12) - 1 : yr - int(backtestBars/12)
        mth := mth - (backtestBars%12) + 1
    if(byYear)
        date := 1
        mth := 1
        yr := yr - backtestBars
    [date, mth, yr]


repaint = repaintOption == "Yes"
useSecurityLookahead = repaintOption == "No - set lookahead false"

[SupertrendRepaint, DirRepaint] = security(syminfo.tickerid, f_multiple_resolution(HTFMultiplier), supertrend(SupertrendMult, SupertrendPd), lookahead = true, gaps=true)
[SupertrendNoLookahead, DirNoLookahead] = security(syminfo.tickerid, f_multiple_resolution(HTFMultiplier), supertrend(SupertrendMult, SupertrendPd), lookahead = false, gaps=false)

[SupertrendRegular, DirRegular] = supertrend(SupertrendMult, SupertrendPd)

[date, mth, yr] = f_getBackTestTimeFrom(backtestFrom, backtestBars)
inDateRange = time >= timestamp(syminfo.timezone, yr, mth, date, 0, 0)

longCondition = repaint ? DirRepaint == -1 : useSecurityLookahead? DirNoLookahead == -1 : DirRegular == -1
shortCondition = repaint ? DirRepaint == 1 : useSecurityLookahead? DirNoLookahead == 1 : DirRegular == 1
strategy.entry("Buy", strategy.long, when=longCondition and inDateRange)
strategy.entry("Sell", strategy.short, when=shortCondition and inDateRange)

Published by ChaoZhang on the FMZ strategy square · last modified 2024-02-21. Collected in the Quant Trading Vault. Unvalidated research: re-test with your own data and costs before trusting it.

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