A Five-Minute Long Strategy Using Oversold Signals and Hammer Candles
Summary
This Freqtrade strategy defines long entries on a five-minute timeframe by combining four signals: RSI below 30, stochastic %K below 20, the close below the lower Bollinger Band, and a detected hammer candle. The conjunction is intended to identify a strongly oversold market with a potential reversal pattern. For exits, it signals when Parabolic SAR is above the close and the inverse Fisher transform of RSI exceeds 0.3.
The configuration sets a 10% stop loss, stepped minimum-return targets that decrease with holding time, and limit orders for entries and exits. It disables trailing stops and allows exits only when profitable. The document provides implementation rules but no backtest, market, asset, or performance evidence. These thresholds therefore describe a candidate strategy, not demonstrated profitability; the signal combination, execution assumptions, and risk settings would need evaluation against suitable data and trading costs.
Key ideas
- Long entries require RSI and stochastic %K to be oversold, price below the lower Bollinger Band, and a hammer candle.
- Long exits require Parabolic SAR above price together with a positive inverse Fisher RSI threshold.
- The strategy uses a five-minute chart and configures a 10% stop loss.
- Entries and exits use limit orders, while stop losses use market orders.
- The document provides no performance results or market-specific validation.
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# Strategy002.py
```py
# --- Do not remove these libs ---
from freqtrade.strategy import IStrategy
from typing import Dict, List
from functools import reduce
from pandas import DataFrame
# --------------------------------
import talib.abstract as ta
import freqtrade.vendor.qtpylib.indicators as qtpylib
import numpy # noqa
class Strategy002(IStrategy):
"""
Strategy 002
author@: Gerald Lonlas
github@: https://github.com/freqtrade/freqtrade-strategies
How to use it?
> python3 ./freqtrade/main.py -s Strategy002
"""
INTERFACE_VERSION: int = 3
# Minimal ROI designed for the strategy.
# This attribute will be overridden if the config file contains "minimal_roi"
minimal_roi = {
"60": 0.01,
"30": 0.03,
"20": 0.04,
"0": 0.05
}
# Optimal stoploss designed for the strategy
# This attribute will be overridden if the config file contains "stoploss"
stoploss = -0.10
# Optimal timeframe for the strategy
timeframe = '5m'
# trailing stoploss
trailing_stop = False
trailing_stop_positive = 0.01
trailing_stop_positive_offset = 0.02
# run "populate_indicators" only for new candle
process_only_new_candles = True
# Experimental settings (configuration will overide these if set)
use_exit_signal = True
exit_profit_only = True
ignore_roi_if_entry_signal = False
# Optional order type mapping
order_types = {
'entry': 'limit',
'exit': 'limit',
'stoploss': 'market',
'stoploss_on_exchange': False
}
def informative_pairs(self):
"""
Define additional, informative pair/interval combinations to be cached from the exchange.
These pair/interval combinations are non-tradeable, unless they are part
of the whitelist as well.
For more information, please consult the documentation
:return: List of tuples in the format (pair, interval)
Sample: return [("ETH/USDT", "5m"),
("BTC/USDT", "15m"),
]
"""
return []
def populate_indicators(self, dataframe: DataFrame, metadata: dict) -> DataFrame:
"""
Adds several different TA indicators to the given DataFrame
Performance Note: For the best performance be frugal on the number of indicators
you are using. Let uncomment only the indicator you are using in your strategies
or your hyperopt configuration, otherwise you will waste your memory and CPU usage.
"""
# Stoch
stoch = ta.STOCH(dataframe)
dataframe['slowk'] = stoch['slowk']
# RSI
dataframe['rsi'] = ta.RSI(dataframe)
# Inverse Fisher transform on RSI, values [-1.0, 1.0] (https://goo.gl/2JGGoy)
rsi = 0.1 * (dataframe['rsi'] - 50)
dataframe['fisher_rsi'] = (numpy.exp(2 * rsi) - 1) / (numpy.exp(2 * rsi) + 1)
# Bollinger bands
bollinger = qtpylib.bollinger_bands(qtpylib.typical_price(dataframe), window=20, stds=2)
dataframe['bb_lowerband'] = bollinger['lower']
# SAR Parabol
dataframe['sar'] = ta.SAR(dataframe)
# Hammer: values [0, 100]
dataframe['CDLHAMMER'] = ta.CDLHAMMER(dataframe)
return dataframe
def populate_entry_trend(self, dataframe: DataFrame, metadata: dict) -> DataFrame:
"""
Based on TA indicators, populates the buy signal for the given dataframe
:param dataframe: DataFrame
:return: DataFrame with buy column
"""
dataframe.loc[
(
(dataframe['rsi'] < 30) &
(dataframe['slowk'] < 20) &
(dataframe['bb_lowerband'] > dataframe['close']) &
(dataframe['CDLHAMMER'] == 100)
),
'enter_long'] = 1
return dataframe
def populate_exit_trend(self, dataframe: DataFrame, metadata: dict) -> DataFrame:
"""
Based on TA indicators, populates the sell signal for the given dataframe
:param dataframe: DataFrame
:return: DataFrame with buy column
"""
dataframe.loc[
(
(dataframe['sar'] > dataframe['close']) &
(dataframe['fisher_rsi'] > 0.3)
),
'exit_long'] = 1
return dataframe
```Shown in full with attribution under the source's licence. Licence: GPL-3.0
This summary was written by Stratmill's research agent from the original; it is not a copy of the source.