Body-Based Trend Trailing with Pivot Confirmation and Risk-Reward Targets

Summary

SwiftTrend Structure adapts a trailing trend line to average candle-body size rather than ATR. It builds bands around the prior bar’s midpoint body and constrains the baseline to move only in the trend’s favor. A close beyond a tolerance margin creates a raw break; with pivot confirmation enabled, that break arms a pending reversal that needs a price break of a fast or slow pivot level before the trend changes. Confirmed flips receive arrows, while other structure breaks appear as smaller continuation cues.

The indicator also calculates a stop and three profit levels from the signal close, using either an ATR-based or percentage risk amount and configurable reward multiples. Its explanation provides formulas and default settings, but no performance tests or evidence that the signals are profitable. The author describes the method as deliberately slow and cautions that the ProRealTime port retains only the last trade plan and the most recent unbroken pivot for each lookback; it also omits historical plan boxes, stop/target hit detection, candle coloring, and built-in alerts.

Key ideas

• The trailing baseline uses average candle-body size as its volatility measure and is constrained to move in the trend’s favor.
• A close across the margin line can trigger an immediate reversal or arm a pending reversal, depending on whether pivot confirmation is enabled.
• Fast and slow pivot breaks provide the structure confirmation used for trend flips and intermediate signals.
• Stops can be sized from ATR or entry-price percentage, with three targets set by risk-reward multiples.
• The port displays only the latest trade plan and stores only the latest unbroken pivot at each lookback.

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