Engulfing Reversals at Rolling Support and Resistance with ATR Exits

Summary

This strategy combines two-candle bullish or bearish engulfing patterns with rolling price extremes and ATR-based exits. It defines support as the lowest low and resistance as the highest high over a lookback period, stated as 50 bars by default. A bullish engulfing pattern with the close above support triggers a long entry; a bearish pattern with the close below resistance triggers a short entry. Stops are placed 1.5 ATR from the entry close, and targets are twice that distance. Published settings describe a BNB_USDT futures test using three-day bars from March 2024 to March 2025, but provide no results.

The document discusses lag, false patterns, fixed reward-to-risk settings, and parameter sensitivity, and suggests adding trend, volume, or timeframe filters and position sizing. The rolling-extreme checks are broad: a close above the rolling low or below the rolling high may be true for many bars, so they do not necessarily confirm a meaningful bounce or rejection. The implementation also sizes no positions, and the stated test configuration does not show whether the approach worked after costs or across other market conditions.

Key ideas

• The setup pairs bullish or bearish engulfing patterns with rolling support or resistance checks.
• Support and resistance are calculated from lookback-period lows and highs, with a stated default lookback of 50 bars.
• ATR determines stop distance, and the profit target is twice that distance.
• The rolling extreme conditions can be permissive and do not by themselves confirm a rejection at a level.
• The published BNB_USDT futures settings contain no performance results, and the code lacks position sizing.

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