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Five-Minute Support and Resistance Strategy with EMA and ATR Trails

Article Strategy library · Author: The_Algo_Engineer

Summary

This Pine Script strategy combines pivot-based support and resistance levels with an exponential moving average, volume measures, and ATR-based trailing levels. Its settings include pivot lookback lengths, a volume threshold, an EMA period, separate ATR multipliers for long and short trades, and a per-trade risk input. It also defines a daytime session window and uses confirmed-bar logic to reduce real-time repainting.

The excerpt ends just as the entry logic begins, so it does not show the complete trade rules, exits, or performance results. The chart title identifies a five-minute timeframe, but the supplied text provides no backtest evidence or asset-specific evaluation. The indicators and parameters therefore describe the strategy's components, not proof of profitability or a complete recipe for reproducing its trades.

Key ideas

  • The strategy plots pivot-derived support and resistance levels using configurable left and right bar counts.
  • An EMA acts as a price-trend reference, while volume averages form a volume oscillator.
  • ATR multiples define separate candidate trailing levels for long and short positions.
  • A session window and confirmed-bar checks are included in the script.
  • The excerpt omits the actual entry and exit rules, so its full behavior cannot be assessed.

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