Heikin Ashi Trend Signals with Direction Modes and Percentage Exits

Summary

This strategy uses the color of Heikin Ashi candles, calculated on a user-selected timeframe, to define trend-following entries and exits. In buy-only mode it enters long on a bullish candle and closes on a bearish one; in sell-only mode it enters short on a bearish candle and exits on a bullish one. Users can choose a backtest date range and enable percentage-based stop-loss and take-profit orders.

The accompanying description reports a BTC/USD test using a four-hour Heikin Ashi timeframe on a one-hour chart over part of 2024, including profit, win-rate, profit-factor, and drawdown figures. These are author-reported results rather than independently demonstrated evidence. The implementation requests higher-timeframe values with lookahead enabled, which can expose future information in historical calculations and undermine the reported backtest. In addition, the shown stop and target exits reference the long entry, so the documented risk controls may not protect the short-only mode as described.

Key ideas

• Heikin Ashi candle direction determines entries and reversals in separate long-only and short-only modes.
• The candle timeframe, backtest dates, and percentage stop and target settings are configurable.
• The description reports BTC/USD backtest statistics, but does not provide independent validation.
• Higher-timeframe data is requested with lookahead enabled, which can make historical results unreliable.
• The displayed exit orders are tied to the long entry, limiting their applicability to short trades.

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