Higher-Timeframe EMA Filter for Heikin-Ashi Bollinger Reversion

Summary

This strategy combines higher-timeframe trend direction with short-term mean-reversion entries. It uses fast and slow EMAs on a higher timeframe to set a bullish or bearish bias, then applies Bollinger Bands to Heikin-Ashi prices. In an uptrend, a long setup follows consecutive bearish candles touching or moving below the lower band and a bullish confirmation candle closing back inside the bands. The short setup mirrors this pattern near the upper band during a downtrend.

Risk rules place the initial stop at the prior candle’s extreme, target a first profit at an equal distance to the initial risk, close half the position there, and move the stop to entry. A trailing stop based on prior candle extremes manages the remainder. The document supplies a script excerpt but no backtest results or measured performance. It warns that mean reversion can fail in strong trends, parameters may be sensitive, and execution can suffer slippage; its stated default settings should therefore be treated as configurable examples rather than established optimal values.

Key ideas

• Higher-timeframe fast and slow EMAs determine the direction in which setups may trade.
• Heikin-Ashi candles and Bollinger Bands identify short-term price extensions and confirmation reversals.
• The entry pattern seeks reversion toward the bands’ interior while aligned with the larger trend.
• The risk plan combines a prior-candle stop, partial profit at one risk unit, and a trailing stop.
• The document provides no performance evidence and identifies trend, parameter, and execution risks.

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