Nifty Opening Range Breakouts with Alternating Long and Short Trades

Summary

This intraday strategy builds an opening range from the first configurable number of candles, then watches for closing-price crosses above its high or below its low. The default range uses ten candles. A breakout can open a long or short position only if it alternates direction from the previous trade that day, and the script resets that trade memory at each new day.

Positions use percentage-based profit targets and stop losses, with configurable entry cutoffs and a forced end-of-day close. The accompanying explanation frames opening range breakouts as a way to seek early-session momentum, but provides no measured performance or supporting backtest results. The excerpt is truncated, and the script’s candle count is chart-bar based, so the opening range’s actual duration depends on the chart timeframe. The document also gives no detail on commissions, slippage, or how the approach performs across market conditions.

Key ideas

• The script defines the opening range using the highs and lows of the first configured number of candles.
• A close crossing the range boundary triggers a trade in the breakout direction, subject to alternating trade direction.
• Percentage-based targets and stops manage open positions, and the script closes positions at a configurable end-of-day time.
• The range duration depends on the chart timeframe, and the document supplies no performance evidence.

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