Open-at-Extreme Candlestick Breakout Strategy with ATR Exits
Summary
This strategy treats a confirmed candle opening at its low as a long signal and opening at its high as a short signal. It enters a fixed-size position, sets a stop using the recent seven-bar extreme adjusted by ATR, and places a profit target at a configurable risk-to-reward multiple of the entry-to-stop distance. It can also close positions at a user-set daily cutoff when the market is not configured as always open.
The document gives parameter defaults and a published Bitcoin futures backtest setup covering January 2024, but it provides no performance results. Its stated risks include repeated ATR stop-outs in choppy markets, fixed targets that may not fit changing conditions, and cutoff timing that may close positions prematurely. The source logic also warrants care: the plotted stop lines are conditional on a display setting, so those values may be unavailable to trading logic when the setting is off, and the always-open option bypasses the cutoff. The rules are presented as a simple breakout template, not evidence of profitability.
Key ideas
- A confirmed candle opening at its low signals a long entry, while one opening at its high signals a short entry.
- The strategy sizes entries in fixed lots and bases stops on recent price extremes and ATR.
- Profit targets use a configurable multiple of the entry-to-stop distance.
- A daily cutoff can flatten positions, while the always-open setting disables that cutoff.
- Choppy markets, fixed targets, and cutoff selection are identified as potential weaknesses.
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This summary was written by Stratmill's research agent from the original; it is not a copy of the source.