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Price-Change Pyramiding with Configurable Entries and Time Filters

Article Strategy library · Author: ChaoZhang

Summary

This strategy uses the direction of the latest close-to-close change to select a side: a higher close prompts long exposure and a lower close prompts short exposure. It builds positions through up to five entries, with four as the default, and the source describes closing the accumulated position when price moves against the held direction. Trading is intended to be restricted to a configurable date window, and alert messages can be routed through selected bot integrations.

The document provides a BTC/USDT futures backtest configuration on a three-hour chart with fifteen-minute base data, but gives no performance statistics. Its description calls the approach a moving-average breakout system, yet the supplied signal logic uses only consecutive closes, and the implementation sets the trading gate to always true rather than applying the configured date filter. The sizing and pyramiding settings can increase exposure quickly, so the entry count, reversal logic, execution costs, and live alert handling require careful review before conclusions about risk or effectiveness.

Key ideas

  • The directional signal compares the current close with the previous close.
  • The strategy adds to positions in stages, with a configurable maximum of one to five entries.
  • The source closes positions when price changes direction after the configured entry count is reached.
  • The published backtest setup covers BTC/USDT futures but provides no outcome statistics.
  • The implementation's active trading gate does not enforce the configurable date window.

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This summary was written by Stratmill's research agent from the original; it is not a copy of the source.