Range Bounce Strategy Using Narrow Bars and Prior Six-Bar Extremes

Summary

The strategy identifies a signal bar whose high-to-low range is smaller than that of each of the six preceding bars. It then places a buy limit at the lowest low and a short limit at the highest high across those prior bars, aiming to trade reversals within that range. The profit target is set halfway across the range, and the stop distance is set to the same amount. The supplied example uses a position-size parameter, but reports no measured performance or market-specific results.

The author says the range bounce appeared more profitable than a breakout approach and warns that some parameter choices can create an unrealistically smooth backtest. When a stop and target fall within the same candle, the platform may record the target without resolving which price was reached first. This intrabar ambiguity can bias results, so the claimed success is tentative and requires careful validation with more reliable fill assumptions and out-of-sample testing.

Key ideas

• A signal occurs when the current bar's range is narrower than each of the prior six bars.
• The setup places limit orders at the prior six-bar high and low to seek moves back into the range.
• The target and stop are each set to half the width of the prior range.
• The author favors the bounce behavior over a range breakout in their initial exploration.
• Same-bar stop and target hits can make the backtest overly optimistic.

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