Reversal Candlestick Entries at Dynamic Support and Resistance

Summary

This price-action system looks for reversal candles near rolling support and resistance levels. It defines support as the lowest low and resistance as the highest high over a 16-period window, then checks for hammer, shooting star, doji, or pin-bar patterns within a configurable proximity. Long entries use selected bullish patterns near support; short entries use selected bearish patterns near resistance. Fixed percentage stop-loss and take-profit orders manage exits, and only one open trade is permitted at a time.

The document gives default sensitivity and exit settings and a short BTC/USDT futures test interval, but includes no performance results. It warns that levels may be less useful in volatile markets, wide stops can expose positions to large losses, and sensitivity changes signal frequency. The stated risk estimates rely on assumptions about position allocation and do not establish realized risk. The described pattern rules and level calculations are mechanical, but the source does not provide evidence that they predict reversals after costs or across markets.

Key ideas

• Rolling 16-period lows and highs define the candidate support and resistance levels.
• Candlestick patterns near those levels qualify potential long or short reversal entries.
• The example uses fixed percentage exits and allows entries only when no trade is already open.
• The document lists sensitivity and stop distance as important sources of trade frequency and risk variation.
• A brief futures backtest setup is provided without performance statistics.

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