Trend Pullback Re-Entry with EMA Regimes, RSI Triggers, and ATR Stops
Summary
This strategy seeks to re-enter established trends after a countertrend pullback. Trend direction requires a fast EMA to be above or below a slower EMA, with the slower average also rising or falling over a lookback. A short-period RSI registers a dip in an uptrend or a pop in a downtrend. Within a limited window, price must then close beyond the previous bar’s high or low to trigger a trade. Signals are evaluated on confirmed bars, with the description stating orders are placed at the trigger close and fill at the next open.
The initial stop sits beyond the pullback extreme by an ATR-based buffer. Position quantity targets a chosen fraction of equity at risk and is capped by a leverage limit; a trailing stop then follows price by an ATR multiple without loosening against the position. The document says default parameters were searched on BTCUSDT hourly data split into earlier and later segments, and warns that settings may not transfer to other markets and can overfit history. It provides no complete performance figures in the supplied text, so the described search is not proof of robustness.
Key ideas
- Trend regime requires fast and slow EMA alignment plus a slope condition on the slow EMA.
- A short RSI identifies a countertrend pullback, and price must break the prior bar’s extreme within a trigger window.
- The initial stop is placed beyond the pullback extreme using an ATR-based buffer.
- Position size targets a fixed equity risk amount and is capped by a maximum leverage setting.
- A one-way ATR trailing stop manages open positions, while the parameter search may overfit and may not generalize.
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