Hello traders,
I hereby present to you the second stage of my journey to finding a reliable, profitable trading strategy. The “Millemachine” is based on the “Millebot”, my previous published strategy. This means the backbone of the strategy is still the same: a trend following system. Instead of using a fixed TP and SL, a trailing stoploss is now used. To limit the losses when the trend weakens, the trailing stoploss automatically gets smaller, as it is based on the ATR. A new utility is you can now easily switch between indicators on which the decision making is based. This allows the user to discover which indicators work best for entry, long/short switching and stoploss configuration.
The strategy has been proven to be very profitable in trending markets, but can suffer losses during ranging market. To make the system more robust, the strategy cannot solely rely on a trending system. Other systems must be added. I believe that a good trading bot must consist of more than 4 different strategies, based on different systems. This is what I am currently working on.
My goal for publishing this strategy is to help other traders build their own. In my journey I found it difficult to find a good strategy that employs a decent risk management, which is truly essential for having good, consistent results. Also, a realistic commission needs to be defined to have a realistic performance prediction. This weighs on the profitability and therefore is often set at 0 by authors of other strategies, which I find misleading.
If you have found this strategy informative or useful, please leave a comment.
Greetings Michael
backtest
// © Milleman
//@version=4
//strategy("MilleMachine", overlay=true, default_qty_type = strategy.percent_of_equity, default_qty_value = 100, initial_capital=10000, commission_type=strategy.commission.percent, commission_value=0.06)
// Additional settings
Mode = input(title="Mode", defval="LongShort", options=["LongShort", "OnlyLong", "OnlyShort","Indicator Mode"])
UseTP = false //input(false, title="Use Take Profit?")
QuickSwitch = true //input(true, title="Quickswitch")
UseTC = true //input(true, title="Use Trendchange?")
// Risk management settings
//Spacer2 = input(false, title="======= Risk management settings =======")
Risk = input(1.0, title="% Risk",minval=0)/100
RRR = 2 //input(2,title="Risk Reward Ratio",step=0.1,minval=0,maxval=20)
SL_Mode = false // input(true, title="ON = Fixed SL / OFF = Dynamic SL (ATR)")
SL_Fix = 3 //input(3,title="StopLoss %",step=0.25, minval=0)/100
ATR = atr(14) //input(14,title="Periode ATR"))
Mul = input(2,title="ATR Multiplier",step=0.1)
xATR = ATR * Mul
SL = SL_Mode ? SL_Fix : (1 - close/(close+xATR))
// INDICATORS //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Ind(type, src, len) =>
float result = 0
if type=="McGinley"
result := na(result[1]) ? ema(src, len) : result[1] + (src - result[1]) / (len * pow(src/result[1], 4))
if type=="HMA"
result := wma(2*wma(src, len/2)-wma(src, len), round(sqrt(len)))
if type=="EHMA"
result := ema(2*ema(src, len/2)-ema(src, len), round(sqrt(len)))
if type=="THMA"
lend = len/2
result := wma(wma(src, lend/3)*3-wma(src, lend/2)-wma(src,lend), lend)
if type=="SMA" // Simple
result := sma(src, len)
if type=="EMA" // Exponential
result := ema(src, len)
if type=="DEMA" // Double Exponential
e = ema(src, len)
result := 2 * e - ema(e, len)
if type=="TEMA" // Triple Exponential
e = ema(src, len)
result := 3 * (e - ema(e, len)) + ema(ema(e, len), len)
if type=="WMA" // Weighted
result := wma(src, len)
if type=="VWMA" // Volume Weighted
result := vwma(src, len)
if type=="SMMA" // Smoothed
w = wma(src, len)
result := (w[1] * (len - 1) + src) / len
if type == "RMA"
result := rma(src, len)
if type=="LSMA" // Least Squares
result := linreg(src, len, 0)
if type=="ALMA" // Arnaud Legoux
result := alma(src, len, 0.85, 6)
if type=="Kijun" //Kijun-sen
kijun = avg(lowest(len), highest(len))
result :=kijun
if type=="WWSA" // Welles Wilder Smoothed Moving Average
result := nz(result[1]) + (close -nz(result[1]))/len
result
// Baseline : Switch from Long to Short and vice versa
BL_Act = input(true, title="====== Activate Baseline - Switch L/S ======")
BL_type = input(title="Baseline Type", defval="McGinley", options=["McGinley","HMA","EHMA","THMA","SMA","EMA","DEMA","TEMA","WMA","VWMA","SMMA","RMA","LSMA","ALMA","Kijun","WWSA"])
BL_src = input(close, title="BL source")
BL_len = input(50, title="BL length", minval=1)
BL = Ind(BL_type,BL_src, BL_len)
// Confirmation indicator
C1_Act = input(false, title="===== Activate Confirmation indicator =====")
C1_type = input(title="C1 Entry indicator", defval="SMA", options=["McGinley","HMA","EHMA","THMA","SMA","EMA","DEMA","TEMA","WMA","VWMA","SMMA","RMA","LSMA","ALMA","Kijun","WWSA"])
C1_src = input(close, title="Source")
C1_len = input(5,title="Length", minval=1)
C1 = Ind(C1_type,C1_src,C1_len)
// Entry indicator : Hull Moving Average
Spacer5 = input(true, title="====== ENTRY indicator =======")
EI_type = input(title="EI Entry indicator", defval="HMA", options=["McGinley","HMA","EHMA","THMA","SMA","EMA","DEMA","TEMA","WMA","VWMA","SMMA","RMA","LSMA","ALMA","Kijun","WWSA"])
EI_src = input(close, title="Source")
EI_Len = input(46,title="Length", minval=1)
EI = Ind(EI_type,EI_src,EI_Len)
// Trail stop settings
TrailActivation = input(true, title="===== Activate Trailing Stop =====")
TS_type = input(title="TS Traling Stop Type", defval="EMA", options=["McGinley","HMA","EHMA","THMA","SMA","EMA","DEMA","TEMA","WMA","VWMA","SMMA","RMA","LSMA","ALMA","Kijun","WWSA"])
TrailSLScaling = 1 //input(100, title="SL Scaling", minval=0, step=5)/100
TrailingSourceLong = Ind(TS_type,low,input(5,"Smoothing Trail Long EMA", minval=1))
TrailingSourceShort = Ind(TS_type,high,input(2,"Smoothing Trail Short EMA", minval=1))
//VARIABLES MANAGEMENT
TriggerPrice = 0.0, TriggerPrice := TriggerPrice[1]
TriggerSL = 0.0, TriggerSL := TriggerSL[1]
SLPrice = 0.0, SLPrice := SLPrice[1], TPPrice = 0.0, TPPrice := TPPrice[1]
isLong = false, isLong := isLong[1], isShort = false, isShort := isShort[1]
//LOGIC
GoLong = crossover(EI,EI[1]) and (strategy.position_size == 0.0 and QuickSwitch) and (not BL_Act or BL/BL[1] > 1) and (not C1_Act or C1>C1[1]) and (Mode == "LongShort" or Mode == "OnlyLong")
GoShort = crossunder(EI,EI[1]) and (strategy.position_size == 0.0 and QuickSwitch) and (not BL_Act or BL/BL[1] < 1) and (not C1_Act or C1<C1[1]) and (Mode == "LongShort" or Mode == "OnlyShort")
ExitLong = isLong and crossunder(EI,EI[1]) and UseTC
ExitShort = isShort and crossover(EI,EI[1]) and UseTC
//FRAMEWORK
//Reset Long-Short memory
if isLong and strategy.position_size == 0.0
isLong := false
if isShort and strategy.position_size == 0.0
isShort := false
//Long
if GoLong
isLong := true, TriggerPrice := close, TriggerSL := SL
TPPrice := UseTP? TriggerPrice * (1 + (TriggerSL * RRR)) : na
SLPrice := TriggerPrice * (1-TriggerSL)
Entry_Contracts = strategy.equity * Risk / ((TriggerPrice-SLPrice)/TriggerPrice) / TriggerPrice
strategy.entry("Long", strategy.long, comment=str.tostring(math.round((TriggerSL/TriggerPrice)*1000)), qty=Entry_Contracts)
strategy.exit("TPSL","Long", limit=TPPrice, stop=SLPrice)
if isLong
NewValSL = TrailingSourceLong * (1 - (SL*TrailSLScaling))
if TrailActivation and NewValSL > SLPrice
SLPrice := NewValSL
strategy.exit("TPSL","Long", limit=TPPrice, stop=SLPrice)
if ExitLong
strategy.close_all(comment="TrendChange")
isLong := false
//Short
if GoShort
isShort := true, TriggerPrice := close, TriggerSL := SL
TPPrice := UseTP? TriggerPrice * (1 - (TriggerSL * RRR)) : na
SLPrice := TriggerPrice * (1 + TriggerSL)
Entry_Contracts = strategy.equity * Risk / ((SLPrice-TriggerPrice)/TriggerPrice) / TriggerPrice
strategy.entry("Short", strategy.short, comment=str.tostring(math.round((TriggerSL/TriggerPrice)*1000)), qty=Entry_Contracts)
strategy.exit("TPSL","Short", limit=TPPrice, stop=SLPrice)
if isShort
NewValSL = TrailingSourceShort * (1 + (SL*TrailSLScaling))
if TrailActivation and NewValSL < SLPrice
SLPrice := NewValSL
strategy.exit("TPSL","Short", limit=TPPrice, stop=SLPrice)
if ExitShort
strategy.close_all(comment="TrendChange")
isShort := false
//VISUALISATION
plot(BL_Act?BL:na, color=color.blue,title="Baseline")
plot(C1_Act?C1:na, color=color.yellow,title="confirmation Indicator")
EIColor = EI>EI[1] ? color.green : color.red
Fill_EI = plot(EI, color=EIColor, linewidth=1, transp=40, title="Entry Indicator EI")
Fill_EID = plot(EI[1], color=EIColor, linewidth=1, transp=40, title="Entry Indicator EID")
plot(strategy.position_size != 0.0 and (isLong or isShort) ? TriggerPrice : na, title="TriggerPrice", color=color.yellow, style=plot.style_linebr)
plot(strategy.position_size != 0.0 and (isLong or isShort) ? TPPrice : na, title="TakeProfit", color=color.green, style=plot.style_linebr)
plot(strategy.position_size != 0.0 and (isLong or isShort) ? SLPrice : na, title="StopLoss", color=color.red, style=plot.style_linebr)