Narrow Range Inside Day Short Strategy

Author: ChaoZhang, Date: 2023-09-14 16:59:35
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Strategy Logic

This short strategy combines NR7 and inside days for entry timing.

The logic is:

  1. Identify NR7, where range is narrowest over 7 days

  2. Identify inside day, with high lower than previous high and low higher than previous low

  3. On days when NR7 and inside day coincide, and close is lower than open

  4. And simple moving average slope is down, go short

  5. Cover short next day if close again lower than open

The strategy capitalizes on NR7 and inside days indicating congestion. Combined with MA slope and closing price filters, it improves short efficiency.

Advantages

  • NR7 and inside days time reversals

  • Conditions combine to avoid false signals

  • Optional long/short operation

Risks

  • NR7 plus inside day occurrences less common

  • Requires MA parameter optimization

  • SHORT-only misses long opportunities

Summary

This strategy shorts by efficiently identifying and confirming reversals. But lower frequency needs evaluation. Parameter tuning and long/short trading can expand strategy.


/*backtest
start: 2023-08-14 00:00:00
end: 2023-09-13 00:00:00
period: 4h
basePeriod: 15m
exchanges: [{"eid":"Futures_Binance","currency":"BTC_USDT"}]
*/

//@version=2
strategy("NR7ID: Narrow Range + Inside Day, Short Only Strategy (by ChartArt)", shorttitle="CA_-_NR7ID_Short_Strat", overlay=true) // max_bars_back=5000


// ChartArt's Narrow Range + Inside Day Strategy (Short Only)
//
// Version 1.1
// Idea by ChartArt on Oktober 22, 2016.
//
// This short only strategy determines when there is both
// a NR7 (narrow range 7, a trading day in which the range
// is narrower than any of the previous six days), plus a
// inside day (high of the current day is lower than the high
// of the previous day and the low of the current day is higher
// than the low of the previous day) both on the same trading day
// and enters a short trade when the close is lower than the
// open and the slope of the simple moving average is downwards, too.
//
// The strategy exits the short trade next time the close is
// lower than the open in any of the next trading days.
//
// In addition the NR7ID can be colored (if close lower open
// colored in red, else in green) and the SMA can be drawn
// with a color based on the direction of the SMA slope.
//
// List of my work: 
// https://www.tradingview.com/u/ChartArt/
// 
//  __             __  ___       __  ___ 
// /  ` |__|  /\  |__)  |   /\  |__)  |  
// \__, |  | /~~\ |  \  |  /~~\ |  \  |  
// 
// 


// NR7 Identifier
show_NR7=input(true, type=bool,title="Show Narrow Range 7 (NR7) ?")
range=(high-low)
nr7=(range < range[1]) and (range < range[2]) and (range < range[3]) and (range < range[4]) and (range < range[5]) and (range < range[6])
plotchar(show_NR7?nr7:na, char="7", location=location.abovebar, color=blue)

// Inside Day Identifier
show_insidebar = input(true, type=bool,title="Show Inside Day (I) ?")
insidebar =  (high < high[1] and low > low[1])
plotchar(show_insidebar?insidebar:na, char="i", location=location.abovebar, color=blue)

// NR7 + Inside Day Identifier
show_NR7ID_bear = input(true, type=bool,title="Show NR7ID (NR7 + Inside Day) bear color ?")
NR7ID = nr7 and insidebar
NR7ID_bear_color = NR7ID and open > close ? red : na
barcolor(show_NR7ID_bear?NR7ID_bear_color:na)
show_NR7ID_bull = input(false, type=bool,title="Show NR7ID (NR7 + Inside Day) bull color ?")
NR7ID_bull_color = NR7ID and open < close ? green : na
barcolor(show_NR7ID_bull?NR7ID_bull_color:na)

// Simple Moving Average
show_ma = input(true, type=bool,title="Show SMA ?")
ma_length = input(14,title="SMA Length")
ma = sma(close,ma_length)
ma_change = change(ma) > 0
ma_change_color = change(ma) > 0 ? green : change(ma) < 0 ? red : blue
plot(show_ma?ma:na,color=ma_change_color,linewidth=3)

// Short Strategy: NR7 + Inside Day + close is smaller than open + change of SMA is downwards
strategy.entry("sell", strategy.short, when = NR7ID and open > close and ma_change == false, comment="Short")
strategy.close("sell", when = open > close )

// (not enabled) Long Strategy: NR7 + Inside Day + close is larger than open + change of SMA is upwards
//strategy.entry("long", strategy.long, when = NR7ID and open < close and ma_change == true, comment="Long")
//strategy.close("long", when = open < close )

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