This is a trend-following strategy that combines the ADX and RSI indicators. It uses RSI to identify overbought and oversold levels to generate trading signals, and ADX to determine the trend to filter out trades when the trend is unclear, thus avoiding whipsaws in range-bound markets.
RSI effectively identifies overbought and oversold levels to avoid buying/selling traps
ADX filters out range-bound markets to avoid whipsaws
Optional take profit/stop loss methods help better control risks
Simple and easy to understand, good for beginners to learn algorithm trading
Much room for parameter optimization and refinement
RSI overbought/oversold may have pullbacks and reversals
ADX trend determination has lags, may miss trend turning points
Improper stop loss placement may lead to losses
Risk of over-optimization due to simplicity
Parameter optimization needed for better performance
Optimize RSI parameters and overbought/oversold levels
Test different ADX periods to find the optimal setting
Test different take profit/stop loss methods
Add trend filter to avoid counter-trend trading
Combine with other indicators for enhanced performance
This strategy combines the strengths of the classic RSI and ADX indicators to identify trends and avoid whipsaws. It has much room for optimization to achieve better performance. Overall, it serves well as a beginner’s introductory algorithm trading strategy, and can also be incorporated into more complex trading systems.
/*backtest
start: 2023-09-19 00:00:00
end: 2023-09-26 00:00:00
period: 15m
basePeriod: 5m
exchanges: [{"eid":"Futures_Binance","currency":"BTC_USDT"}]
*/
// This source code is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public License 2.0 at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/
// © tweakerID
// This is a strategy that uses the 7 Period RSI to buy when the indicator is shown as oversold (OS) and sells when
// the index marks overbought (OB). It also uses the ADX to determine whether the trend is ranging or trending
// and filters out the trending trades. Seems to work better for automated trading when the logic is inversed (buying OB
// and selling the OS) wihout stop loss.
//@version=4
strategy("ADX + RSI Strat", overlay=true, default_qty_type=strategy.percent_of_equity, default_qty_value=100, initial_capital=100, commission_value=0.04, calc_on_every_tick=false)
direction = input(0, title = "Strategy Direction", type=input.integer, minval=-1, maxval=1)
strategy.risk.allow_entry_in(direction == 0 ? strategy.direction.all : (direction < 0 ? strategy.direction.short : strategy.direction.long))
//SL & TP Inputs
i_SL=input(false, title="Use Swing Lo/Hi Stop Loss & Take Profit")
i_SwingLookback=input(20, title="Swing Lo/Hi Lookback")
i_SLExpander=input(defval=0, step=.2, title="SL Expander")
i_TPExpander=input(defval=0, step=.2, title="TP Expander")
i_reverse=input(true, title="Reverse Trades")
//SL & TP Calculations
SwingLow=lowest(i_SwingLookback)
SwingHigh=highest(i_SwingLookback)
bought=strategy.position_size != strategy.position_size[1]
LSL=valuewhen(bought, SwingLow, 0)-((valuewhen(bought, atr(14), 0))*i_SLExpander)
SSL=valuewhen(bought, SwingHigh, 0)+((valuewhen(bought, atr(14), 0))*i_SLExpander)
lTP=strategy.position_avg_price + (strategy.position_avg_price-(valuewhen(bought, SwingLow, 0))+((valuewhen(bought, atr(14), 0))*i_TPExpander))
sTP=strategy.position_avg_price - (valuewhen(bought, SwingHigh, 0)-strategy.position_avg_price)-((valuewhen(bought, atr(14), 0))*i_TPExpander)
islong=strategy.position_size > 0
isshort=strategy.position_size < 0
SL= islong ? LSL : isshort ? SSL : na
TP= islong ? lTP : isshort ? sTP : na
//RSI Calculations
RSI=rsi(close, 7)
OS=input(30, step=5)
OB=input(80, step=5)
//ADX Calculations
adxlen = input(14, title="ADX Smoothing")
dilen = input(14, title="DI Length")
dirmov(len) =>
up = change(high)
down = -change(low)
plusDM = na(up) ? na : (up > down and up > 0 ? up : 0)
minusDM = na(down) ? na : (down > up and down > 0 ? down : 0)
truerange = rma(tr, len)
plus = fixnan(100 * rma(plusDM, len) / truerange)
minus = fixnan(100 * rma(minusDM, len) / truerange)
[plus, minus]
adx(dilen, adxlen) =>
[plus, minus] = dirmov(dilen)
sum = plus + minus
adx = 100 * rma(abs(plus - minus) / (sum == 0 ? 1 : sum), adxlen)
sig = adx(dilen, adxlen)
adxlevel=input(30, step=5)
//Entry Logic
BUY = sig < adxlevel and (RSI < OS)
SELL = sig < adxlevel and (RSI > OB)
//Entries
strategy.entry("long", strategy.long, when=i_reverse?SELL:BUY)
strategy.entry("short", strategy.short, when=not i_reverse?SELL:BUY)
//Exits
if i_SL
strategy.exit("longexit", "long", stop=SL, limit=TP)
strategy.exit("shortexit", "short", stop=SL, limit=TP)
//Plots
plot(i_SL ? SL : na, color=color.red, style=plot.style_cross, title="SL")
plot(i_SL ? TP : na, color=color.green, style=plot.style_cross, title="TP")
plotshape(BUY ? 1 : na, style=shape.triangleup, location=location.belowbar, color=color.green, title="Bullish Setup")
plotshape(SELL ? 1 : na, style=shape.triangledown, location=location.abovebar, color=color.red, title="Bearish Setup")