Dynamic Price Channel Breakout Strategy

Author: ChaoZhang, Date: 2023-12-13 16:03:37
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Overview

The Dynamic Price Channel Breakout Strategy is a quantitative trading strategy based on the Donchian Price Channel indicator. The strategy judges market trend direction according to the upper and lower lines of the price channel, and establishes long or short positions when prices break through the channel.

The main idea of this strategy is Using breakouts of the Donchan price channel. When the price breaks through the upper limit of the channel, establish a long position to seek the trend; When the price breaks through the lower limit of the channel, establish a short position to seek the trend.

Strategy Principle

Indicator Calculation

The price channel is calculated by the following formulas:

Upper Line = Highest high over the past N periods

Lower Line = Lowest low over the past N periods

Middle Line = (Upper Line + Lower Line) / 2

Where N represents the length of the channel cycle. The default is 50 for this strategy.

Entry Rules

When the highest price of the latest K-line breaks through the upper limit of the channel, establish a long position;

When the lowest price of the latest K-line breaks through the lower limit of the channel, establish a short position.

Example:

The high point of the previous K-line did not exceed the upper limit of the channel;
The high point of the current K-line breaks through the upper limit of the channel; ==> Establish a long position

Exit Rules

There are two optional exit rules:

Channel Exit

Close long position: Stop loss price is the lower limit of the channel;

Close short position: Stop loss price is the upper limit of the channel;

Middle Line Exit

No matter long or short positions, close all positions when prices fall back below the middle line of the channel.

Risk Control

Risk control adopts proportional stop loss to calculate specific stop loss distance based on channel amplitude and acceptable risk percentage.

Long stop loss distance = Entry price * (1 - Acceptable risk percentage)

Short stop loss distance = Entry price * (1 + Acceptable risk percentage)

For example, if the acceptable risk is set at 2%, the entry price is $10,000, then the stop loss line for long position is 10,000 * (1 - 2%) = $9,800.

Advantage Analysis

Capture Trend Breakouts

When prices break through the upper and lower limits of the channel, it is highly probable that a new directional trend begins. Taking positions at this time can capture relatively large price movements.

Controllable Risks

The use of proportional stop loss can keep single losses within an acceptable range.

Large Parameter Optimization Space

Parameters like channel cycle, risk ratio, stop loss method can be optimized and combined to adapt more market environments.

Risk Analysis

Failed Breakouts

Price breakouts of channel limits do not necessarily form a trend, there is a probability of failed breakouts, which is likely to cause a stop loss.

Range-bound Market

When the market is range-bound, prices may frequently touch the upper and lower limits of the channel, resulting in excessive frequent trading, thus increasing transaction costs and slippage losses.

Optimization Directions

Dynamic Channel

Consider making the length of the price channel a variable that automatically adjusts based on market volatility. Increase the channel length when the market oscillates and decrease the channel length when the trend is clear.

Optimize Entry Opportunities

Combine other indicators to filter entry timing, such as volume indicators, moving averages, etc. to avoid ineffective breakouts in oscillating markets.

Parameter Optimization

Use more historical data to test and optimize parameter combinations to determine the optimal parameters to adapt to wider market conditions.

Summary

The Dynamic Price Channel Strategy is generally a relatively simple and intuitive trend tracking strategy. Its advantages are clear signals and easy to grasp; The risk control is relatively reasonable. But there are still some problems to be further optimized, such as handling failed breakouts and oscillating markets. This strategy is more suitable as an auxiliary tool for trend trading, and the effect will be better when combined with other technical indicators or models.

/*backtest
start: 2022-12-06 00:00:00
end: 2023-12-12 00:00:00
period: 1d
basePeriod: 1h
exchanges: [{"eid":"Futures_Binance","currency":"BTC_USDT"}]
*/

//Noro

//@version=4
strategy(title = "Noro's RiskChannel Strategy", shorttitle = "RiskChannel str", overlay = true, default_qty_type = strategy.percent_of_equity, initial_capital = 100, default_qty_value = 100, pyramiding = 0, commission_value = 0.1)

//Settings
needlong  = input(true, defval = true, title = "Long")
needshort = input(true, defval = true, title = "Short")
risklong  = input(2.0, minval = 0.0, maxval = 99.9, title = "Risk size for long, %")
riskshort = input(2.0, minval = 0.0, maxval = 99.9, title = "Risk size for short, %")
stoptype  = input(defval = "Center", options = ["Channel", "Center"], title = "Stop-loss type")
lotsize   = input(100, defval = 100, minval = 1, maxval = 10000, title = "Lot, %")
pclen     = input(50, minval = 1, title = "Price Channel Length")
showll    = input(true, defval = true, title = "Show lines")
showof    = input(true, defval = true, title = "Show offset")
showdd    = input(true, defval = true, title = "Show label (drawdown)")
showbg    = input(false, defval = false, title = "Show background")
fromyear  = input(1900, defval = 1900, minval = 1900, maxval = 2100, title = "From Year")
toyear    = input(2100, defval = 2100, minval = 1900, maxval = 2100, title = "To Year")
frommonth = input(01, defval = 01, minval = 01, maxval = 12, title = "From Month")
tomonth   = input(12, defval = 12, minval = 01, maxval = 12, title = "To Month")
fromday   = input(01, defval = 01, minval = 01, maxval = 31, title = "From day")
today     = input(31, defval = 31, minval = 01, maxval = 31, title = "To day")

//Price Channel
h = highest(high, pclen)
l = lowest(low, pclen)
center = (h + l) / 2

//Stop-loss
needstop = stoptype == "Center" or needlong == false or needshort == false
sl = center

//Lines
pccol = showll ? color.black : na
slcol = showll and stoptype == "Center" ? color.red : na
offset = showof ? 1 : 0
plot(h, offset = offset, color = pccol, title = "Channel High")
plot(center, offset = offset, color = slcol, title = "Cannel Center")
plot(l, offset = offset, color = pccol, title = "Channel Low")

//Background
size = strategy.position_size
bgcol = showbg == false ? na : size > 0 ? color.lime : size < 0 ? color.red : na
bgcolor(bgcol, transp = 70)

//Var
loss = 0.0
maxloss = 0.0
equity = 0.0
truetime = time > timestamp(fromyear, frommonth, fromday, 00, 00) and time < timestamp(toyear, tomonth, today, 23, 59)

//Lot size
risksizelong = -1 * risklong
risklonga = stoptype == "Center" ? ((center / h) - 1) * 100 : ((l / h) - 1) * 100
coeflong = abs(risksizelong / risklonga)
lotlong = (strategy.equity / close) * coeflong
risksizeshort = -1 * riskshort
riskshorta = stoptype == "Center" ? ((center / l) - 1) * 100 : ((h / l) - 1) * 100
coefshort = abs(risksizeshort / riskshorta)
lotshort = (strategy.equity / close) * coefshort

//Trading
if h > 0
    strategy.entry("Long", strategy.long, lotlong, stop = h, when = strategy.position_size <= 0 and needlong and truetime)
    strategy.entry("Short", strategy.short, lotshort, stop = l, when = strategy.position_size >= 0 and needshort and truetime)
sl := sl != 0 ? sl : size > 0 ? l : size < 0 ? h : na
if size > 0 and needstop
    strategy.exit("Stop Long", "Long", stop = sl)
if size < 0 and needstop
    strategy.exit("Stop Short", "Short", stop = sl)
if time > timestamp(toyear, tomonth, today, 23, 59)
    strategy.close_all()
    strategy.cancel("Long")
    strategy.cancel("Short")
    
if showdd

    //Drawdown
    max = 0.0
    max := max(strategy.equity, nz(max[1]))
    dd = (strategy.equity / max - 1) * 100
    min = 100.0
    min := min(dd, nz(min[1]))
    
    //Max loss size
    equity := strategy.position_size == 0 ? strategy.equity : equity[1]
    loss := equity < equity[1] ? ((equity / equity[1]) - 1) * 100 : 0
    maxloss := min(nz(maxloss[1]), loss)
    
    //Label
    min := round(min * 100) / 100
    maxloss := round(maxloss * 100) / 100
    labeltext = "Drawdown: " + tostring(min) + "%" + "\nMax.loss " + tostring(maxloss) + "%"
    var label la = na
    label.delete(la)
    tc = min > -100 ? color.white : color.red
    osx = timenow + round(change(time)*10)
    osy = highest(100)
    // la := label.new(x = osx, y = osy, text = labeltext, xloc = xloc.bar_time, yloc = yloc.price, color = color.black, style = label.style_labelup, textcolor = tc)

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