Introduction
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Using customized standard deviations between historic price action ranges and volume metrics, DMT Templeton Peck enables traders to never miss a change in trend.
In its default state, the DMT Templeton Peck indicator displays key information, such as:
• Small trend line
• Large trend line
• Position entry prices
• Take profit levels
• Stop levels
• Buy and sell trend signals
In addition to providing core functionality for the indicator’s strategy signals, traders can use this data to enter or exit trades.
When price crosses both trend lines and consolidates there is a high probability that price will continue to move in the same direction. The most profitable results are achieved when trading in the direction of the current large time frame trend.
When small and large trend lines cross a trading signal is generated which can be used to automate trades. Please see the ‘TradingView Alerts’ section of this document for further details.
The Small & Large trend line’s display can be toggled, and their colors modified in the indicator’s style options as shown below.
Basic Strategy
In its simplest form, the strategy is to buy when the price crosses and consolidates above both trend lines and sell when the price crosses and consolidates below both trend lines.
How to Trade
Confident traders may choose to enter a long position at the point
#1 when the price passes above both trend lines and begins to consolidate.
However, the safer trade is to wait for the trend lines to cross at a point
#2 and then look for an entry in the direction of the local trend.
One price action begins to reverse to the downside the strategy reverses. Confident traders may choose to enter point
#3 when the price passes both trend lines and begins to consolidate once again under the previous price action structure that is now acting as resistance.
A sell signal is generated at the point
#4 which produced a small profit; however, a new short position could have been opened when the price retraced to resistance at a point
#5 and experienced a repeated number of strong rejections.
Do not worry if you miss a trade as there is often more than a single opportunity to enter – like at position #5 when price action retests the previous local price structure as resistance.
The indicator can be used on smaller time frames to scalp or find an entry after a larger time frame has signaled, however smaller time frames will also be “choppy” and should only be traded with a paper-tested strategy.
Traders should take profit on positions at resistance & support levels and look to have fully exited the trade by the time the price crosses back over both trend lines and/or loses a previously established price level.
Indicator Tuning
In its default state the indicator is tuned for swing trades using 30 minute & 1 hour time frames, however, you are encouraged to experiment with the indicator options.
Large & Small Length options define how many historic candles are used for the calculation of the relevant trend line.
As a rule of thumb, larger time frames would use smaller values and smaller time frames would use larger values, ie. On a daily chart, a large and small length could be defined as 400 and 100 respectively.
Please be aware that there are limits to the amount of historical data for any intraday level based on your TradingView subscription level:
• Basic – 5000 bars/candles
• Pro & Pro+ - 10000 bars/candles
• Premium – 20000 bars/cables
TradingView Alerts
By utilizing TradingView alerts DMT Templeton Peck's long and short signals can be used to trigger a trading bot.
To trigger a long position, set the TradingView Alert Condition to the DMT Templeton Peck indicator and select the ‘Long’ trigger condition with the ‘Once Per Bar Close’ option for best results.
To trigger a short position, set the TradingView Alert Condition to the DMT Templeton Peck indicator and select the ‘Short’ trigger condition with the ‘Once Per Bar Close’ option for best results.
Take profit options ‘Long_TP_1’ / ‘Short_TP_1’ and Stop options ‘Stop_long’ / ‘Stop_Short’ can also be configured in the same manner to conditionally trigger a trading bot and can be configured in the indicators Input options.