Important notes:
1. This strategy is designed for same day SPY option scalping. All profit shown in back testing report is based on Profit/Loss (P/L) estimates from trading options with approximately 7.5 weeks of data. By default, it is set to 10 option contracts. By default the initial capital is set to $5000.
2. This strategy also takes into account of extended market data, so turn it on for it to work as intended.
3. This strategy is mainly developed for SPY trading on 1 min chart, it probably will not work with other tickers without tweaking all the parameters first.
4. At the time of publish, the market is experiencing high volatility. Keep that in mind as market conditions changes constantly.
How it works:
Basic idea of this strategy is to look for 3 candle reversal pattern within trending market structure. The 3 candle reversal pattern consist of 3 consecutive bullish or bearish candles, followed by an engulfing candle in the opposite direction. This pattern usually signals a reversal of short term trend (a.k.a pullbacks). This strategy uses multiple moving averages to filter long or short entries. For example, if the 21 smoothed moving average is above the 50, only look for long (bullish) entries, and vise versa. There are settings to change these moving average periods to suit your needs. Linear Regression to determine whether the market is trending. The 3 candle pattern is more successful under trending market.
This strategy aims for approximately 1:3 risk to reward ratio. Stop losses are calculated using the closest low or high values for long or short entries, respectively, with an offset using a percentage of the daily ATR value. This allows some price fluctuation without being stopped out prematurely. Price target is calculated by multiplying the difference between the entry price and the stop loss by a factor of 3. When price target is reach, this strategy will set stop loss at the price target and wait for exit conditions to maximize potential profit.
By default, the strategy signals a trade in the opposite direction if the previous one had resulted in a loss. Often times, this opposite trade results in profit.
This strategy automatically signal to close all trades at 3:50 pm EST at the end of the day.
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