Hold Time With Percentage Drop Catastrophic Exit

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This is a trading strategy developed for volatile markets. The system will look for breakouts in any market conditions with solid risk management in place. It incorporates a number of time-tested indicators that help it effectively balance capturing profit potential and controlling downside risk.

Key Features:
Breakout Detection Using Bands and Momentum Indicators:
Bollinger Bands: Finds possible breakout conditions where the price closes above the upper band amid periods of increased volatility.
MACD: This is for confirmation of momentum and trend alignment to increase the chances of successful breakouts. VWAP: This acts as an important level that ensures the price action is in the right intraday sentiment. Volatility and Volume Filters:

This strategy incorporates ATR for measuring market volatility and filtering out the strength of breakouts.
A relative volume filter ensures entry signals are well participated in by the market and filters low liquidity setups. Risk Management:

Minimum Holding Period: This prevents the strategy from prematurely exiting trades on minor pullbacks, allowing trends to form. The holding period is user-adjustable.
ATR-Based Emergency Exit: If the price falls by a certain percentage-a user input, such as 5%-from the entry price, calculated as a function of ATR, the position is immediately exited. This override prevents disastrous losses during turmoil.
Customizability:
Users can modify all the key parameters: Bollinger Band settings, holding periods, MACD configurations, ATR multipliers, and the percentage drop threshold. It also makes the strategy very versatile for different trading styles, instruments, and timeframes.

How It Works:

Entry Signals:
The strategy identifies a buy opportunity when the price breaks above the upper Bollinger Band with increasing ATR and volume, and MACD confirms bullish momentum. VWAP ensures that the price is above the average market sentiment level.

Minimum Holding Period:
Once a position is entered, the strategy enforces a minimum number of bars to hold before evaluating normal sell conditions. This rule prevents the strategy from prematurely exiting and ensures that trades have enough time to develop.

Emergency Exit:
If the price drops sharply-defined as a user-set percentage of the entry price, scaled by ATR-the strategy immediately exits, bypassing the minimum hold rule. This is protection against sudden and extreme losses under volatile conditions.

Exit Signals:
It further has a minimum holding period, after which it exits on its conditions under two indicators: MACD and VWAP, checking for loss of momentum or bearish conditions.

Use Case:
This will be a good approach for traders operating in volatile markets, focusing on breakout opportunities with strong risk management incorporated. It works well on intraday time frames but can be adapted to swing trading or longer-term strategies simply by adjusting the parameters.

Backtesting and Results:
Default settings are meant to return very realistic results in backtesting. Users should always test with the appropriate slippage, commission, and position sizing in relation to their actual trading environment.

Note:
This is an open-source script; for educational use only. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Traders should backtest/forward-test this idea before using it in live markets.