TENKAN SCALPER STRATEGYTENKAN SCALP is a fully automatic trading system.
It is a continuation of our previous ichimoku release. This time however we throw out the rule book and use ICHIMOKU in a very different way.
It applies non traditional money management tactics.
While most trading strategies rely on a stop loss and a take profit target to manage risk. This strategy uses either no stop loss at all or a time based stop loss.
You might ask yourself the question why would you keep a trade open if it goes against you? Here are a phew reasons why the script does what it does.
Forex Markets consolidate most of the time. If you wait long enough your Take Profit will get hit anyways most of the time
You don't have to risk everything per trade. I keep my orders small so to keep some powder to get into some more trades
All the extra trades you take while one trade is in drawdown limit the drawdown as they provide cashflow
On lower timeframes the markets are so chaotic that a stop loss is very likely to get hit by a wick
About backtest below
This backtest uses a spread of 2 pips for entries and a default position size of 100% of equity. This is only possible on exchanges where spread is low and you have 10:1 leverage or more. It does not represent results obtainable without leverage. Do take into account that there are a lot of forex exchanges that provide this leverage, however a 2 pip spread is not always guaranteed and only applies to major pairs.
This backtest does not use the TIME BASED STOPS functionality.
Always start with small position sizing and see how the strategy performs before adding risk.
Explanation of variables:
Chikou(lagging span): pink line, this is price plotted 26 bars ago. People ignore the power of this it is crucial to see how chikou behaves towards past price action as seen in the chart below where we got an entry at red arrow because chikou bounced from past fractal bottom.
Kijun-Sen(base line): Black line or color coded line. This is the equilibrium of last 26 candles. To me this is the most important line in the system as it attracts price.
Kijun = (Highest high of 26 periods + Lowest low of 26 periods) ÷ 2
Tenkan-Sen(conversion line): Blue line. This is the equilibrium of last 9 candles. In a strong uptrend price stays above this line.
Tenkan = (Highest high of 9 periods + Lowest low of 9 periods) ÷ 2
Senkou A (Leading span A)= Pink cloud line, this is the average of the 2 components projected 26 bars in the future.
Senkou A = (Tenkan + Kijun) ÷ 2
Senkou B (Leading span B) = Green cloud line, this is the 52 day equilibrium projected 26 bars in the future.
Senkou B = (Highest high of prior 52 periods + Lowest low of prior 52 periods) ÷ 2
projection: Script uses same function for variable calculation and substracts a number on each next bar as to make a projection of where the variable will be in future bars if price stayed the same. This works as ICHIMOKU calculations use the middle point of a past set of data. The shorter that amount of bars will be in line with the data that it will be restricted to in future if price stayed the same.
Detection of Market Environment
To enter trades the script uses a lot of ICHIMOKU concepts. Contrary to how most people trade ICHIMOKU this script takes an environment that ICHIMOKU identifies as trending upwards and shorts in that environment. The same will be applied to a downtrend where it will open LONGS.
List of CRITERIA for a trend:
Grapling Hook: this is a component based on the chikou span (closing price displaced 26 bars into the past). The script will use an ATR based range to define a possible future projection to the CHIKOU line. For a market to be bullish there should be no price action happening within this area. Market is free to move upwards. Vice versa for bearish .
Kumo Cloud: script will check if price is above the cloud for bullish trend and below cloud for bearish trend .
Chikou above Kijun: script will check if the chikou line is above the KIJUN line of 26 bars ago. This is further confirmation that price is trending high enough compared to it's past data. Vice versa for downtrend.
Kijun projection: script will check if past Kijun is lower than future projected Kijun. This to ensure we get an equilibrium in our favour in the future. Vice versa for downtrend
Tenkan projection: script will check if future Tenkan-sen will be higher than Kijun-sen for an uptrend. Vice versa for downtrend.
Cloud projection: script will check if in 9 bars the Senkou Span A will be higher than Senkou Span B for an uptrend. Vice versa for downtrend.
Example:
This script does not visualise the prediction lines like I show in the example. I show them here to clarify how the script works.
Usage
Backtests are not indicative of future results, although a trader may want to use a strategy script to have a deeper understanding of how their strategy responds to varying market conditions, or as a tool for identifying possible flaws for a strategy that may be indicative of good or bad performance in the future.
Strategy Settings:
Minimum Body Size (atr): this is the minimum ATR a signal bar needs to be for entry. This is useful because our TP is based on previous bar.
Lot size per trade: this setting does not impact backtest. It is used to for the signals to let tradingconnect.com know your position size.
Direction: do you want to trade longs or shorts. I personally use both a long bot and a short bot at the same time.
Positions Allowed: the amount of positions the script will keep open as a maximum. You do not want to open too many positions, this is for risk management.
Close all positions at drawdown: if total open positions loss gets to this % target it will close all positions.
MetaTrader Prefix: when the script sends a signal it will put this text right before the symbol name from syminfo.ticker
MetaTrader Suffix: when the script sends a signal it will put this text right after the symbol name from syminfo.ticker
Charts below are some examples on how the script handles orders on default settings:
without time based SL
with time based SL
how it handles pyramiding
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For full automation of the forex market the script uses this connector to execute trade on MT4. The alerts the script sends using the alerts() function call are structured in a way tradingconnector will recognise and send directly to MT4. You can find documentation about this tool on their own website.
Personal recommendation is to start with a minimum lot size and track performance, if you are comfortable scale the size up. You can do that by increasing the lot size setting in the script and making a new alert. Make sure to delete the old one.
How to access
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Ichimokutrader
Ichimoku BarsThis script follows off the principles of the Ichimoku Cloud indicator. The green zones display optimal time to buy according to the Ichimoku model. The red zones show optimal time to sell according to the Ichimoku model inverse. The yellow zones show where the conversion line meets the base line (potential up or down movement at this point). Feel free to contact me to fix any problems or add additional info.
TradeChartist Ichimoku Trader ™TradeChartist Ichimoku Trader is an elegant and functional breakouts trading indicator that generates trade signals based on two types of breakouts - True Ichimoku Kumo Breakouts and Ichimoku Trade Bands Breakouts, which can be further filtered using ™TradeChartist MA Visualizer and/or using an external Filter.
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Cloud Settings form the fundamental factor for this indicator to detect the breakouts. The settings for the Ichimoku Cloud is Automatic by default, but this can be changed based on the user preference from the settings under 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐓𝐲𝐩𝐞, which also includes a manual input option. Ichimoku traders can experiment different settings combinations under manual settings to suit their trading frequency and timeframe traded.
Ichimoku Cloud with its components can be displayed or hidden by enabling/disabling 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐈𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐮 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝. Also, Sʜᴏᴡ Iᴄʜɪᴍᴏᴋᴜ Cʀᴏssᴇs from the Cloud Settings plots tiny crosses on chart.
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Even though the Ichimoku Trade Bands are derived from the Cloud Parameters, the Bᴀɴᴅ Wɪᴅᴛʜ (0.236 - 1) and Lᴏᴏᴋʙᴀᴄᴋ (5 - 200) influences the sensitivity and the width of the bands, which has an effect on the risk and reward expected from Ichimoku Trade Bands Breakout trade.
Trade Bands can be displayed or hidden by enabling/disabling 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐈𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐮 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬. Also, the Bands mean line can be enabled or disabled using 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞 check box and its line width can be changed using Tʀᴀᴅᴇ Bᴀɴᴅs Mᴇᴀɴ Lɪɴᴇ Wɪᴅᴛʜ dropdown.
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MA Visualizer is a powerful and very useful original ™TradeChartist visual method to plot Moving Averages of the close price of the security for user specified look back period in a visually appealing style in the form of colour coded bands. MA Visualizer not only helps the trader spot the price action of the security relative to the moving average, but also paints a visual picture of the trend strength, which must be seen and used on chart to appreciate its elegance. One of 15 different types of Moving Averages can be used to visualize the price action.
Activate 𝗠𝗔 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗿 and choose the MA type from MA Vɪsᴜᴀʟɪᴢᴇʀ Tʏᴘᴇ dropdown and entering the lookback period in MA Vɪsᴜᴀʟɪᴢᴇʀ ᴘᴇʀɪᴏᴅ input box. MA Visualizer colour theme can be be changed from MA Vɪsᴜᴀʟɪᴢᴇʀ Cᴏʟᴏʀ Sᴄʜᴇᴍᴇ dropdown.
The faster of the two set of bands that form the MA Visualizer reacts to price action faster and can be clearly seen from its change of colour from Bull Colour to Bear Colour or viceversa earlier than the slower set of bands. The fill colour between the bands also helps the user stay in a trade or exit a trade based on other confirmators.
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Signal Type
True Ichimoku Kumo Breakout
Ichimoku traders mostly use the Kumo breakouts for trading based on several Bullish and Bearish conditions. For the sake of effective trade entries, trade entry plots for specific cloud events like Kumo twists, Tenkan Sen crossing Kijun Sen, price crossing cloud components etc have been intentionally ignored as Ichimoku traders often tend to visually trade them effectively.
Ichimoku Trade Bands Breakout
In addition to the True Kumo Breakouts, users of this script will be able to trade Ichimoku Trade Bands Breakouts. Ichimoku Trade Bands is an original ™TradeChartist model designed to detect early trend changes based on the Ichimoku settings. These bands are comprised of three plots - an upper band, a lower band and a mean line, namely and all are derived from the Ichimoku settings. The bands act as a filter and a breakout from bands' extreme boundaries signals a change in trend. The settings of the bands can be derived automatically or using manual input based on Ichimoku Cloud parameters, accessed from the indicator settings.
The Breakout Trade Entries can be further filtered by use of MA Visualizer or by using an external filter connected to the script.
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Filters are normally used to reduce noise in the Trade Entry Signals and they can be quite effective in helping the trader stay in trade and to minimize unproductive trade entries. Ichimoku Trader enables the user to use upto two trade filters - MA Visualizer and /or External Filter respectively.
Moving Averages are very effective trade filters and if the right Moving Average is used with right lookback period based on trade type and timeframe traded, they can be very effective in filtering trades.
Enabling 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐌𝐀 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫 filters breakouts only when MA Visualizer agrees with the trend (which can be visualized using the fill colour between the MA Visualizer plots.
Enabling Fɪʟᴛᴇʀ Eᴀʀʟʏ Vɪsᴜᴀʟɪᴢᴇʀ Bʀᴇᴀᴋᴏᴜᴛs in addition filters breakouts even if price closed above the upper MA Visualizer plot without having to agree with fill colour.
In addition to MA Visualizer Filter, and external filter like RSI, MACD etc. can also be used by connecting to Ichimoku Trader under ╔═══ 𝗣𝗹𝘂𝗴 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 ═══ 🔌 dropdown by enabling 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫. The external filter can be used as the only filter or in addition to MA Visualizer filter.
To get the external filter to work, Sɪɢɴᴀʟ Tʏᴘᴇ must be set right. For plots that are not oscillatory like Moving Averages, Super Trend etc., choose type as Non Oscillatory and for Oscillators like RSI, CCI, MACD etc., choose type as Oscillatory .
For Oscillators, levels must be specified for Fɪʟᴛᴇʀ Lᴇᴠᴇʟ ғᴏʀ ʟᴏɴɢs and Fɪʟᴛᴇʀ Lᴇᴠᴇʟ ғᴏʀ sʜᴏʀᴛs , especially if the Oscillator doesnt have 0 as mid line, like RSI. Even for 0 mid oscillators like CCI, filter levels like 100/-100 work effectively to filter noise.
Use 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐙𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐥 under 𝗨𝘀𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘀 to paint the trade zones background. It helps visually see the effect of filters on the breakout entries and also the trade performance.
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Ichimoku Trader also includes the following useful extras
𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐙𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐥 paints the trade zones in green and red as mentioned above.
Sʜᴏᴡ Hɪɢʜs ᴀɴᴅ Lᴏᴡs plots the highest highs of the Bull Zone and the lowest lows of the Bear Zone to help spot the wicks, support and resistance.
Tᴀᴋᴇ Pʀᴏғɪᴛ Bᴀʀs helps detect the volatility exhaustion prices and plots $ signs to help the trader take profits or move stop loss levels to secure gains or to reduce losses.
Vɪsᴜᴀʟɪᴢᴇʀ Cᴏʟᴏʀ Bᴀʀs paints the price bars with trend intensity and the user can opt from one of two themes under Bᴀʀ Cᴏʟᴏʀ Sᴄʜᴇᴍᴇ (Chilli and Flame).
The bar colors can be inverted by enabling Iɴᴠᴇʀᴛ Bᴀʀ Cᴏʟᴏʀs to see reverse bias with respect to the current trade direction.
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Alerts can be created for Long and Short entries by using Once Per Bar Close as Alert Frequency. Entries are generated on Real time bars based on Breakout and filter conditions. It is recommended to wait for bar close before taking a position based on Ichimoku Trader Trade Entries.
The indicator does not repaint and can be confidently used for alerts and trade entries without worrying about signals disappearing.
™TradeChartist Ichimoku Trader 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗿 can also be connected to ™TradeChartist Plug and Trade to generate entries along with Targets, Stop Loss plots etc. Target and Stop Loss alerts can be created using Plug and Trade's Alerts system.
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There are several combinations of settings that can be tested on the security traded based on timeframe and risk/reward expectations. The indicator can be used for trade entries with filter combinations or can be used as standalone Visualizer for trend confirmations, levels etc. Following are a few examples using the Visualizer.
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1. BTC-USDT 1hr True Ichimoku Kumo Breakout with no filters.
2. BTC-USDT 1hr Ichimoku Trade Bands (Default) Breakout with no filters.
3. BTC-USDT 1hr Ichimoku Trade Bands (Default) Breakout using 200 period Hull MA Visualizer filter.
4. AAPL 4hr Ichimoku Trade Bands (Default) Breakout using 200 period VIDYA MA Visualizer filter. Note: VIDYA is normally used for long term trades.
5. GBP-USD 5m True Ichimoku Kumo Breakout using 144 period TEMA MA Visualizer filter and Money Flow Index connected as external filter with 80/20 Filter values.
6. XAU-USD 1hr Ichimoku Trade Bands (Default) Breakout using 144 period TEMA MA Visualizer and Keltner Channels basis line as external non-oscillatory filter, connected to ™TradeChartist Plug and Trade using Ichimoku Trader 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗿.
7. SHITPERP 1hr Ichimoku Trade Bands (0.618 Band Width and Lookback 89 periods) using 50 period Zero-Lag EMA Visualizer Filter.
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Best Practice: Test with different settings first using Paper Trades before trading with real money
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Box FR-SHLBox SH-SL and breakout :
Box SH-SL and Fixed range :
Box sigH-sigL and breakout :
Used better when combining ichimoku candles :
+ Candles.white = bull
+ Candles.yellow = bear
+ The numbers shows how many candles breakout
+ The " Kumo cloud " represents 2 factions