Range Trading – Using Bollinger Bands with ADX for sideways movement
Algorithm
If Price ( ) CrossesAbove BollingerBands ( 20, 3, “lower” ) And ADX ( 14, “ADX” ) < 20 Buy
If Price ( ) CrossesBelow BollingerBands ( 20, 3, “upper” ) And ADX ( 14, “ADX” ) < 20 Sell
If Price ( ) CrossesBelow BollingerBands ( 20, 3, “lower” ) CloseSell
If Price ( ) CrossesAbove BollingerBands ( 20, 3, “upper” ) CloseBuy
Strategy Settings
Currency Pairs: EURUSD
Candle Period: 15 Mins
Strategy Draw Down: 500 PIPS
Trade Stop Loss: 82.5 PIPS
Strategy Take Profit: 50000 PIPS
Trade Take Profit: 250 PIPS
Strategy in Tekton
Please note that these example strategies are purely for educational purposes and should not be considered as being recommended for you to use or as if 2Ring Markets or any of its officer’s is providing advice. The purpose of supplying our clients with example strategies is to ensure they can become acclimatised to using the Tekton software and develop their own strategies and trading plans so as to meet their personal investment profile.
Once you have created your own trading plan you can then fine tune it to your satisfaction following a number of historical tests until you feel confident of trading them live. Past performance is not an indication of future results.
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