OPEN-SOURCE SCRIPT
Updated ATR Trailing Stops Strategy
Update of Average True Range Trailing Stops Strategy by HPotter to include backtesting support
- Opens longs when price crosses over trailing stop line, closes when price crosses below
- Option to open/close shorts when longs are closed/opened
- Option to specify a time range to test over. For example, set Max Days Back to 360 and Min Days Back to 180 to test from 1 year ago to 6 months ago. To test the entire range of data, set both to 0.
Release Notes
Fixed long/short switching
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