Cowabunga System from babypips.comPlease do read the information below as well, especially if you are new to Forex.
The Cowabunga System is a type of Mechanical Trading System that filters trades based on the trend of the 4 hour chart with EMAs and some other familiar indicators (RSI, Stochastics and MACD) while entering trades base on 15 minute chart.
I have coded (quite amateurishly) the basic system onto a 15 minute chart (the 4 hour settings are coded as well). The author says the system is to be traded off the 15 minute chart with the 4 hour chart only as a reference for trend direction.
4 Hour Chart Settings
5 EMA
10 EMA
Stochastics (10,3,3)
RSI (9)
Then we move onto the 15 minute chart, where he gives us the trade entry rules.
15 Minute Chart Settings
5 EMA
10 EMA
Stochastics (10,3,3)
RSI (9)
MACD (12,26,9)
Entry Rules - long entry rules used, obviously reverse these for shorting.
1. EMA must cross above the 10 EMA.
2. RSI must be greater than 50 and not overbought.
3. Stochastic must be headed up and not be in overbought territory.
4. MACD histogram must go from negative to positive OR be negative and start to increase in value.
What I did.
1. Set the RSI and Stochastic levels to avoid entries when they indicate overbought conditions for long and oversold conditions for short (80 and 20 levels).
2. Users can input specific times they want to backtest.
3. User's can configure profit targets, trailing stops and stops. Default is set it to was 100 pips profit target with a 40 pip trailing stop. (Note, when you are changing these values, please note that each pip is worth 10, so 100 pips is entered as 1000.)
The Cowabunga System from babypips.com is another popular and active system. The author, Pip Surfer, continues to post wins and losses with this system. It shows there is a lot of honesty and integrity with this system if the author keeps up to date even 10 years later and is not afraid of sharing the times the system causes losses.
As an example of this, here is post he shared just last week . It's almost like a journal, he gives specific times and reasons why he entered, lets the readers know when he was stopped out, etc. I think that what he does is equally important as his system.
To read more about this system, visit the thread on babypips.com, click here.
ES
Free Strategy #08 (Combo of #01 and #02) (ES / SPY)This strategy was designed to be traded on daily data on the ES and SPY—the strategy was originally developed for NinjaTrader, which displays daily ES data based on RTH hours instead of 24 hours (1440 minute) like TradingView does, so we are presenting the results on the SPY until we figure out how to overcome this hurdle.
The strategy combines the two ideas from strategy #01 and strategy #02 .
Strategy #08
Quantity 100
Slippage: 2 ticks
Commission: 4.95 per order
Net Profit: 26,044.60
Max Drawdown: 3,947.60
Buy and Hold (Custom)
Quantity 100
Slippage: 2 ticks
Commission: 4.95 per order
Entry Long: 1993-02-01 @ 43.99
Exit Long: 2017-07-28 @ 246.34
Net Profit: 20,225.10
Max Drawdown: 9,042.00
Free Strategy #02 (ES / SPY)This strategy was designed to be traded on daily data on the ES and SPY—the strategy was originally developed for NinjaTrader, which displays daily ES data based on RTH hours instead of 24 hours (1440 minute) like TradingView does, so we are presenting the results on the SPY until we figure out how to overcome this hurdle.
Strategy #02
Quantity 100
Slippage: 2 ticks
Commission: 4.95 per order
Net Profit: 10,118.30
Max Drawdown: 4.037.60
Buy and Hold (Custom)
Quantity 100
Slippage: 2 ticks
Commission: 4.95 per order
Entry Long: 1993-02-01 @ 43.99
Exit Long: 2017-07-28 @ 246.34
Net Profit: 20,225.10
Max Drawdown: 9,042.00
Free Strategy #01 (ES / SPY)The strategy was designed to be traded based on daily data on the ES and SPY--the strategy was originally developed on NinjaTrader using approximately 50% out of sample data with a slippage of 1 tick on the ES. This is our first strategy that we converted from NinjaTrader to TradingView, so if you see any issues with our conversion, please let us know as we are still learning TradingView Pine Script.
S&P VIX & SKEW IndicatorUse this indicator to compare VIX, SKEW and yearly HIGH and LOW of the S&P 500. If three of those indicators are on a down trend, then the indicator changes to red color.
COT Williams Indicator by BWThis indicator can be thrown on any future contract (such as ES, GC, ZW, ZL, E6, PR, ZC etc.). It shows the Williams Indicator as defined in his book "Trad Stocks Commodities with the Insiders" (2005).
Comparative Relative Strength Strategy Backtest Comparative Relative Strength Strategy for ES
You can change long to short in the Input Settings
Please, use it only for learning or paper trading. Do not for real trading.
B3 Fibonacci Pivot S/RFor my second share, I give you some levels I look at everyday for the ES minis. HLC/3 of the MTF (multi-time-frame) inputs = mean and Fib-levels formed as support and resistance zones. There are some websites that will show you 20 ways to figure out a pivot for the day's intraday workings, and this one always rang true for me. I keep it set at Res=D and Len=3or5 and use on hourly charts. This indicator is capable of doing like a Res=60m Len=8 for a 5m chart or something of that nature if you wish to test it out.
I haven't tested it out for tick charts and I have noticed that this is good on index and commodity futures, and not so much other things.
Uncanny to me how well this works as reversal awareness for ES. Doesn't mean that one will happen, or if it does that it will have trade-able juice, though it is very important awareness never-the-less.
screencast.com
TICKv2USI:TICK
FX:SPX500
CME_MINI:ES1!
High/Low/Close/SMA of $TICK
Changes:
editable SMA lenght of HL/2 instead of ema of ohlc4. (green line)
added close (yelllow).
added 4 more editable lines.
