Pullback Traps v. 0.1
Trading Strategy for scalping the CME_MINI:ES1! and CME_MINI:MES1! futures on the 5 min. time frame.
The strategy will count legs and look for failed pullbacks and failed second entries where shorters get trapped.
How to use:
When a trap occurs (Marked with green light) place an order one tick above the high of the trap and enter on next candle
If entry doesn't happen on next candle and it has a lower high, move entry to one tick above high of that candle.
Keep doing the above until you enter or until a candle is marked with a blue light and the text Trap Dead.
If you see Trap dead and you haven't entered, quickly cancel your order.
What is green light?
A second or later pullback down away from the uptrend. When the green light is present the shorters haven't made a 1 point profit and short scalpers are trapped.
What is blue light?
1. Shorters made their 1 point profit and trap is dead. Cancel your trade. Or...
2. Shorters hit their stop loss and you're probably in a trade now and about to profit.
Profit and stop loss:
Numbers are done with profit 5 ticks and stop loss 30 ticks.
Should I have a stop loss 6 times greater than profit?
Probably not. The numbers you see here are made with these profit and stop loss figures but I don't advice it in real trading.
The numbers look good on this backtest but in reality a few bad trades would ruin everything.
This was made purely for fun and sim trading - Feel free to do your own testing and show the resulsts.
The strategy will count legs and look for failed pullbacks and failed second entries where shorters get trapped.
How to use:
When a trap occurs (Marked with green light) place an order one tick above the high of the trap and enter on next candle
If entry doesn't happen on next candle and it has a lower high, move entry to one tick above high of that candle.
Keep doing the above until you enter or until a candle is marked with a blue light and the text Trap Dead.
If you see Trap dead and you haven't entered, quickly cancel your order.
What is green light?
A second or later pullback down away from the uptrend. When the green light is present the shorters haven't made a 1 point profit and short scalpers are trapped.
What is blue light?
1. Shorters made their 1 point profit and trap is dead. Cancel your trade. Or...
2. Shorters hit their stop loss and you're probably in a trade now and about to profit.
Profit and stop loss:
Numbers are done with profit 5 ticks and stop loss 30 ticks.
Should I have a stop loss 6 times greater than profit?
Probably not. The numbers you see here are made with these profit and stop loss figures but I don't advice it in real trading.
The numbers look good on this backtest but in reality a few bad trades would ruin everything.
This was made purely for fun and sim trading - Feel free to do your own testing and show the resulsts.