A trend-following strategy that goes long when the close breaks above the previous Donchian channel high and short when it breaks below the previous low.
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Source Code
81 lines of Pine Script v5 from donchian_breakout.pine, published under MIT. Keep the author's credit and licence lines when you reuse it.
donchian_breakout.pine
//@version=5
strategy("Donchian Breakout + ATR Risk (Robust Trend) [v5]", overlay=true,
initial_capital=10000, pyramiding=0, calc_on_every_tick=true,
commission_type=strategy.commission.percent, commission_value=0.02)
// Inputs
dcLen = input.int(55, "Donchian Length", minval=5)
emaLen = input.int(200, "EMA Filter Length", minval=1)
useEMAFilter = input.bool(true, "Use EMA Trend Filter")
atrLen = input.int(14, "ATR Length", minval=1)
atrBaseLen = input.int(50, "ATR Baseline Length", minval=5)
atrMult = input.float(1.0, "ATR Regime Filter (>=)", step=0.05)
riskATR = input.float(2.0, "Stop (ATR)", step=0.1)
trailATR = input.float(2.5, "Trailing (ATR)", step=0.1)
useTrail = input.bool(true, "Use Trailing Stop")
takeMode = input.string("TrailOnly", "Take Profit Mode", options=["TrailOnly","RR_Target"])
rr = input.float(2.0, "RR Target (if RR_Target)", step=0.1)
// Indicators
upper = ta.highest(high, dcLen)
lower = ta.lowest(low, dcLen)
mid = (upper + lower) / 2.0
ema = ta.ema(close, emaLen)
atr = ta.atr(atrLen)
atrBase = ta.sma(atr, atrBaseLen)
regimeOk = atr >= atrBase * atrMult
trendUp = close > ema
trendDown = close < ema
// Breakout signals (use previous channel to avoid repaint-like behavior)
longBreak = close > upper[1]
shortBreak = close < lower[1]
longAllowed = regimeOk and (not useEMAFilter or trendUp)
shortAllowed = regimeOk and (not useEMAFilter or trendDown)
//Entries
if longBreak and longAllowed and strategy.position_size <= 0
strategy.entry("LONG", strategy.long)
if shortBreak and shortAllowed and strategy.position_size >= 0
strategy.entry("SHORT", strategy.short)
// Exits
if strategy.position_size > 0
ep = strategy.position_avg_price
stopL = ep - atr * riskATR
if useTrail
strategy.exit("L-EXIT", "LONG", stop=stopL, trail_points=atr * trailATR)
else if takeMode == "RR_Target"
takeL = ep + (ep - stopL) * rr
strategy.exit("L-EXIT", "LONG", stop=stopL, limit=takeL)
else
strategy.exit("L-EXIT", "LONG", stop=stopL)
if strategy.position_size < 0
ep = strategy.position_avg_price
stopS = ep + atr * riskATR
if useTrail
strategy.exit("S-EXIT", "SHORT", stop=stopS, trail_points=atr * trailATR)
else if takeMode == "RR_Target"
takeS = ep - (stopS - ep) * rr
strategy.exit("S-EXIT", "SHORT", stop=stopS, limit=takeS)
else
strategy.exit("S-EXIT", "SHORT", stop=stopS)
plot(upper, "Donchian Upper")
plot(lower, "Donchian Lower")
plot(mid, "Donchian Mid")
plot(ema, "EMA Filter")
Overview
An optional 200 EMA filter limits direction, and an ATR regime filter skips quiet markets. Each trade has an ATR-multiple stop, with an optional ATR trailing stop or a fixed reward-to-risk target. The channel lines and EMA are drawn on the price chart. Orders recalculate on every tick, so intrabar signals can differ from bar-close results. Commission is set to a small percentage.
The inputs you can change from the gear icon on the chart. Defaults are the author's.
Setting
Type
Default
Variable
Donchian Length
int
55
dcLen
EMA Filter Length
int
200
emaLen
Use EMA Trend Filter
bool
true
useEMAFilter
ATR Length
int
14
atrLen
ATR Baseline Length
int
50
atrBaseLen
ATR Regime Filter (>=)
float
1.0
atrMult
Stop (ATR)
float
2.0
riskATR
Trailing (ATR)
float
2.5
trailATR
Use Trailing Stop
bool
true
useTrail
Take Profit Mode
string
TrailOnly
takeMode
RR Target (if RR_Target)
float
2.0
rr
Third-party code. ForexR did not write, test or endorse this script, and the summary above was generated automatically from its code and README. Indicators describe the past, and a strategy's backtest can look better than live trading, especially when a script repaints. Check it in the Strategy Tester and on a demo account before you rely on it.
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