Strategy · Pine Script v4 · On the chart

Strategy Short Template

by krosenfeld7

Strategy Short Template provides a base structure for backtesting short-only trading strategies.

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GitHub stars5on the repository
Pine versionv4older, still runs
Lines of code97
Settings9inputs
LicenceApache-2.0
Last update3 years ago12 May 2023

Add It to Your TradingView Chart

  1. 1Copy the scriptPress Copy script above, or the copy button on the code below.
  2. 2Open the Pine EditorOpen a TradingView chart and choose Pine Editor at the bottom of the screen.
  3. 3Paste over the templateCreate a new strategy, select all of the template text and paste. Press Save and give it a name.
  4. 4Add it to the chartPress Add to chart. The trades and results appear in the Strategy Tester tab; adjust the settings with the gear icon.

Source Code

97 lines of Pine Script v4 from Strategy_Short_Template.txt, published under Apache-2.0. Keep the author's credit and licence lines when you reuse it.

Strategy_Short_Template.txt
// This source code is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public License 2.0 at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/
// © krosenfeld7

//@version=4
strategy("Strategy Short Template", overlay = true, pyramiding = 0, 
         margin_long = 100, margin_short = 100, 
         default_qty_type = strategy.percent_of_equity, 
         default_qty_value = 20, initial_capital = 2000, 
         process_orders_on_close = true)

// Set the starting point for backtesting
start = input(title = "Backtesting Start", type = input.time,
     defval = timestamp("1 Jan 2015"))
maxTimeOpen = input(title = "Order Expiration", type = input.integer,
     defval = 100, minval = 1)
tpSlStrategy = input(title = "Take Profit Strategy", type = input.string,
     defval = "Percent", options = ["Percent", "ATR"])
trailingStop = input(title = "Trailing Stop", type = input.string,
     defval = "Fixed", options = ["Fixed", "Trail"])

// ATR For Stop Loss
atrLength = input(title = "ATR SL Length", defval = 14,
     minval = 1)
atrMultiplier = input(title = "ATR Multiplier", type = input.float, 
     defval = 1, minval = 0.1)
riskLevel = input(title = "Risk Level", type = input.float, 
     defval = 1, minval = 0.1)

shortProfitPercent = input(title = "Take Profit %",
     type = input.float, minval = 0.0, step = 0.1, defval = 10) / 100
shortLossPercent = input(title = "Stop Loss %",
     type = input.float, minval = 0.0, step = 0.1, defval = 10) / 100

// Algorithm / Strategy Goes here
// Set short variables to execute positions below
short = 0


// End Algorithm

shortExitPrice = 0.0
shortStopPrice = 0.0

shortExitPercentPrice = strategy.position_avg_price * (1 - 
     (shortProfitPercent * riskLevel))
shortStopPercentPrice = strategy.position_avg_price * (1 + 
     shortLossPercent)

// Profit & Loss via ATR
atr = atr(atrLength)

atr := valuewhen(strategy.position_size == 0, atr, 0)

shortExitAtrPrice = strategy.position_avg_price - (atr * 
     atrMultiplier * riskLevel)
shortStopAtrPrice = strategy.position_avg_price + (atr * 
     atrMultiplier)

if tpSlStrategy == "Percent"
    shortExitPrice := shortExitPercentPrice
    
    if trailingStop == "Fixed"
        shortStopPrice := shortStopPercentPrice
    else if trailingStop == "Trail"
        stopValue      = close * (1 + shortLossPercent)
        shortStopPrice := (strategy.position_size < 0) ? 
             min(stopValue, shortStopPrice[1]) : 999999

else if tpSlStrategy == "ATR"
    if strategy.position_size < 0
        shortExitPrice := shortExitAtrPrice
        
    if trailingStop == "Fixed"
        shortStopPrice := shortStopAtrPrice
    else if trailingStop == "Trail"
        stopValue      = close + (atr * atrMultiplier)
        shortStopPrice := (strategy.position_size < 0) ? 
             min(stopValue, shortStopPrice[1]) : 999999

// Plotting profit / loss targets
plot(series = (strategy.position_size < 0) ? shortExitPrice : na, 
     color = color.green, style = plot.style_linebr, linewidth = 3, 
     title = "Short Target")
plot(series = (strategy.position_size < 0) ? shortStopPrice : na, 
     color = color.red, style = plot.style_linebr, linewidth = 3, 
     title = "Short Stop Loss")

// Submit entry orders
if time >= start
    strategy.entry(id = "Short", long = strategy.short, 
         comment = "Short Open", when = short)

// Submit exit orders
strategy.exit(id = "Short", limit = shortExitPrice, stop = shortStopPrice, 
     comment = "Short Close", when = strategy.position_size < 0)
strategy.close(id = "Short", comment = "Expired: >" + tostring(maxTimeOpen), 
     when = (barssince(change(strategy.opentrades)) + 1) >= maxTimeOpen)

Overview

Strategy Short Template includes modular risk management with take profit and stop loss levels calculated using fixed percentages or Average True Range (ATR) multipliers. Users can select between fixed or trailing stops. The script plots active stop loss and target levels directly on the price chart during positions. Custom entry logic can be inserted directly into the template.

Details

Published by

krosenfeld7 on GitHub

Type

Strategy, Pine Script v4

Draws

On the price chart

Category

Volatility & bands

Markets

Any symbol

Timeframes

Any timeframe

Risk Notes

No repainting, lookahead or stacked entries were found in its code or README. That says nothing about how well it works: test it first.

Settings

The inputs you can change from the gear icon on the chart. Defaults are the author's.

SettingTypeDefaultVariable
Backtesting Starttimetimestamp("1 Jan 2015")start
Order Expirationint100maxTimeOpen
Take Profit StrategystringPercenttpSlStrategy
Trailing StopstringFixedtrailingStop
ATR SL Lengthint14atrLength
ATR Multiplierfloat1atrMultiplier
Risk Levelfloat1riskLevel
Take Profit %float10shortProfitPercent
Stop Loss %float10shortLossPercent
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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