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Volatility, ORB Intraday Strategy for ES

Sep 12, 2022 | EasyLanguage

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Volatility: ORB Intraday Strategy for ES

 

Here we present this code in Easylanguage , which can be useful when creating your own strategies, the article was translated by our work team.

Did that title catch your attention?

No, I have said that it is a very good free system! This code is really cool so I thought I’d share it with you. Take a look at this pretty cool image.

Six Bar Break Out with Volatility Buffer and Volatility Trailing Stop

Six Bar Break Out with Volatility Buffer and Volatility Trailing Stop

Thanks to a reader of this blog (AG), I came up with this idea and programmed a very simple day trading system that incorporated a volatility trailing stop. I wanted to make sure I had programmed it correctly and always wanted to draw a box on the graph – thanks to (TJ) from the MC forums for giving me a boost on the graphical side of the project.

Since my time is up for today – I have to cut my hair. I’ll have to wait until tomorrow to explain the code. But very quickly the system.
Buy x% above the first bar high, then set a trailing stop z% of the average range of the y bar – move to breakeven when profit exceeds $w. The opposite goes for the short side. One long and one short is only allowed during the day and everyone’s departure at closing.

Who cares, here is the code of the Strategy:


inputs: startTradeTime(930),startTradeBars(6),endTradeTime(1530),
breakOutVolPer(0.5),trailVolPer(.25),breakEven$(500);

vars: longsToday(0),shortsToday(0),
longStop(0),shortStop(0),
longTrail(0),shortTrail(0),
trailVolAmt(0),
barCount(0),highToday(0),lowToday(0),
volAmt(0),mp(0);

if t = startTradeTime + barinterval then
begin
longsToday = 0;
shortsToday = 0;
longStop = 0;
shortStop = 0;
longTrail = 0;
shortTrail = 99999999;
barCount = 0;
highToday = 0;
lowToday = 999999999;
end;

highToday = maxList(h,highToday);
lowToday = minList(l,lowToday);

mp = marketPosition;

barCount +=1;

if barCount >= startTradeBars then
begin
volAmt = average(range,startTradeBars);
if barCount = startTradeBars then
begin
longStop = highToday + breakOutVolPer * volAmt;
shortStop = lowToday - breakOutVolPer * volAmt;
end;
if t < endTradeTime then
begin
if longsToday = 0 then buy("volOrboL") next bar at longStop stop;
if shortsToday = 0 then sellShort("volOrboS") next bar shortStop stop;
end;

trailVolAmt = volAmt * trailVolPer;
if mp = 1 then
begin
longsToday +=1;
if c > entryPrice + breakEven$/bigPointValue then
longTrail = maxList(entryPrice,longTrail);
longTrail = maxList(c - trailVolAmt,longTrail);
sell("L-TrlX") next bar at longTrail stop;
end;
if mp = -1 then
begin
shortsToday +=1;
if c < entryPrice - breakEven$/bigPointValue then
shortTrail = minList(entryPrice,shortTrail);
shortTrail = minList(c + trailVolAmt,shortTrail);
buyToCover("S-TrlX") next bar at shortTrail stop;
end;
end;
setExitOnClose;

And the code for the strategy monitoring indicator is the following:


inputs: startTradeTime(930),startTradeBars(6),endTradeTime(1530),
		breakOutVolPer(0.5),trailVolPer(.25),breakEven$(500);
		

vars:	longsToday(0),shortsToday(0),
		longStop(0),shortStop(0),
		longTrail(0),shortTrail(0),
		trailVolAmt(0),
		barCount(0),highToday(0),lowToday(0),
		volAmt(0),mp(0);
		
if t = startTradeTime + barinterval then
begin
	longsToday = 0;
	shortsToday = 0;
	longStop = 0;
	shortStop = 0;
	longTrail = 0;
	shortTrail = 99999999;
	barCount = 0;
	highToday = 0;
	lowToday = 999999999;
	mp = 0;
end;

highToday = maxList(h,highToday);
lowToday = minList(l,lowToday);
		
barCount +=1;

vars: iCnt(0),mEntryPrice(0),myColor(0);

if barCount >= startTradeBars  then
begin
	volAmt = average(range,startTradeBars);
	if barCount = startTradeBars then
	begin
		longStop = highToday + breakOutVolPer * volAmt;
		shortStop = lowToday - breakOutVolPer * volAmt;
		for iCnt = 0 to startTradeBars-1
		begin
			plot1[iCnt](longStop,"BuyBO",default,default,default);
			plot2[iCnt](shortStop,"ShrtBo",default,default,default);
		end;

	end;
	if t < endTradeTime then 	begin 		if longsToday = 0 and h >= longStop then 
		begin
			mp = 1;
			mEntryPrice = maxList(o,longStop);
			longsToday += 1;
		end;
		if shortsToday = 0 and l <= shortStop then 		begin 			mp = -1; 			mEntryPrice = minList(o,shortStop); 			shortsToday +=1; 		end;	 		plot3(longStop,"BuyBOXTND",default,default,default); 		plot4(shortStop,"ShrtBOXTND",default,default,default); 	end; 	 	trailVolAmt = volAmt * trailVolPer; 	 	if mp = 1 then 	begin 		if c > mEntryPrice + breakEven$/bigPointValue then
			longTrail = maxList(mEntryPrice,longTrail);

		longTrail = maxList(c - trailVolAmt,longTrail);
		plot5(longTrail,"LongTrail",default,default,default);
	end;
	if mp = -1 then
	begin
		if c < mEntryPrice - breakEven$/bigPointValue then
			shortTrail = minList(mEntryPrice,shortTrail);
		shortTrail = minList(c + trailVolAmt,shortTrail);
		plot6(shortTrail,"ShortTrail",default,default,default);
	end;
end;

It is very important to set the default values of the flags as well.

For the BO box use these settings – they are the first 4 plots:

Use these colors and high bar and low bar and set the opacity

Use these colors and high bar and low bar and set the opacity

The box is created by drawing thick semi-transparent lines from BuyBo and BuyBOXTND to ShrtBo and ShrtBOXTND. So the Buy components of the first 4 traces should be Bar High and the Short components should be Bar Low.

Use the low bar for the ShrtBo and ShrtBOXTND strokes

Use the low bar for the ShrtBo and ShrtBOXTND strokes

I have also used different colors for the BuyBo/ShrtBo and the BuyBOXTND/ShrtBOXTND. This is the configuration:

Colors configuration for the BuyBo/ShrtBo
Colors configuration for the BuyBOXTND/ShrtBOXTND

The darker colored line on the last bar of the breakout is caused by the overlap of the two sets of plots.

This is how the trailing stop plots are set up:

Make Dots And Make Them Big - We Have The Red And Blue Set

Make Dots And Make Them Big – We Have The Red And Blue Set

With this we end the article. We hope this information will be useful for you to build trading systems on the @ES based on volatility.

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Article courtesy and written by George Pruitt and published on his blog on April 1, 2021

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