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Buyers/Sellers Trapped V2
This spots the bar where price spikes hard one way, then reverses and closes back against the spike. Whoever chased the move is trapped, and price usually keeps going the way it reversed.
I first published a version of this in 2017. This is the rebuild.
On the chart
*ST (green, up arrow): sellers trapped after a down spike. Bullish continuation cue.
*BT (red, down arrow): buyers trapped after an up spike. Bearish continuation cue.
*Trend filter (EMA + slope) highlights signals that line up with the trend and fades or hides the rest. The trend-aligned ones are the setups that matter.
*ATR-buffered stop just beyond the spike, so invalidation isn't sitting on the wick.
*Exit marker when the trend flips (price closes back through the MA) or the stop gives out.
How I use it
*Trade it with the trend, not against it. A trap in the direction of an established trend is a continuation entry, or a spot to add to a position you already hold.
*Stop goes an ATR beyond the spike.
Don't cap it with a tight target. The spike makes the stop wide, so a small fixed target pays you badly for the risk. Let it run and exit on the trend flip. In my own testing across crypto, riding to the trend flip beat every fixed target, and the long side carried most of the edge.
*Strongest in trending markets, noisy in chop, so lean on the trend filter. Alerts are built in for the entries, the trend-aligned entries, and the exit.
Free to use, feedback welcome.
Cheers,
Ivan Labrie.
I first published a version of this in 2017. This is the rebuild.
On the chart
*ST (green, up arrow): sellers trapped after a down spike. Bullish continuation cue.
*BT (red, down arrow): buyers trapped after an up spike. Bearish continuation cue.
*Trend filter (EMA + slope) highlights signals that line up with the trend and fades or hides the rest. The trend-aligned ones are the setups that matter.
*ATR-buffered stop just beyond the spike, so invalidation isn't sitting on the wick.
*Exit marker when the trend flips (price closes back through the MA) or the stop gives out.
How I use it
*Trade it with the trend, not against it. A trap in the direction of an established trend is a continuation entry, or a spot to add to a position you already hold.
*Stop goes an ATR beyond the spike.
Don't cap it with a tight target. The spike makes the stop wide, so a small fixed target pays you badly for the risk. Let it run and exit on the trend flip. In my own testing across crypto, riding to the trend flip beat every fixed target, and the long side carried most of the edge.
*Strongest in trending markets, noisy in chop, so lean on the trend filter. Alerts are built in for the entries, the trend-aligned entries, and the exit.
Free to use, feedback welcome.
Cheers,
Ivan Labrie.
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Script de código abierto
Fiel al espíritu de TradingView, el creador de este script lo ha convertido en código abierto, para que los traders puedan revisar y verificar su funcionalidad. ¡Enhorabuena al autor! Aunque puede utilizarlo de forma gratuita, recuerde que cualquier republicación del código está sujeta a nuestras Normas internas.
Exención de responsabilidad
La información y las publicaciones no constituyen, ni deben considerarse como, asesoramiento o recomendaciones financieras, de inversión, de trading u otro tipo, proporcionadas o respaldadas por TradingView. Obtenga más información en Condiciones de uso.