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Reactive Trail System [WillyAlgoTrader]
📊 Reactive Trail System (RTS) is an overlay trend-following indicator that combines a momentum-adaptive trailing stop, a dual volatility engine, a 0–100 signal quality score, and a complete trade-management layer (Entry / SL / TP1–TP3 / break-even) — all tracked live on a sectioned dashboard with win-rate statistics.
The core insight: a trailing stop should not have a fixed width. When momentum is strong, price moves cleanly and the trail can hug price to lock in profit. When momentum fades, price gets noisy and the trail must widen to survive the chop. RTS measures momentum every bar and reshapes the trail width automatically — up to 40% tighter in strong moves — so one setting adapts to changing conditions instead of being permanently too tight or too loose.
If you are new to trailing stops: think of the trail as a colored line that follows price from below in an uptrend (green) and from above in a downtrend (red). As long as price stays on the right side of the line, the trend is alive. When price closes through the line, the trend flips — and RTS turns that flip into a fully managed trade idea with a stop-loss and three targets drawn on the chart for you.
Works on all markets (crypto, forex, stocks, indices, commodities) and all timeframes.
🧩 WHY THESE COMPONENTS WORK TOGETHER
A classic supertrend-style trail has three chronic problems. First, its width is fixed — the same multiplier that protects you in chop gives back too much profit in a strong trend. Second, a raw trail flip says nothing about signal quality — a flip in dead, low-volume conditions looks identical to a flip with real participation. Third, a flip is not a trade — you still have to decide where the stop goes, where the targets go, and when to move to break-even.
RTS solves all three with one integrated pipeline:
Baseline MA (6 engines) → Dual volatility measure (ATR + StDev) → RSI momentum engine → Adaptive trail width → Ratcheting trail state machine → HTF bias + volume filters → 0–100 signal score → Wick-anchored SL + TP1/TP2/TP3 → Break-even automation → Trade outcome statistics
The baseline MA defines the anchor the trail hangs from. The volatility engine defines the raw distance. The RSI momentum engine then compresses that distance when momentum is strong — this is what makes the trail "reactive" rather than static. The ratcheting state machine guarantees the trail only ever tightens in the trade's favor (it never backs away from price). The HTF and volume filters decide whether a flip is allowed to become a trade. The scoring engine grades every entry so you can tell an A-setup from a C-setup at a glance. The risk engine converts the signal into concrete levels anchored to real market structure (the signal bar's wick), and the trade engine tracks every touch, break-even move, stop-out and reversal — feeding honest statistics back to the dashboard.
Remove any link and the chain breaks: without momentum adaptation the trail is just another supertrend; without filters every flip fires; without the wick-anchored stop the levels ignore structure; without outcome tracking you never learn how the system actually behaves on your market.
🔍 WHAT MAKES IT ORIGINAL
1️⃣ Momentum-adaptive trail width — the trail breathes with the market.
Instead of a fixed multiplier, RTS computes a momentum distance from the smoothed RSI and uses it to compress the trail:
— momDist = min(|RSI_smoothed − 50| / 50, 1.0) — 0 means dead-center momentum, 1 means extreme
— effectiveMultiplier = TrailMultiplier × (1 − Adaptivity × momDist × 0.4)
— trailOffset = volatility × effectiveMultiplier
With default Trail Multiplier 2.0 and Adaptivity 1.0, the trail runs at full width in neutral conditions and tightens by up to 40% when RSI pushes toward extremes. Set Adaptivity to 0 and you get a classic fixed-width trail; the default 1.0 gives maximum adaptation. RSI length 13 with EMA smoothing 3 keeps the width changes calm instead of jittery.
Why this matters: strong momentum = clean price movement = you can afford a tight trail that protects open profit. Weak momentum = noise = the trail widens automatically so you don't get shaken out.
2️⃣ Dual volatility engine — ATR, StDev, or a stabilized Hybrid.
Trail distance can be measured three ways (Volatility Length default 13):
— ATR: classic bar-range volatility
— StDev: close-to-close dispersion
— Hybrid (default): (ATR + StDev) / 2
ATR reacts to wicks and gaps; StDev reacts to closing dispersion. Averaging them dampens the weakness of each — a single wild wick inflates ATR but barely moves StDev, so the Hybrid stays stable where a pure-ATR trail would suddenly balloon.
3️⃣ Six baseline engines including KAMA and T3 — with a volume-safety fallback.
The trail anchors to a baseline MA selectable from HMA, ALMA (default, length 21), KAMA, T3, VWMA and EMA. KAMA and T3 are computed from their full formulas internally (Kaufman efficiency-ratio smoothing constant sc = (ER × (fast − slow) + slow)², and Tillson's six-stage EMA cascade with a = 0.7). If you pick VWMA on an instrument whose data feed reports no volume (common on some forex feeds), RTS silently falls back to EMA instead of plotting garbage.
4️⃣ Ratcheting trail state machine — the stop never retreats.
In a bull regime the trail is trail = max(previous trail, baseline − offset): it can only rise. In a bear regime it can only fall. A flip requires a full bar close beyond the trail — intrabar wicks through the line do not flip the trend. This one-way ratchet is what makes the line usable as an actual trailing stop rather than a wavy band.
5️⃣ Non-repainting HTF bias filter.
Optional filter: longs only when the higher timeframe (default 240 = 4H) closes above its 50 EMA, shorts only below. The HTF request uses the last closed HTF bar (index [1] with lookahead), so the bias never changes retroactively — what you see in a live chart is what a backtest would have seen.
6️⃣ Signal quality score 0–100 — every entry is graded, not just fired.
Each entry gets a transparent confluence score:
— Momentum component (0–40): min(momDist / 0.6, 1) × 40
— Volume component (0–30): participation vs the 20-bar volume SMA, clamped; fixed 15 when the feed has no volume
— HTF alignment (10 or 30): 30 when the higher timeframe agrees with the trade direction, 10 when it doesn't
The score is shown in the BUY/SELL label tooltip, in the dashboard "Last signal" row, and in every entry alert. A 90-score long (strong momentum, heavy volume, HTF agrees) and a 45-score long are both valid flips — but you instantly know which one deserves full size.
7️⃣ Wick-anchored stop-loss — structure-aware risk, not a blind ATR offset.
Default SL mode anchors the stop to the signal bar's actual wick:
— Long SL = min(low − 0.25 × ATR, close − 0.5 × ATR)
— Short SL = max(high + 0.25 × ATR, close + 0.5 × ATR)
The 0.25 × ATR buffer sits the stop just beyond the wick (where stop-hunts reach), and the 0.5 × ATR minimum distance prevents absurdly tight stops on small-bodied signal bars. A classic fixed ATR mode (SL = entry ± multiplier × ATR, ATR length 14) is available too. Targets are pure R-multiples of the actual risk: TP = entry ± risk × multiplier.
Four one-click risk presets: Conservative (SL 2.5×ATR, TP 1R/2R/4R), Balanced (default: 1.5×ATR, 1R/2R/3R), Aggressive (1.0×ATR, 1.5R/2.5R/4R), Scalping (0.8×ATR, 0.8R/1.5R/2R), plus a fully manual Custom preset with input validation (TP1 < TP2 < TP3 enforced).
8️⃣ Full trade lifecycle engine with honest intrabar rules.
RTS doesn't just draw levels — it tracks the trade like a journal:
— Hits are checked only on confirmed bars, and never on the entry bar itself (entry-bar guard)
— TP-priority model: if a bar touches both a TP and the SL, the TP touch registers first (this optimistic assumption is disclosed right in the dashboard tooltip)
— Break-even automation: once TP1 is touched, the stop moves to entry; a BE moved this bar cannot stop you out on the same bar
— Opposite confirmed signal reverses the position (closes the old trade, opens the new one)
— Win definition is fixed and transparent: a trade counts as a WIN once TP1 has been touched (TP3 close, BE stop-out after TP1, or reversal after TP1); closed before TP1 = loss
9️⃣ Persistent trade visualization.
Entry (subtle dotted), SL (solid, prominent) and TP1/TP2/TP3 (dashed) lines extend with the live trade. When a TP is touched, its line turns solid teal with a ✓ on the label. When break-even activates, the original SL line dims to a record and the entry label is annotated "→ SL (BE)". After the trade closes, the drawing persists as a record until the next entry replaces it — you can scroll back and see exactly how each trade resolved.
🔟 Dashboard 2.0 with period-filtered statistics.
A sectioned panel (Market / Trade / Stats — each toggleable, position and font size configurable):
— Market: trend direction, trend age in bars, HTF bias, smoothed RSI, last signal with score and bars-ago
— Trade: entry, SL (with "BE @" marker), TP1–TP3 with ✓ checkmarks, R:R at TP1, SL distance in % — collapses to one row when flat
— Stats: closed trades, wins, losses, win rate with a ▰▱ gauge, and a "Form" strip of the last 10 results
The win-rate window is selectable: last 24 Hours, last 30 Days, or All-Time — computed from timestamped trade closures kept in a rolling 31-day buffer. Statistics reset on chart reload, and this is disclosed directly in the dashboard tooltips.
📖 HOW IT WORKS — CALCULATION FLOW
Step 1 — Baseline: the selected MA engine (ALMA 21 by default) is computed as the trail anchor.
Step 2 — Volatility: ATR and StDev over 13 bars are combined per the selected engine into one volatility measure.
Step 3 — Momentum: RSI(13) is EMA-smoothed(3); its distance from 50 (normalized 0–1) compresses the trail multiplier by up to 40%.
Step 4 — Trail update: the ratcheting state machine raises the trail in bull regimes / lowers it in bear regimes; a confirmed close through the trail flips the regime.
Step 5 — Filtering: the flip becomes an entry signal only if it passes the optional HTF bias and volume-confirmation filters, on a confirmed bar, after the warm-up period.
Step 6 — Scoring: the entry is graded 0–100 from momentum, volume participation and HTF alignment.
Step 7 — Risk placement: SL is anchored to the signal bar's wick (or fixed ATR), TP1–TP3 are projected as R-multiples of the actual risk per the active preset.
Step 8 — Trade tracking: every confirmed bar is checked for TP touches, break-even activation, stop-out or reversal; outcomes update the win/loss statistics and the Form strip.
📖 HOW TO USE
🎯 Quick start:
1. Add the indicator to your chart. Defaults (ALMA 21, Hybrid volatility, Balanced preset) are ready to use.
2. Wait for a ▲ BUY or ▼ SELL label — hover it to see the score, RSI, SL and TP1.
3. Check the dashboard: score of the last signal, HTF bias, and current R:R.
4. Prefer high-score signals (70+) where the HTF bias agrees with the trade direction.
5. Manage by the drawn levels: partial at TP1 (stop moves to break-even automatically), remainder toward TP2/TP3 or until the trail flips.
👁️ Reading the chart:
— 🟢 Green trail line below price = bull regime; it can only rise
— 🔴 Red trail line above price = bear regime; it can only fall
— ▲ BUY / ▼ SELL labels = filtered, confirmed entries (tooltip shows score and levels)
— Dotted line = entry reference · solid red = stop-loss · dashed green = TP1/TP2/TP3
— Teal solid TP line with ✓ = target reached · dimmed SL + "→ SL (BE)" = stop moved to entry
— Optional: soft trend fill between trail and baseline, and regime-colored candles
📊 Dashboard fields:
— Trend / Age: current regime and bars since the last flip
— HTF Bias: higher-timeframe direction (Off when the filter is disabled)
— RSI: the smoothed momentum value driving trail width
— Last signal: direction · score (bars ago)
— Entry / SL / TP1–TP3 / R:R / SL Dist: full live trade card
— Trades / Wins / Losses / Win rate: statistics for the selected period (24H / 30D / All-Time)
— Form: last 10 results, ▰ = win, ▱ = loss, newest on the right
🔧 Tuning guide:
— Too many flips / whipsaws: raise Trail Multiplier toward 2.5–3.0, raise Baseline Length toward 34–55, or enable the HTF Bias Filter
— Exits feel too late: lower Trail Multiplier toward 1.8, or keep Adaptivity at 1.0 so strong momentum tightens the trail
— Trail width feels jumpy: lower Momentum Adaptivity to 0.4–0.6 or raise Momentum Smoothing to 5–8
— Too few signals: disable the volume filter, or shorten Baseline Length toward 13–21
— Stops too tight on your market: switch the preset to Conservative, or use ATR mode with a higher SL multiplier
— Scalping lower timeframes: Scalping preset + Volatility Length 10 + consider HMA baseline
⚙️ KEY SETTINGS
⚙️ Main:
— Baseline MA Type (default ALMA): trail anchor engine — HMA / ALMA / KAMA / T3 / VWMA / EMA
— Baseline Length (default 21): higher = smoother, fewer flips
— Momentum (RSI) Length (default 13) and Smoothing (default 3): the adaptive-width driver
— Volatility Engine (default Hybrid) and Length (default 13)
— Trail Multiplier (default 2.0): base trail distance in volatility units
— Momentum Adaptivity (default 1.0): 0 = fixed width, 1 = up to 40% tightening
🔍 Filters:
— HTF Bias Filter (default off) + Higher Timeframe (default 240): trade only with the bigger trend
— Volume Confirmation (default off) + Threshold (default 1.2 × SMA20): require real participation; auto-bypassed on no-volume feeds
🛡️ Risk Management:
— Risk Preset (default Balanced): Conservative / Balanced / Aggressive / Scalping / Custom
— SL Mode (default Wick-Anchored): structure-based stop or fixed ATR
— ATR Length (default 14), SL / TP1 / TP2 / TP3 multipliers (Custom preset)
— Break-Even After TP1 (default on)
— SL/TP lines, labels, % distance and per-line styles are all configurable
🎨 Visual:
— Theme Auto / Dark / Light (auto-detects chart background), trail / baseline / fill / labels / candle-coloring toggles, font sizes, bull & bear colors
📊 Dashboard:
— Show/hide the panel and each section, position (4 corners), font size, Win Rate Period (24 Hours / 30 Days / All-Time)
🔔 ALERTS
— 🟢 LONG / 🔴 SHORT — entry with price, SL, TP1–TP3, R:R and score; plain text or JSON webhook payload for bot integration
— 🎯 TP1 HIT / 🎯🎯 TP2 HIT — target touches
— 🏆 TP3 HIT — final target, trade closed
— 🛑 SL HIT / 🛡️ BE STOP-OUT — stop-outs with entry and stop price
— 🛡️ BREAK-EVEN — stop moved to entry after TP1
— 🔄 REVERSAL — opposite signal closed the trade and opened the other direction
— ▲ / ▼ FLIP (optional, informational) — trail flipped but the entry was blocked by filters
All alerts fire once per confirmed bar close. Set up a single alert with "Any alert() function call" and toggle the categories you want in the settings.
⚠️ IMPORTANT NOTES
— 🚫 No repainting. Signals require barstate.isconfirmed; a flip needs a full bar close through the trail; the HTF filter reads only the last closed higher-timeframe bar; all alerts use bar-close frequency. What you see on historical bars is what the live chart produced.
— 📐 Intrabar assumption disclosed. When a single bar touches both a TP and the SL, the TP registers first (optimistic model). This is stated in the dashboard tooltip so the statistics are interpreted correctly.
— 📐 Statistics are session-based. Win/loss counts and the Form strip are computed from the loaded chart history and reset on chart reload. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
— ⚖️ Scope. RTS is a trend-following system — like any trail-based approach it performs best in trending conditions and will flip more often in tight ranges. Use the HTF and volume filters and the score to skip low-quality environments.
— 🛠️ This is an analysis tool, not an automated trading bot. It identifies trend regimes, grades entries, and draws structured risk levels — trade decisions remain yours.
— 🌐 Works on all markets and timeframes. Instruments without volume data are handled automatically (VWMA falls back to EMA, the volume filter bypasses, scoring uses a neutral volume component).
The indicator is completely free.
The core insight: a trailing stop should not have a fixed width. When momentum is strong, price moves cleanly and the trail can hug price to lock in profit. When momentum fades, price gets noisy and the trail must widen to survive the chop. RTS measures momentum every bar and reshapes the trail width automatically — up to 40% tighter in strong moves — so one setting adapts to changing conditions instead of being permanently too tight or too loose.
If you are new to trailing stops: think of the trail as a colored line that follows price from below in an uptrend (green) and from above in a downtrend (red). As long as price stays on the right side of the line, the trend is alive. When price closes through the line, the trend flips — and RTS turns that flip into a fully managed trade idea with a stop-loss and three targets drawn on the chart for you.
Works on all markets (crypto, forex, stocks, indices, commodities) and all timeframes.
🧩 WHY THESE COMPONENTS WORK TOGETHER
A classic supertrend-style trail has three chronic problems. First, its width is fixed — the same multiplier that protects you in chop gives back too much profit in a strong trend. Second, a raw trail flip says nothing about signal quality — a flip in dead, low-volume conditions looks identical to a flip with real participation. Third, a flip is not a trade — you still have to decide where the stop goes, where the targets go, and when to move to break-even.
RTS solves all three with one integrated pipeline:
Baseline MA (6 engines) → Dual volatility measure (ATR + StDev) → RSI momentum engine → Adaptive trail width → Ratcheting trail state machine → HTF bias + volume filters → 0–100 signal score → Wick-anchored SL + TP1/TP2/TP3 → Break-even automation → Trade outcome statistics
The baseline MA defines the anchor the trail hangs from. The volatility engine defines the raw distance. The RSI momentum engine then compresses that distance when momentum is strong — this is what makes the trail "reactive" rather than static. The ratcheting state machine guarantees the trail only ever tightens in the trade's favor (it never backs away from price). The HTF and volume filters decide whether a flip is allowed to become a trade. The scoring engine grades every entry so you can tell an A-setup from a C-setup at a glance. The risk engine converts the signal into concrete levels anchored to real market structure (the signal bar's wick), and the trade engine tracks every touch, break-even move, stop-out and reversal — feeding honest statistics back to the dashboard.
Remove any link and the chain breaks: without momentum adaptation the trail is just another supertrend; without filters every flip fires; without the wick-anchored stop the levels ignore structure; without outcome tracking you never learn how the system actually behaves on your market.
🔍 WHAT MAKES IT ORIGINAL
1️⃣ Momentum-adaptive trail width — the trail breathes with the market.
Instead of a fixed multiplier, RTS computes a momentum distance from the smoothed RSI and uses it to compress the trail:
— momDist = min(|RSI_smoothed − 50| / 50, 1.0) — 0 means dead-center momentum, 1 means extreme
— effectiveMultiplier = TrailMultiplier × (1 − Adaptivity × momDist × 0.4)
— trailOffset = volatility × effectiveMultiplier
With default Trail Multiplier 2.0 and Adaptivity 1.0, the trail runs at full width in neutral conditions and tightens by up to 40% when RSI pushes toward extremes. Set Adaptivity to 0 and you get a classic fixed-width trail; the default 1.0 gives maximum adaptation. RSI length 13 with EMA smoothing 3 keeps the width changes calm instead of jittery.
Why this matters: strong momentum = clean price movement = you can afford a tight trail that protects open profit. Weak momentum = noise = the trail widens automatically so you don't get shaken out.
2️⃣ Dual volatility engine — ATR, StDev, or a stabilized Hybrid.
Trail distance can be measured three ways (Volatility Length default 13):
— ATR: classic bar-range volatility
— StDev: close-to-close dispersion
— Hybrid (default): (ATR + StDev) / 2
ATR reacts to wicks and gaps; StDev reacts to closing dispersion. Averaging them dampens the weakness of each — a single wild wick inflates ATR but barely moves StDev, so the Hybrid stays stable where a pure-ATR trail would suddenly balloon.
3️⃣ Six baseline engines including KAMA and T3 — with a volume-safety fallback.
The trail anchors to a baseline MA selectable from HMA, ALMA (default, length 21), KAMA, T3, VWMA and EMA. KAMA and T3 are computed from their full formulas internally (Kaufman efficiency-ratio smoothing constant sc = (ER × (fast − slow) + slow)², and Tillson's six-stage EMA cascade with a = 0.7). If you pick VWMA on an instrument whose data feed reports no volume (common on some forex feeds), RTS silently falls back to EMA instead of plotting garbage.
4️⃣ Ratcheting trail state machine — the stop never retreats.
In a bull regime the trail is trail = max(previous trail, baseline − offset): it can only rise. In a bear regime it can only fall. A flip requires a full bar close beyond the trail — intrabar wicks through the line do not flip the trend. This one-way ratchet is what makes the line usable as an actual trailing stop rather than a wavy band.
5️⃣ Non-repainting HTF bias filter.
Optional filter: longs only when the higher timeframe (default 240 = 4H) closes above its 50 EMA, shorts only below. The HTF request uses the last closed HTF bar (index [1] with lookahead), so the bias never changes retroactively — what you see in a live chart is what a backtest would have seen.
6️⃣ Signal quality score 0–100 — every entry is graded, not just fired.
Each entry gets a transparent confluence score:
— Momentum component (0–40): min(momDist / 0.6, 1) × 40
— Volume component (0–30): participation vs the 20-bar volume SMA, clamped; fixed 15 when the feed has no volume
— HTF alignment (10 or 30): 30 when the higher timeframe agrees with the trade direction, 10 when it doesn't
The score is shown in the BUY/SELL label tooltip, in the dashboard "Last signal" row, and in every entry alert. A 90-score long (strong momentum, heavy volume, HTF agrees) and a 45-score long are both valid flips — but you instantly know which one deserves full size.
7️⃣ Wick-anchored stop-loss — structure-aware risk, not a blind ATR offset.
Default SL mode anchors the stop to the signal bar's actual wick:
— Long SL = min(low − 0.25 × ATR, close − 0.5 × ATR)
— Short SL = max(high + 0.25 × ATR, close + 0.5 × ATR)
The 0.25 × ATR buffer sits the stop just beyond the wick (where stop-hunts reach), and the 0.5 × ATR minimum distance prevents absurdly tight stops on small-bodied signal bars. A classic fixed ATR mode (SL = entry ± multiplier × ATR, ATR length 14) is available too. Targets are pure R-multiples of the actual risk: TP = entry ± risk × multiplier.
Four one-click risk presets: Conservative (SL 2.5×ATR, TP 1R/2R/4R), Balanced (default: 1.5×ATR, 1R/2R/3R), Aggressive (1.0×ATR, 1.5R/2.5R/4R), Scalping (0.8×ATR, 0.8R/1.5R/2R), plus a fully manual Custom preset with input validation (TP1 < TP2 < TP3 enforced).
8️⃣ Full trade lifecycle engine with honest intrabar rules.
RTS doesn't just draw levels — it tracks the trade like a journal:
— Hits are checked only on confirmed bars, and never on the entry bar itself (entry-bar guard)
— TP-priority model: if a bar touches both a TP and the SL, the TP touch registers first (this optimistic assumption is disclosed right in the dashboard tooltip)
— Break-even automation: once TP1 is touched, the stop moves to entry; a BE moved this bar cannot stop you out on the same bar
— Opposite confirmed signal reverses the position (closes the old trade, opens the new one)
— Win definition is fixed and transparent: a trade counts as a WIN once TP1 has been touched (TP3 close, BE stop-out after TP1, or reversal after TP1); closed before TP1 = loss
9️⃣ Persistent trade visualization.
Entry (subtle dotted), SL (solid, prominent) and TP1/TP2/TP3 (dashed) lines extend with the live trade. When a TP is touched, its line turns solid teal with a ✓ on the label. When break-even activates, the original SL line dims to a record and the entry label is annotated "→ SL (BE)". After the trade closes, the drawing persists as a record until the next entry replaces it — you can scroll back and see exactly how each trade resolved.
🔟 Dashboard 2.0 with period-filtered statistics.
A sectioned panel (Market / Trade / Stats — each toggleable, position and font size configurable):
— Market: trend direction, trend age in bars, HTF bias, smoothed RSI, last signal with score and bars-ago
— Trade: entry, SL (with "BE @" marker), TP1–TP3 with ✓ checkmarks, R:R at TP1, SL distance in % — collapses to one row when flat
— Stats: closed trades, wins, losses, win rate with a ▰▱ gauge, and a "Form" strip of the last 10 results
The win-rate window is selectable: last 24 Hours, last 30 Days, or All-Time — computed from timestamped trade closures kept in a rolling 31-day buffer. Statistics reset on chart reload, and this is disclosed directly in the dashboard tooltips.
📖 HOW IT WORKS — CALCULATION FLOW
Step 1 — Baseline: the selected MA engine (ALMA 21 by default) is computed as the trail anchor.
Step 2 — Volatility: ATR and StDev over 13 bars are combined per the selected engine into one volatility measure.
Step 3 — Momentum: RSI(13) is EMA-smoothed(3); its distance from 50 (normalized 0–1) compresses the trail multiplier by up to 40%.
Step 4 — Trail update: the ratcheting state machine raises the trail in bull regimes / lowers it in bear regimes; a confirmed close through the trail flips the regime.
Step 5 — Filtering: the flip becomes an entry signal only if it passes the optional HTF bias and volume-confirmation filters, on a confirmed bar, after the warm-up period.
Step 6 — Scoring: the entry is graded 0–100 from momentum, volume participation and HTF alignment.
Step 7 — Risk placement: SL is anchored to the signal bar's wick (or fixed ATR), TP1–TP3 are projected as R-multiples of the actual risk per the active preset.
Step 8 — Trade tracking: every confirmed bar is checked for TP touches, break-even activation, stop-out or reversal; outcomes update the win/loss statistics and the Form strip.
📖 HOW TO USE
🎯 Quick start:
1. Add the indicator to your chart. Defaults (ALMA 21, Hybrid volatility, Balanced preset) are ready to use.
2. Wait for a ▲ BUY or ▼ SELL label — hover it to see the score, RSI, SL and TP1.
3. Check the dashboard: score of the last signal, HTF bias, and current R:R.
4. Prefer high-score signals (70+) where the HTF bias agrees with the trade direction.
5. Manage by the drawn levels: partial at TP1 (stop moves to break-even automatically), remainder toward TP2/TP3 or until the trail flips.
👁️ Reading the chart:
— 🟢 Green trail line below price = bull regime; it can only rise
— 🔴 Red trail line above price = bear regime; it can only fall
— ▲ BUY / ▼ SELL labels = filtered, confirmed entries (tooltip shows score and levels)
— Dotted line = entry reference · solid red = stop-loss · dashed green = TP1/TP2/TP3
— Teal solid TP line with ✓ = target reached · dimmed SL + "→ SL (BE)" = stop moved to entry
— Optional: soft trend fill between trail and baseline, and regime-colored candles
📊 Dashboard fields:
— Trend / Age: current regime and bars since the last flip
— HTF Bias: higher-timeframe direction (Off when the filter is disabled)
— RSI: the smoothed momentum value driving trail width
— Last signal: direction · score (bars ago)
— Entry / SL / TP1–TP3 / R:R / SL Dist: full live trade card
— Trades / Wins / Losses / Win rate: statistics for the selected period (24H / 30D / All-Time)
— Form: last 10 results, ▰ = win, ▱ = loss, newest on the right
🔧 Tuning guide:
— Too many flips / whipsaws: raise Trail Multiplier toward 2.5–3.0, raise Baseline Length toward 34–55, or enable the HTF Bias Filter
— Exits feel too late: lower Trail Multiplier toward 1.8, or keep Adaptivity at 1.0 so strong momentum tightens the trail
— Trail width feels jumpy: lower Momentum Adaptivity to 0.4–0.6 or raise Momentum Smoothing to 5–8
— Too few signals: disable the volume filter, or shorten Baseline Length toward 13–21
— Stops too tight on your market: switch the preset to Conservative, or use ATR mode with a higher SL multiplier
— Scalping lower timeframes: Scalping preset + Volatility Length 10 + consider HMA baseline
⚙️ KEY SETTINGS
⚙️ Main:
— Baseline MA Type (default ALMA): trail anchor engine — HMA / ALMA / KAMA / T3 / VWMA / EMA
— Baseline Length (default 21): higher = smoother, fewer flips
— Momentum (RSI) Length (default 13) and Smoothing (default 3): the adaptive-width driver
— Volatility Engine (default Hybrid) and Length (default 13)
— Trail Multiplier (default 2.0): base trail distance in volatility units
— Momentum Adaptivity (default 1.0): 0 = fixed width, 1 = up to 40% tightening
🔍 Filters:
— HTF Bias Filter (default off) + Higher Timeframe (default 240): trade only with the bigger trend
— Volume Confirmation (default off) + Threshold (default 1.2 × SMA20): require real participation; auto-bypassed on no-volume feeds
🛡️ Risk Management:
— Risk Preset (default Balanced): Conservative / Balanced / Aggressive / Scalping / Custom
— SL Mode (default Wick-Anchored): structure-based stop or fixed ATR
— ATR Length (default 14), SL / TP1 / TP2 / TP3 multipliers (Custom preset)
— Break-Even After TP1 (default on)
— SL/TP lines, labels, % distance and per-line styles are all configurable
🎨 Visual:
— Theme Auto / Dark / Light (auto-detects chart background), trail / baseline / fill / labels / candle-coloring toggles, font sizes, bull & bear colors
📊 Dashboard:
— Show/hide the panel and each section, position (4 corners), font size, Win Rate Period (24 Hours / 30 Days / All-Time)
🔔 ALERTS
— 🟢 LONG / 🔴 SHORT — entry with price, SL, TP1–TP3, R:R and score; plain text or JSON webhook payload for bot integration
— 🎯 TP1 HIT / 🎯🎯 TP2 HIT — target touches
— 🏆 TP3 HIT — final target, trade closed
— 🛑 SL HIT / 🛡️ BE STOP-OUT — stop-outs with entry and stop price
— 🛡️ BREAK-EVEN — stop moved to entry after TP1
— 🔄 REVERSAL — opposite signal closed the trade and opened the other direction
— ▲ / ▼ FLIP (optional, informational) — trail flipped but the entry was blocked by filters
All alerts fire once per confirmed bar close. Set up a single alert with "Any alert() function call" and toggle the categories you want in the settings.
⚠️ IMPORTANT NOTES
— 🚫 No repainting. Signals require barstate.isconfirmed; a flip needs a full bar close through the trail; the HTF filter reads only the last closed higher-timeframe bar; all alerts use bar-close frequency. What you see on historical bars is what the live chart produced.
— 📐 Intrabar assumption disclosed. When a single bar touches both a TP and the SL, the TP registers first (optimistic model). This is stated in the dashboard tooltip so the statistics are interpreted correctly.
— 📐 Statistics are session-based. Win/loss counts and the Form strip are computed from the loaded chart history and reset on chart reload. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
— ⚖️ Scope. RTS is a trend-following system — like any trail-based approach it performs best in trending conditions and will flip more often in tight ranges. Use the HTF and volume filters and the score to skip low-quality environments.
— 🛠️ This is an analysis tool, not an automated trading bot. It identifies trend regimes, grades entries, and draws structured risk levels — trade decisions remain yours.
— 🌐 Works on all markets and timeframes. Instruments without volume data are handled automatically (VWMA falls back to EMA, the volume filter bypasses, scoring uses a neutral volume component).
The indicator is completely free.
סקריפט קוד פתוח
ברוח האמיתית של TradingView, יוצר הסקריפט הזה הפך אותו לקוד פתוח, כך שסוחרים יוכלו לעיין בו ולאמת את פעולתו. כל הכבוד למחבר! אמנם ניתן להשתמש בו בחינם, אך זכור כי פרסום חוזר של הקוד כפוף ל־כללי הבית שלנו.
10 years in trading. For all inquiries, contact me on my Telegram channel: t.me/WillyAlgoTrader or Instagram: @willytraderbtc
כתב ויתור
המידע והפרסומים אינם מיועדים להיות, ואינם מהווים, ייעוץ או המלצה פיננסית, השקעתית, מסחרית או מכל סוג אחר המסופקת או מאושרת על ידי TradingView. קרא עוד ב־תנאי השימוש.
סקריפט קוד פתוח
ברוח האמיתית של TradingView, יוצר הסקריפט הזה הפך אותו לקוד פתוח, כך שסוחרים יוכלו לעיין בו ולאמת את פעולתו. כל הכבוד למחבר! אמנם ניתן להשתמש בו בחינם, אך זכור כי פרסום חוזר של הקוד כפוף ל־כללי הבית שלנו.
10 years in trading. For all inquiries, contact me on my Telegram channel: t.me/WillyAlgoTrader or Instagram: @willytraderbtc
כתב ויתור
המידע והפרסומים אינם מיועדים להיות, ואינם מהווים, ייעוץ או המלצה פיננסית, השקעתית, מסחרית או מכל סוג אחר המסופקת או מאושרת על ידי TradingView. קרא עוד ב־תנאי השימוש.