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BreakStar - Ashish
BreakStar — Breakout & Morning/Evening Star Signal Filter
Two entry triggers, one unified label:
🟡 BUY (Breakout) — close above the N-bar highest close (close-based Donchian, not high/low — avoids wick-poisoning the channel) on above-average volume.
🟡 BUY (Morning Star) / 🔵 SELL (Evening Star) — classic 3-candle reversal: long directional candle → small star candle → confirmation candle closing ≥50% back into the first candle's body. The 50% penetration threshold is kept strict — it's the core of Bulkowski's documented 78%/71% historical reliability for these patterns.
Exit logic — ATR-tiered trailing stop:
Initial buffer → Chandelier trail (2.5×ATR) → Breakeven lock at 3×ATR profit → Tight trail at prior candle's low at 5×ATR profit. If an opposing reversal pattern fires while in profit, position closes immediately rather than waiting for the trail to catch up.
How to use it:
BreakStar is a first-pass filter, not a mechanical auto-trading system. Apply it to a pre-screened watchlist via Pine Screener. The resulting shortlist — typically 2-10 names per day — then goes through your own judgment layer.
That human layer is where the real edge lives, not in trading every signal blindly.
What it is not:
Not a trend-following MA system. Not a mean-reversion band tool. Blind continuous backtesting produces mediocre results on any single name — as it does for virtually any signal-based filter run without judgment or market-regime context.
Two entry triggers, one unified label:
🟡 BUY (Breakout) — close above the N-bar highest close (close-based Donchian, not high/low — avoids wick-poisoning the channel) on above-average volume.
🟡 BUY (Morning Star) / 🔵 SELL (Evening Star) — classic 3-candle reversal: long directional candle → small star candle → confirmation candle closing ≥50% back into the first candle's body. The 50% penetration threshold is kept strict — it's the core of Bulkowski's documented 78%/71% historical reliability for these patterns.
Exit logic — ATR-tiered trailing stop:
Initial buffer → Chandelier trail (2.5×ATR) → Breakeven lock at 3×ATR profit → Tight trail at prior candle's low at 5×ATR profit. If an opposing reversal pattern fires while in profit, position closes immediately rather than waiting for the trail to catch up.
How to use it:
BreakStar is a first-pass filter, not a mechanical auto-trading system. Apply it to a pre-screened watchlist via Pine Screener. The resulting shortlist — typically 2-10 names per day — then goes through your own judgment layer.
That human layer is where the real edge lives, not in trading every signal blindly.
What it is not:
Not a trend-following MA system. Not a mean-reversion band tool. Blind continuous backtesting produces mediocre results on any single name — as it does for virtually any signal-based filter run without judgment or market-regime context.
Open-source script
In true TradingView spirit, the creator of this script has made it open-source, so that traders can review and verify its functionality. Kudos to the author! While you can use it for free, remember that republishing the code is subject to our House Rules.
Disclaimer
The information and publications are not meant to be, and do not constitute, financial, investment, trading, or other types of advice or recommendations supplied or endorsed by TradingView. Read more in the Terms of Use.
Open-source script
In true TradingView spirit, the creator of this script has made it open-source, so that traders can review and verify its functionality. Kudos to the author! While you can use it for free, remember that republishing the code is subject to our House Rules.
Disclaimer
The information and publications are not meant to be, and do not constitute, financial, investment, trading, or other types of advice or recommendations supplied or endorsed by TradingView. Read more in the Terms of Use.