Trading

Strategies of trading are based on active position management, with well-defined entry and exit rules. They allow exploiting market opportunities across different timeframes, from scalping to swing trading.

On this page, you will find concrete examples trading strategy templates to help you write your own rules with Obside.

A good way to write clear rules is to ask yourself:

“If I taught my strategy to someone else using only these rules, would they understand everything or would they have questions about unclear aspects?”

This approach will help you maximize the precision of your rules.

If the answer is YES, your rules are clear and you can backtest your strategy. If the answer is NO, you must clarify them to avoid any ambiguity.

Examples of trading rules

Example #1

Entry rules: On a 4-hour chart, buy when the 5-period moving average crosses above the 10-period moving average.

Exit rules: Place a 50% stop-loss at 2 ATR. Implement a 50% stop-loss if the moving average crosses below the 10-period moving average. Take a partial profit of 40% at 1 ATR. Take a partial profit of 60% at 2 ATR.

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Example #2

Entry rules: On a 1-hour chart, enter a long position when the MACD is bullish for 5 consecutive candles.

Exit rules: Exit 50% of the position when the MACD goes from positive to negative and the other 50% when the EMA 9 crosses below the EMA 21.

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Example #3

Entry rules: On a 15-minute timeframe, buy when the MACD line crosses above the signal line and the relative strength index is above 50. Sell when the MACD line crosses below the signal line and the RSI is below 50.

Exit rules: Close when the RSI falls below 50 for a buy, or when it rises above 50 for a sell.

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Example #4

Entry rules: When the Tenkan is above the Kijun for at least 10 periods, buy on the 2-hour chart. The reverse to sell.

Exit rules: Sell when there is a bearish crossover between Tenkan and Kijun. The reverse for buys.

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Example #5

Entry rules: When the ADX average of the last 10 periods crosses the ADX average of the last 20 periods, buy. The opposite to sell. All on a 4-hour chart.

Exit rules: SL at 3 times the ATR distance. And TP at 2.15 R.

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Example #6

Entry rules: Use the 4-hour chart, the 30-minute chart, and the 50 and 200 simple moving averages on each timeframe. To buy, price must be above the 200 SMA on the 4h, and the 50 SMA must cross the 200 SMA on the 30m.

Exit rules: The trade is cut when the reverse crossover occurs between the 50 and 200 moving averages on the 30m chart.

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Example #7

Entry rules: On an H1 chart, wait for price to break and close above the Ichimoku Cloud. Then wait for the crossover where the Conversion Line (Tenkan) exceeds the Base Line (Kijun). Buy at the open of the next candle after the crossover.

Exit rules: Place a stop-loss below the breakout candle. Take profits when the Conversion Line crosses below the Base Line.

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Example #8

Entry rules: If there is a bearish divergence on the RSI on the 4-hour, and at the same time a regular bearish divergence on the RSI on the 30-minute, then sell.

Exit rules: SL on the high of the 4h candle that shows a divergence. TP when the RSI falls below 50.