Example 3 - Indicators in Trading Strategies

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In this example we created a 5 minute chart for the S&P 500 E-Mini which uses InterChart Tools2  high and low values from a 10 minute bar as the basis for creating an RSI Trading Strategy.

 

We entered a Trading Strategy as follows:

 

Long Entry:  RSI  based on TimeBars Low 10 minute  <  30

 

Optimize the number of periods in the RSI from 1 to 10 and optimize the RSI value from 15 to 45

 

Short Entry:  RSI based on TimeBars High 10 minute > 70

 

Optimize the periods in the RSI from 1 to 10 and optimize the RSI value from 80 to 90

 

We set the model to trade between the hours of 8:35 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.  We added a margin of $500 and a point value of $50 for the S&P E-Mini.  The model returned an annual return on account of 5603.3% in the out-of-sample period compared to a 115.4% annual percent change in price.

 

Example 3