Trend + RSI Pullback (R2)¶
What it does: Buys small dips inside an uptrend when RSI recovers, with two safety filters. This buys when the 4-hour Supertrend points up, the price is above the 1-hour 50-candle average, and 1-hour RSI climbs back above 40 after a dip. RSI is a 0-100 gauge of recent buying versus selling.
Style: Pullback · Difficulty: Intermediate · Risk: medium · Ready: 2 of 2 variants
When people use it: It tends to work on pullbacks in uptrends.
Where it struggles: It struggles when the trend reverses and during sudden volatility spikes.
Markets it was written for: BTC, ETH, majors. Timeframes: 1h with 4h bias.
Open it in the Strategy Library (on the Strategies page), pick a variant, adjust the settings and press Add to my strategies. It becomes your own strategy: edit, backtest or trade it like any other.
Long¶
Buys small dips inside an uptrend when RSI recovers, with two safety filters.
Labels: Pullback, Long, Spot, Intermediate, Medium
- Direction: Buy (long) · Market: spot
- Trigger: On candle close · Main timeframe: Auto (1h)
Entry
- IF Price > EMA(50) (1h) and RSI(14) crosses above 40 (1h) and Supertrend(10,3) Direction = 1 (4h)
- UNLESS (ADX(14) > 25 (4h) and ADX(14) −DI > ADX(14) +DI (4h)) or NATR(14) rising over 5 bars (1h)
Exit: Standard Exit
- Trailing take-profit: activation 2%, trail 1%
- Loss controls: Stop-loss % 2%, Break-even stop after % 1%
Settings
| Setting | Default | Editable | What changing it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSI recovery level | 40 | Yes | The level RSI must climb back above to buy. Higher waits for a stronger recovery (fewer, later entries); lower enters earlier in the bounce (more trades, more false starts). |
| 1h pullback average | 50 | Yes | It only trades on the trend side of this average (buys above it; the short version shorts below it). Shorter allows entries sooner after a dip; longer is stricter and trades less. |
How it works (as shown in the app)
- This buys when the 4-hour Supertrend points up, the price is above the 1-hour 50-candle average, and 1-hour RSI climbs back above 40 after a dip. RSI is a 0-100 gauge of recent buying versus selling.
- It skips trades when the 4-hour trend is strongly down (ADX above 25 with sellers in control) or when 1-hour volatility has been rising for 5 candles.
- Exit: once the trade is 2% up, a trailing take-profit follows the price 1% behind; the stop-loss is 2%, and after a 1% gain the stop moves to your entry price.
- It tends to work on pullbacks in uptrends.
- It struggles when the trend reverses and during sudden volatility spikes.
- Trades on 1-hour candles, so fees matter.
Short (perp)¶
Shorts small rallies inside a downtrend when RSI turns back down. Rare by design.
Labels: Pullback, Short, Futures, Medium, Backtest Only
- Direction: Sell (short) · Market: swap
- Trigger: On candle close · Main timeframe: Auto (1h)
Entry
- IF Price < EMA(50) (1h) and RSI(14) crosses below 60 (1h) and Supertrend(10,3) Direction = -1 (4h)
- UNLESS (ADX(14) > 25 (4h) and ADX(14) +DI > ADX(14) −DI (4h)) or NATR(14) rising over 5 bars (1h)
Exit: Standard Exit
- Trailing take-profit: activation 2%, trail 1%
- Loss controls: Stop-loss % 2%, Break-even stop after % 1%
Settings
| Setting | Default | Editable | What changing it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSI level | 60 | Yes | The level RSI must fall back below to short. Lower waits for a stronger drop (fewer entries); higher enters earlier (more trades, more false starts). |
| 1h pullback average | 50 | Yes | It only trades on the trend side of this average (buys above it; the short version shorts below it). Shorter allows entries sooner after a dip; longer is stricter and trades less. |
How it works (as shown in the app)
- This shorts when the 4-hour Supertrend points down, the price is below the 1-hour 50-candle average, and 1-hour RSI falls back below 60 after a bounce. RSI is a 0-100 gauge of recent buying versus selling.
- It skips trades when the 4-hour trend is strongly up (ADX above 25 with buyers in control) or when 1-hour volatility has been rising for 5 candles.
- Exit: once the trade is 2% in profit, a trailing take-profit follows the price 1% behind; the stop-loss is 2%, and after a 1% gain the stop moves to your entry price.
- It tends to work on bounces in downtrends.
- It struggles when the trend reverses up and during sudden volatility spikes.
- Trades on 1-hour candles, so fees matter.
- This setup is strict on purpose. On 1-hour BTC it lines up only about 8 times a year, so expect long stretches with no trades. That's normal, not a fault.
- Shorting means you profit if the price falls and lose if it rises.
- Suggested leverage is at most 5x. On isolated margin, at 5x the exchange closes the position (liquidation) if the price moves about 19.6% against you, and you lose the margin you put into it. Keep your stop well inside that.
- For now this version runs in backtests only; paper and live futures trading are coming later.
Warnings¶
- "Backtest only for now: paper and live trading of shorts are coming later.": shown on short variants. They need perpetual or futures pairs.
- Some variants suggest leverage. On isolated margin a liquidation loses the margin in that position; keep any stop well inside the liquidation distance (the Trade Builder warns you when it isn't).
- Once added, the strategy's conditions get the usual condition checks. Messages show under each condition on the entry / exit conditions screen; setting errors start with the indicator's short name (for example "MACD: Fast must be between 1 and 1000") and block saving, while the other warnings never block saving and repeat in the strategy's Entry or Exit section. See the indicator pages below for each one.
- "You already have this strategy with these settings (…). Change a setting to add another copy.": shown on the variant's page in the Strategy Library when you already added this variant with the same settings.
Good to know¶
- After you add it, the strategy keeps the library's trigger and an Auto main timeframe; you can change both in the builder. Nothing links it back to the library, except that the builder still shows the library's explanations in the info bubbles.
- Changing a setting before adding it also changes the saved name, so you can tell copies apart.
- Past results don't predict future ones. Try it in a backtest and on paper before using real money.
- Indicators used: ADX, EMA, NATR, RSI, Supertrend.