Supertrend Flip + ADX¶
What it does: Enters on a Supertrend flip when ADX confirms a trend and exits on the opposite flip. Supertrend is a line that trails the price at a few times its normal swing (ATR) and flips sides when the trend changes. This buys when it flips to 'up' while ADX (trend strength) is above 25, and sells when it flips back, or at the stop-loss.
Style: Trend · Difficulty: Beginner · Risk: medium · Ready: 2 of 2 variants
When people use it: It tends to work in trending markets.
Where it struggles: It struggles in sideways chop (repeated flip losses). After a volatility spike the line sits far away, so exits come late.
Markets it was written for: BTC, ETH, liquid alts (alts often need multiplier 3.5-4). Timeframes: 4h (1h-1d).
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¶
Enters on a Supertrend flip when ADX confirms a trend and exits on the opposite flip.
Labels: Trend Following, Long, Spot, Beginner, Medium
- Direction: Buy (long) · Market: spot
- Trigger: On candle close · Main timeframe: Auto (4h)
Entry
- IF Supertrend(10,3) Direction crosses above 0 (4h) and ADX(14) > 25 (4h)
Exit: Indicator-Based Exit
- IF Supertrend(10,3) Direction crosses below 0 (4h)
- Loss controls: Stop-loss % 8%
Settings
| Setting | Default | Editable | What changing it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATR period | 10 | Yes (sets 2 fields) | How many candles the normal swing is measured over. Shorter reacts faster (more flips); longer is steadier. Changes entry and exit. |
| Multiplier | 3 | Yes (sets 2 fields) | How far the line sits from the price. Lower flips sooner (more trades, more whipsaws); higher stays in longer and flips less. |
| ADX threshold | 25 | Yes | How strong the trend must be. Higher trades less; lower trades more. |
| Stop-loss % | 8 | Yes | Closes the trade if the price moves this far against your entry. Tighter limits each loss but gets hit more often by normal swings; wider gives the trade more room but each losing trade costs more. If you use leverage, keep it well inside your liquidation distance. |
How it works (as shown in the app)
- Supertrend is a line that trails the price at a few times its normal swing (ATR) and flips sides when the trend changes. This buys when it flips to 'up' while ADX (trend strength) is above 25, and sells when it flips back, or at the stop-loss.
- It tends to work in trending markets.
- It struggles in sideways chop (repeated flip losses). After a volatility spike the line sits far away, so exits come late.
- Built for 4-hour candles (1 hour to 1 day also work). Jumpy altcoins often need a higher multiplier.
Short (perp)¶
Shorts on a Supertrend flip down when ADX confirms a trend; closes on the opposite flip.
Labels: Trend Following, Short, Futures, Medium, Backtest Only
- Direction: Sell (short) · Market: swap
- Trigger: On candle close · Main timeframe: Auto (4h)
Entry
- IF Supertrend(10,3) Direction crosses below 0 (4h) and ADX(14) > 25 (4h)
Exit: Indicator-Based Exit
- IF Supertrend(10,3) Direction crosses above 0 (4h)
- Loss controls: Stop-loss % 8%
Settings
| Setting | Default | Editable | What changing it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATR period | 10 | Yes (sets 2 fields) | How many candles the normal swing is measured over. Shorter reacts faster (more flips); longer is steadier. Changes entry and exit. |
| Multiplier | 3 | Yes (sets 2 fields) | How far the line sits from the price. Lower flips sooner (more trades, more whipsaws); higher stays in longer and flips less. |
| ADX threshold | 25 | Yes | How strong the trend must be. Higher trades less; lower trades more. |
| Stop-loss % | 8 | Yes | Closes the trade if the price moves this far against your entry. Tighter limits each loss but gets hit more often by normal swings; wider gives the trade more room but each losing trade costs more. If you use leverage, keep it well inside your liquidation distance. |
How it works (as shown in the app)
- Supertrend is a line that trails the price at a few times its normal swing (ATR) and flips sides when the trend changes. This shorts when it flips to 'down' while ADX (trend strength) is above 25, and buys back when it flips back, or at the stop-loss.
- It tends to work in downtrending markets.
- It struggles in sideways chop (repeated flip losses). After a volatility spike the line sits far away, so exits come late.
- Built for 4-hour candles (1 hour to 1 day also work). Jumpy altcoins often need a higher multiplier.
- Shorting means you profit if the price falls and lose if it rises.
- Suggested leverage is at most 3x. On isolated margin, at 3x the exchange closes the position (liquidation) if the price moves about 33% 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, Supertrend.