TSI Signal Cross with Trend Veto¶
What it does: Buys when the True Strength Index crosses above its signal line, not in a daily downtrend. The True Strength Index (TSI) is a smoothed momentum gauge. This buys when TSI crosses above its signal line, unless the price is below its 200-day average, and sells on the opposite cross or at the stop-loss.
Style: Momentum · Difficulty: Intermediate · Risk: medium · Ready: 2 of 2 variants
When people use it: It tends to work on swings within trends.
Where it struggles: It struggles in sideways markets, where the lines cross back and forth.
Markets it was written for: BTC, ETH. Timeframes: 4h.
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 when the True Strength Index crosses above its signal line, not in a daily downtrend.
Labels: Momentum, Long, Spot, Intermediate, Medium
- Direction: Buy (long) · Market: spot
- Trigger: On candle close · Main timeframe: Auto (4h)
Entry
- IF TSI(13,25,13) crosses above TSI(13,25,13) Signal (4h)
- UNLESS Price < EMA(200) (1d)
Exit: Indicator-Based Exit
- IF TSI(13,25,13) crosses below TSI(13,25,13) Signal (4h)
- Loss controls: Stop-loss % 6%
Settings
| Setting | Default | Editable | What changing it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| TSI slow | 25 | Yes (sets 4 fields) | The longer smoothing. Lower reacts sooner (more crosses); higher is calmer. Changes entry and exit. |
| TSI fast | 13 | Yes (sets 4 fields) | The shorter smoothing. Lower reacts sooner; higher is calmer. Changes entry and exit. |
| Signal length | 13 | Yes (sets 4 fields) | Smoothing of the signal line. Lower gives more frequent crosses; higher gives fewer. Changes entry and exit. |
How it works (as shown in the app)
- The True Strength Index (TSI) is a smoothed momentum gauge. This buys when TSI crosses above its signal line, unless the price is below its 200-day average, and sells on the opposite cross or at the stop-loss.
- It tends to work on swings within trends.
- It struggles in sideways markets, where the lines cross back and forth.
- Built for 4-hour candles.
Short (perp)¶
Shorts when the True Strength Index crosses below its signal line, not in a daily uptrend.
Labels: Momentum, Short, Futures, Medium, Backtest Only
- Direction: Sell (short) · Market: swap
- Trigger: On candle close · Main timeframe: Auto (4h)
Entry
- IF TSI(13,25,13) crosses below TSI(13,25,13) Signal (4h)
- UNLESS Price > EMA(200) (1d)
Exit: Indicator-Based Exit
- IF TSI(13,25,13) crosses above TSI(13,25,13) Signal (4h)
- Loss controls: Stop-loss % 6%
Settings
| Setting | Default | Editable | What changing it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| TSI slow | 25 | Yes (sets 4 fields) | The longer smoothing. Lower reacts sooner (more crosses); higher is calmer. Changes entry and exit. |
| TSI fast | 13 | Yes (sets 4 fields) | The shorter smoothing. Lower reacts sooner; higher is calmer. Changes entry and exit. |
| Signal length | 13 | Yes (sets 4 fields) | Smoothing of the signal line. Lower gives more frequent crosses; higher gives fewer. Changes entry and exit. |
How it works (as shown in the app)
- The True Strength Index (TSI) is a smoothed momentum gauge. This shorts when TSI crosses below its signal line, unless the price is above its 200-day average, and buys back on the opposite cross or at the stop-loss.
- It tends to work on swings within downtrends.
- It struggles in sideways markets, where the lines cross back and forth.
- Built for 4-hour candles.
- 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: EMA, TSI.