| imanga 13 posts
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 | 4/19/2023 9:04:27 AM 
 Hi,
 
 I have been trying to create a filter which scans for the following condition but for some reason am not able to get it to generate results.
 
 Buy Signal
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 A trend is consistently down for x number of days and then we have a close which is above the previous 2 closes, preferably the last bar low will be lower than the previous 2 days low.
 
 close has been decreasing for 5 days
 and close 1 day ago is below close 2 day ago
 and close is above close 2 day ago
 
 Sell Signal
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 A trend is consistently up for x number of days and then we have a close which is below the previous 2 closes, preferably the last bar high will be higher than the previous 2 days high.
 
 close has been increasing for 5 days
 and close 1 day ago is above close 2 day ago
 and close is below close 2 day ago
 
 Thanks
 IM
 
 
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| nibor100 1,099 posts
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 | 4/19/2023 10:38:37 AM 
 post your draft filter so we can fix it!
 Thanks,
 Ed S.
 
 
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| wantonellis 164 posts
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 | 4/19/2023 1:35:26 PM 
 The 3rd line in your filter negates the 1st line resulting in zero hits.
 
 842	close has been decreasing for 5 days
 486	and close 1 day ago is below close 2 day ago
 0	and close is above close 2 day ago
 
 
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| nibor100 1,099 posts
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 | 4/19/2023 7:13:26 PM 
 @imanga,
 
 Sorry, I didn't realize you had included filter snipets in your questions.
 
 Below is my attempt at solving your Buy condition:
 Ed S.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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| imanga 13 posts
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 | 4/20/2023 3:02:08 AM 
 Thank you for your replies.
 
 I mistakenly put the title as Double Swing Failure, dunno if I can edit it to reflect the correct strategy.. its actually Double Close Key reversal High /Low.
 
 You can view the setup here
 https://twitter.com/elliottwavtl/status/1187418503239876609?t=JB6NR_o82LKx_SdkeIQmVw&s=19
 
 
 
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| imanga 13 posts
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 | 4/20/2023 9:14:10 AM 
 Thank You @nibor100, I changed 3rd line from close to high and this gives the deserved results for the Buy side trade.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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| nibor100 1,099 posts
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 | 4/20/2023 9:59:13 AM 
 Your original post only mentioned the High for the Sell condition so that's why I didn't include it for the Buy condition. I can't add stuff I don't know about....
 
 Thanks,
 Ed S.
 
 
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| imanga 13 posts
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 | 4/22/2023 3:37:47 AM 
 Sorry if it wasn't clear @nibor100
 
 I suggest you all have this strategy in your toolkit you will be surprised on how consistently it provides profitable trades. I have added a so called cycle indicator [Barry Burns] in the scan I.e the Stochastics with this particular settings.
 
 
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| xarlor 619 posts
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 | 4/22/2023 12:44:56 PM 
 I suggest you limit this pattern to tickers who are already in an established trend.
 
 Also, a trailing stop is advised as the subsequent move is fickle - sometimes it runs long, other times it runs up and quickly reverses again.  Of course, there are those that fail and keep going in the failed direction.  A trailing stop helps in all three scenarios - long run, short run, failed reversal.
 
 My go-to established trend filter included below.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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| imanga 13 posts
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 | 4/23/2023 5:40:42 AM 
 Thanks, Xarlor, appreciate your comments on risk management which truly is the Holy Grail of trading.
 
 The subject of this post is misleading as the strategy is actually called a Double Key Close Reveral and is a purely reversal indicator, the stop loss is the high or low.
 
 What you suggest looks more like the Double Failure Swing High / Low which is another powerful technique where the trend has changed, and we get a couple of moves in the opposite direction which fail making lower high/low each time. The resulting move which breaks the last low/high will be in the direction of the main trend.
 
 Here's a small illustration of what I mean by a Double Failure Swing Low...
 
 
 
  
 
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