Guide
How does the Strategy for UT Bot Alerts indicator strategy work ?
The "Strategy for UT Bot Alerts indicator" utilizes the UT Bot Alerts indicator by QuantNomad alongside a 200-period EMA and Gatherio's ATR stop loss to create buy and sell signals for BTCUSD on a 4-hour chart. For long positions, a buy signal is generated when the close price surpasses the ATR from the UT Bot, and the EMA crosses over the ATR. Half of the position is taken at a 3:1 take profit level, and the remainder is closed once the close price drops below the ATR and the EMA crosses under the ATR. For short positions, a sell signal appears when the close price is below the ATR and the EMA from UT Bot crosses over the ATR. The stop loss is set at the ATR stop loss point, with half the position's profits taken at a 3:1 ratio and the rest closed when the indicators reverse.
Position sizing is calculated based on a risk management formula. For example, with a $1000 account balance, if you want to risk 2.5%, and receive a long signal at $20,000 with the ATR-based stop loss at $19,000, the risk amount would be ($1000 * 2.5%) / (5.0%), totaling $500 to risk 2.5% of your account.
Inside the script settings, traders can find functionalities for displaying stop losses, breakevens, positions, and adjust risk management settings without overoptimizing the strategy. To backtest, one can also input the starting capital, commission fees, and slippage for realistic results. The strategy's efficacy can be further enhanced by fine-tuning certain parameters like risk/reward ratios and main indicator settings based on the asset and timeframe.