Bollinger RSI ADX Scalp Spot Trading Strategy

Bollinger RSI ADX Scalp is a spot mean-reversion strategy. It waits for price to test the lower Bollinger Band, RSI to recover from an oversold level, and ADX to show that the market is not trending too strongly.

The strategy is designed around short range trades. Its default one-minute period, narrow spread limits, and EST session windows make execution quality especially important.

warning

ADX measures trend strength, not direction. A value below the configured maximum helps avoid strong trends, but it cannot guarantee that a lower-band move will reverse.

Trading behavior

Entry

A buy setup requires all of the following:

1. The current low touches the current lower Bollinger Band, or the previous close was at or below the previous lower band.
2. The current close is back inside the Bollinger Bands.
3. RSI crosses upward through BRADX_RSI_BUY_LEVEL.
4. ADX is below BRADX_ADX_MAX.
5. The optional EST session filter permits entries.
6. Spread, news, balance, order minimum, and cooldown checks pass.

This is a recovery entry. Price must not only reach the lower band; it must close back inside while RSI crosses upward.

The strategy places one buy for the configured value and stores the entry candle's low for optional stop handling. It does not DCA.

Exit modes

BRADX_EXIT_MODE accepts four practical values:

Value	Target behavior
first	Exits at the first eligible level: fixed fee-aware target, middle band, or upper band. This normally produces the closest target.
middle	Targets the Bollinger middle band, but never below the fee-aware minimum.
opposite	Targets the upper Bollinger Band, but never below the fee-aware minimum.
pips	Uses only the configured fixed target: pips in pip mode or percentage otherwise.

The fixed target uses BRADX_TARGET_PCT in percentage mode or BRADX_TARGET_PIPS × BRADX_PIP_SIZE in pip mode. Every exit mode respects estimated fees and BRADX_MIN_NET_GAIN_PCT.

tip

first is the conservative mean-reversion choice. opposite asks price to cross the whole Bollinger envelope and can keep positions open much longer.

Opposite signal

The bearish setup requires an upper-band touch, a close back inside the bands, RSI crossing down through the sell level, and ADX below its maximum.

With BRADX_EXIT_ON_SHORT_SIGNAL enabled, it can close an open position—but only at or above break-even. It does not act as a loss stop.

Stop behavior

When BRADX_STOP_ENABLED is enabled, the strategy can close below break-even.

The distance stop is:

• BRADX_STOP_PCT below average entry in percentage mode.
• BRADX_STOP_PIPS × BRADX_PIP_SIZE below entry in pip mode.

When BRADX_USE_ENTRY_BAR_STOP is enabled, the entry candle low is also considered. The strategy uses whichever of the entry low and distance stop is closer to entry. This creates the tighter stop, not the wider one.

EST sessions and news block

The session windows use New York time and automatically follow its daylight-saving changes. The defaults are:

02:00-05:00,08:00-12:00,19:30-22:00

They restrict entries only. Open positions remain managed outside these windows.

The news block is manual and also pauses entries only.

Good market conditions

Bollinger RSI ADX Scalp is best suited to:

• Liquid, sideways markets with repeated Bollinger reversion.
• Temporary lower-band excursions followed by an inside-band close.
• Low or moderate ADX.
• Sessions with reliable volume and a consistently small spread.

It is a weaker fit for:

• Strong trends with high ADX.
• Early breakouts before ADX has had time to rise.
• Narrow ranges that cannot cover fees.
• Thin one-minute markets with isolated wicks.

The ADX filter is lagging. A sudden new trend can still enter while ADX remains below its threshold, so tests should include the beginning of strong selloffs.

How to create the strategy

1. Create a new spot strategy in the advanced strategy editor.
2. Select bbrsiadxscalp as both buy and sell method.
3. Use a highly liquid pair for the default one-minute period.
4. Align the general and BRADX order-size fields.
5. Check the absolute spread limit against the pair's price scale.
6. Choose and enter the intended exit mode.
7. Translate the EST windows if you want different sessions.
8. Backtest ranges, breakouts, and falling markets.

A practical tuning workflow

Tune the market-regime filter first. Lower BRADX_ADX_MAX to demand quieter ranges; raise it only if valid reversals are being excluded.

Then tune entry depth:

• Higher Bollinger deviation creates fewer, more distant band touches.
• Lower RSI buy level demands a deeper oversold reading before recovery.
• Shorter RSI reacts faster but crosses more often.

Choose the exit mode before adjusting target size. A middle- or opposite-band target can dominate the fixed percentage setting.

Test entry-bar stops carefully. A long lower wick on the signal candle may create a looser stop than the percentage distance; a shallow entry low may create a very tight one.

Core settings

Label	Config parameter	Default	Description
Buy enabled	BUY_ENABLED	true	Allows new lower-band recovery entries.
Sell enabled	SELL_ENABLED	true	Allows target, opposite-signal, and stop exits.
Period	PERIOD	1	Candle period in minutes.
Trading limit	TRADING_LIMIT	100	Compatibility fallback only. It is ignored while the strategy-specific trading limit is positive; the two values do not need to match. For USDT-BTC, this value is in USDT.
Funds reserve	FUNDS_RESERVE	0	For USDT-BTC, the amount of USDT the bot must leave unused.
Amount retained from sells	KEEP_QUOTE	0	For USDT-BTC, the amount of BTC the strategy must not sell.
Min volume to buy	MIN_VOLUME_TO_BUY	10	General minimum buy value. Keep it aligned with BRADX_MIN_ORDER_VALUE. For USDT-BTC, this value is in USDT.
Min volume to sell	MIN_VOLUME_TO_SELL	10	General minimum sell value. Keep it aligned with BRADX_MIN_SELL_VALUE. For USDT-BTC, this value is in USDT.
Gain	GAIN	0.25	General target value. Keep the intended value explicit in BRADX_TARGET_PCT.

Execution and session settings

Label	Config parameter	Default	Description
BRADX trading limit	BRADX_TRADING_LIMIT	100	For USDT-BTC, the amount of USDT used for the single buy.
BRADX min order value	BRADX_MIN_ORDER_VALUE	10	Minimum value required for a buy. For USDT-BTC, this value is in USDT.
BRADX min sell value	BRADX_MIN_SELL_VALUE	10	Minimum position value required for a sell. For USDT-BTC, this value is in USDT.
BRADX cooldown ms	BRADX_COOLDOWN_MS	15000	Minimum milliseconds between live actions.
BRADX max spread %	BRADX_MAX_SPREAD_PCT	0.04	Maximum spread as a percentage of midpoint.
BRADX max spread absolute	BRADX_MAX_SPREAD_ABSOLUTE	0.0001	Maximum spread in pair price units. Set 0 to disable this additional limit. For USDT-BTC, this value is in USDT.
Use session filter	BRADX_USE_SESSION_FILTER	true	Restricts entries to the configured New York-time windows.
Entry windows EST	BRADX_ENTRY_WINDOWS_EST	02:00-05:00,08:00-12:00,19:30-22:00	Comma-separated entry windows interpreted in America/New_York time.

Indicator settings

Label	Config parameter	Default	Description
BB length	BRADX_BB_LENGTH	20	Bollinger lookback.
BB deviation	BRADX_BB_DEVIATION	2	Standard-deviation width of the bands.
RSI length	BRADX_RSI_LENGTH	7	RSI lookback.
RSI buy level	BRADX_RSI_BUY_LEVEL	30	Entry requires RSI to cross upward through this level.
RSI sell level	BRADX_RSI_SELL_LEVEL	70	Opposite signal requires RSI to cross downward through this level.
ADX length	BRADX_ADX_LENGTH	14	ADX trend-strength lookback.
ADX max	BRADX_ADX_MAX	32	Entries and opposite signals require ADX below this value.

Exit and risk settings

Label	Config parameter	Default	Description
Exit mode	BRADX_EXIT_MODE	first	Selects first, middle, opposite, or pips target behavior.
Exit on short signal	BRADX_EXIT_ON_SHORT_SIGNAL	true	Allows an upper-band bearish setup to sell at or above break-even.
Use pips	BRADX_USE_PIPS	false	Uses pip target and distance stop instead of percentages.
Pip size	BRADX_PIP_SIZE	0.0001	Pair-price value of one pip. For USDT-BTC, this value is in USDT.
Target pips	BRADX_TARGET_PIPS	6	Fixed target distance in pip mode.
Target %	BRADX_TARGET_PCT	0.25	Fixed target distance above entry in percentage mode.
Minimum net gain %	BRADX_MIN_NET_GAIN_PCT	0.1	Minimum gain above estimated fee-adjusted break-even.
Stop enabled	BRADX_STOP_ENABLED	false	Allows a planned loss exit.
Stop pips	BRADX_STOP_PIPS	7	Distance stop in pip mode.
Stop %	BRADX_STOP_PCT	0.3	Distance stop below entry in percentage mode.
Use entry bar stop	BRADX_USE_ENTRY_BAR_STOP	true	Also considers the entry candle low and uses the tighter valid stop.

News and backtesting

Label	Config parameter	Default	Description
News block	BRADX_NEWS_BLOCK	false	Manually pauses entries.
News block until	BRADX_NEWS_BLOCK_UNTIL	0	Timestamp until which entries remain blocked.
Backtest since	BF_SINCE	0	Optional backtest start boundary.
Backtest until	BF_UNTIL	0	Optional backtest end boundary.
Deep testing	DEEP_TESTING	false	Enables deeper backtesting without changing live signals.

Important limitations

• The strategy opens one position and does not DCA.
• ADX is lagging and does not identify direction.
• Opposite signals do not realize a loss.
• Only an enabled stop makes a planned loss exit.
• Session and news filters affect entries only.
• Absolute spread must be adjusted for the pair's price scale.

Mean reversion works until a range becomes a trend. Use the ADX gate as one filter, but rely on broad backtesting and sensible position size for the transition it cannot predict.