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Futures Trading Strategy Builder

The futures strategy builder lets you create and personalize a strategy from a wide set of options. You can choose any two methods as the primary triggers to go long or short.

Info

Futures markets are financial markets where participants can buy and sell standardized futures contracts. A futures contract is a legal agreement to buy or sell a particular commodity or financial instrument at a predetermined price at a specified time in the future.

Additional modules extend your strategy beyond the primary order triggers, including Balance, Indicator, TrailMe, DCA, Confirming Indicators, Stop Loss, and Misc.

tip

A builder strategy is a set of conditions that must all be met before a trade executes. For example, even if buy criteria are satisfied, the trade will not execute until all other conditions (such as a confirming indicator or trailing requirements) are also met in the same cycle.

Available Buy and Sell Methods​

MethodDescription (Short)
adxUses the ADX indicator to trade only when trends are strong enough.
atrtsUses the ATR indicator to measure volatility changes and trade on a trailing stop.
bbBuy and sell at configurable points between the lower and upper Bollinger Bands.
bbtaBuy and sell after a reentry at configurable points between the lower and upper Bollinger Bands.
emaspreadUses the spread between slow and fast EMA to trade when price direction changes.
gainBuy at a percentage below EMA, sell when your set gain is reached.
ichimokuTrading algorithm based on the Ichimoku cloud indicator.
macdUses the MACD indicator to trade when momentum changes.
macdhUses the MACD histogram to trade when momentum changes.
ppSet a fixed buy and sell price, perfect for coins that stay within a predictable price range.
smacrossUses crossings of fast and slow SMA to trade when price direction changes.
supportresistanceBuy at support, sell at resistance.
tsaTries to predict future prices and trades on predicted trend reversals.
tsslUses a moving range around market prices for buying and selling, trailing optimal buy and sell levels.

Not all buy/sell methods pair well with trailing or certain confirming indicators.

For example, using macd (which triggers only when the MACD line crosses the signal line) together with Stochastic in cross mode is a poor combination. Both indicators must cross in the same cycle, which greatly reduces trade opportunities.

Common Building Blocks​

The following building blocks are available to every futures builder strategy.