#region Using declarations using NinjaTrader.Cbi; using NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.Indicators; using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations; #endregion namespace NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.Strategies { public class VIXStretchesBot : Strategy { private const int VIXBars = 1; private SMA longTermTrend; private SMA vixMovingAverage; private RSI rsi; private int vixStretchDays; protected override void OnStateChange() { if (State == State.SetDefaults) { Description = @"Taken from chapter 12 of Short Term Trading Strategies That Work"; Name = "VIX Stretches Bot"; Calculate = Calculate.OnBarClose; EntriesPerDirection = 1; EntryHandling = EntryHandling.AllEntries; IsExitOnSessionCloseStrategy = true; ExitOnSessionCloseSeconds = 30; IsFillLimitOnTouch = false; MaximumBarsLookBack = MaximumBarsLookBack.TwoHundredFiftySix; OrderFillResolution = OrderFillResolution.Standard; Slippage = 0; StartBehavior = StartBehavior.WaitUntilFlat; TimeInForce = TimeInForce.Gtc; TraceOrders = false; RealtimeErrorHandling = RealtimeErrorHandling.StopCancelClose; StopTargetHandling = StopTargetHandling.PerEntryExecution; BarsRequiredToTrade = 20; IsInstantiatedOnEachOptimizationIteration = true; LongTermTrendPeriod = 200; VIXMovingAveragePeriod = 10; VIXStretchDaysThreshold = 3; RSIPeriod = 2; RSISmoothing = 1; RSIExitThreshold = 65; } else if (State == State.Configure) { AddDataSeries("^VIX"); vixStretchDays = 0; } else if (State == State.DataLoaded) { longTermTrend = SMA(LongTermTrendPeriod); vixMovingAverage = SMA(BarsArray[VIXBars], VIXMovingAveragePeriod); rsi = RSI(RSIPeriod, RSISmoothing); } } protected override void OnBarUpdate() { if (BarsInProgress != 0) return; if (CurrentBars[VIXBars] < 0) return; if (CurrentBar < BarsRequiredToTrade) return; double upperThreshold = vixMovingAverage[0] * 1.05; if (Closes[VIXBars][0] >= upperThreshold) vixStretchDays++; else vixStretchDays = 0; if (Close[0] > longTermTrend[0] && vixStretchDays >= VIXStretchDaysThreshold) EnterLong(); if (Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Long && rsi[0] >= RSIExitThreshold) ExitLong(); } public override string DisplayName { get { return Name; } } [NinjaScriptProperty] [Display(Name = "Long Term Trend Period", GroupName = "VIX Stretches Bot", Order = 1)] public int LongTermTrendPeriod { get; set; } [NinjaScriptProperty] [Display(Name = "VIX Moving Average Period", GroupName = "VIX Stretches Bot", Order = 2)] public int VIXMovingAveragePeriod { get; set; } [NinjaScriptProperty] [Display(Name = "VIX Stretch Days", GroupName = "VIX Stretches Bot", Order = 3)] public int VIXStretchDaysThreshold { get; set; } [NinjaScriptProperty] [Display(Name = "RSI Period", GroupName = "VIX Stretches Bot", Order = 4)] public int RSIPeriod { get; set; } [NinjaScriptProperty] [Display(Name = "RSI Smoothing", GroupName = "VIX Stretches Bot", Order = 5)] public int RSISmoothing { get; set; } [NinjaScriptProperty] [Display(Name = "RSI Exit Threshold", GroupName = "VIX Stretches Bot", Order = 6)] public int RSIExitThreshold { get; set; } } }