Trade Central 2-Bars Scalper

Trade Central 2-Bar Scalper is a scalping signal indicator based on short term price action using candlesticks. If 2 consecutive green candles form which are less than the max bar length defined in settings then indicator gives a buy signal. Similarly, if 2 consecutive red candles form then it gives a sell signal. It sounds very simple but it is a very powerful and popular scalping method. Along with the signal, you should pay attention to the candle formations, e.g. if there is a buy signal but you see a significant wick on top of signal candles then you may want to avoid that signal. Same for short.

Indicator shows bars in 3 colors - Green, Red and White. Signal candles, i.e. long and short, are green and red respectively. Rest of the candles are white and no action is needed when candles are white.

Trading using the script is simple - you enter a long trade on a green bar and enter a short trade on red bar. Detailed rules for trade execution are mentioned below.

Trading Rules

• Recommended Timeframe: 3 minute
  
• Go LONG after a green bar when signal candle high is broken. For example, on BTC chart if signal candle (green) high is 50000 then enter at least 3-5 points above it, i.e. 50003. If the signal candle high isn't broken then wait for that to happen, but signal/trade gets invalidated if the signal candle low is broken before signal candle high is broken.
  
• Go SHORT after a red bar when signal candle low is broken. For example, on BTC chart if signal candle (red) low is 50000 then enter at least 3-5 points below it, i.e. 49997. If the signal candle low isn't broken then wait for that to happen, but signal/trade gets invalidated if the signal candle high is broken before signal candle low is broken.
  
• For SL, we will use fixed profit and SL targets. For BTC, we recommend setting 100 points SL and 50 points target. That's a risk-to-reward of 1:0.5 which may look very bad, but the success rate of this strategy is very high (>70%) hence you would still be profitable. You can also try with 1:1 risk-to-reward ratio and that too should work fine though we haven't backtested it.
  

Default settings work best on 3 minute timeframe and has been tested on BTC. If you're applying the indicator on something else then ensure that you update the length as per security price you plan to trade. Will share backtested data and detailed explanation over a YouTube video.

Will strongly recommend paper trading in desired market/asset before executing live trades.

Notes de version:

Added support for checking wicks to filter long and short signals. Reduces number of signals but improves the accuracy.

Notes de version:

Added support for wick size confirmation to make the indicator suitable for any security.