Heikin-Ashi Supertrend – Amibroker AFL code

Heikin Ashi Supertrend is a Volatility based trend following indicator which uses Heinkin Ashi + Supertrend method to plot the indicator. Heikin means “average” and “ashi” means “pace”. Heikin-Ashi represents the average-pace of prices. Heikin-Ashi candlesticks is a japanese technique and quite different from the traditional candlesticks. Instead of using the open-high-low-close (OHLC) bars like standard candlestick charts, the Heikin-Ashi technique uses a modified formula:

Close = (Open+High+Low+Close)/4
Open = [Open (previous bar) + Close (previous bar)]/2
High = Max (High,Open,Close)
Low = Min (Low,Open, Close)

Traditional supertrend uses a moving (statistical) median of the arithmetic mean (High + Low)/2 of the bars instead of a moving average. The (statistical) median is known to be more robust than any average. whereas Heinkin Ashi Supertrend uses a moving (statistical) median of the arithmetic mean (HaHigh + HaLow)/2 of the bars. Sample Heinkin ashi supertrend charts are shown below.

Nifty May Futures 5min Charts

10 things you need to know about HA Supertrend

1)HA Supertrend is a carry forward strategy which involves overnight gapup/gapdown risk and also weekend carry forward risk. It is not a pure intraday strategy. And Heinkin Candlesticks are different from Normal Candlesticks.
2)HA Supertrend normally makes more profit when the volatility increases and makes lesser losses/lesser profits when the market shows compressed volatility.
3)Most of the profits are made in gap up and gap down openings compared to the losses made in gapup/gapdown
4)Should works good with High Beta Stocks and BankNifty scrip.
5)HA Supertrend has two input factors Multiplier and ATR. default value is 6 and 6. Increasing the multiplier will increase the per trade risk and decrease the profits. (Tested across all the timeframes). And lower multiplier values will results in more number of trades which means more commissions and more slippages.to pay.
6)Heinkin Ashi Trailing Stop Loss levels displayed in the Dashboard is not a real trade stop loss as Heinkin Ashi Candles are different from normal Candlestick. So One should Buy only if there is a Buy Signal and Sell only if there is a sell signal.
7)Winning ratio is more or less between 42-50% across all the timeframes. (doesn’t includes brokerages and slippages). However most of the times higher time frame involves high risk in trading supertrend indicator.
8)HA Supertrend Strategy results will be equally comparable with normal Supertrend Strategy and in very few cases HA supertrend outperform Normal Supertrend in terms of profits and risk.
9)HA Supertrend V2.0 Strategy works only with amibroker version 5.4 and higher. If you are using older version of Amibroker consider upgrading to New Version.
10)It is advisable to trade one or two symbols at a time. Avoid jumping from one stock to another which could sometimes lead to consecutive losses and even missing most profitable signals.

BankNifty May Futures 5min Charts

How to Install the HA Supertrend Indicator
1)Download HA Supertrend AFL code.
2)Unzip HA Supertrend to local folder
3)Copy HA Supertrend AFL code ver2.afl code to c:\program files\amibroker\formulas\basic folder
5)Open Amibroker and Open a New Blank Chart
6)Goto Charts->Basic Charts and apply/drag-and-drop the HA Supertrend AFL code code into the blank chart
7)Bingo you are done. Now you will be able to see the HA Supertrend indicator with Buy and Sell signals.

Nifty and BankNifty HA Supertrend Backtest Results since March 2009

Tested with Initial Captial of Rs2,00,000 with 2 lots of Nifty and BankNifty(given seperately) and Broker Commission of Rs100 per trade leg( i.e Rs200 per Buy and Sell Transaction).

Nifty HA Supertrend backtest results

BankNifty HA Supertrend backtest results

You can Explore your own ideas with HA supertrend and Feeback invited.

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