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Simple News Strategy

This strategy places pending stop orders around a specified news time to capture sharp moves caused by news releases.

How it works

  • Starting five minutes before NewsTime, the strategy submits pairs of buy stop and sell stop orders.
  • The first pair is placed Distance pips away from the current ask and bid prices.
  • Additional pairs are offset by Delta pips from the previous ones for a total of Deals pairs.
  • Ten minutes after the news release the strategy cancels any orders that have not been triggered.
  • When a position is opened, the strategy monitors stop-loss, take-profit and trailing stop levels. If any level is reached the position is closed.

Parameters

  • NewsTime – moment of the news release.
  • Deals – number of buy/sell stop pairs.
  • Delta – spacing between orders in pips.
  • Distance – distance from current price for the first pair in pips.
  • StopLoss – initial stop-loss in pips.
  • Trail – trailing stop in pips.
  • TakeProfit – take-profit in pips.
  • Volume – order volume.

Notes

The strategy does not rely on indicators and works purely with level1 data. It is intended for demonstration purposes and may require adjustments for real trading.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

using StockSharp.Algo.Indicators;
using StockSharp.Algo.Strategies;
using StockSharp.BusinessEntities;
using StockSharp.Messages;

namespace StockSharp.Samples.Strategies;

/// <summary>
/// News-style volatility breakout strategy.
/// Monitors ATR for volatility expansion and trades breakouts
/// when price moves beyond recent range.
/// </summary>
public class SimpleNewsStrategy : Strategy
{
	private readonly StrategyParam<DataType> _candleType;
	private readonly StrategyParam<int> _atrPeriod;
	private readonly StrategyParam<decimal> _atrMultiplier;

	private decimal _prevAtr;
	private decimal _prevHigh;
	private decimal _prevLow;
	private decimal _entryPrice;
	private bool _hasPrev;

	public DataType CandleType
	{
		get => _candleType.Value;
		set => _candleType.Value = value;
	}

	public int AtrPeriod
	{
		get => _atrPeriod.Value;
		set => _atrPeriod.Value = value;
	}

	public decimal AtrMultiplier
	{
		get => _atrMultiplier.Value;
		set => _atrMultiplier.Value = value;
	}

	public SimpleNewsStrategy()
	{
		_candleType = Param(nameof(CandleType), TimeSpan.FromHours(4).TimeFrame())
			.SetDisplay("Candle Type", "Candle timeframe", "General");

		_atrPeriod = Param(nameof(AtrPeriod), 14)
			.SetDisplay("ATR Period", "ATR period for volatility", "Parameters");

		_atrMultiplier = Param(nameof(AtrMultiplier), 1.0m)
			.SetDisplay("ATR Multiplier", "Multiplier for breakout distance", "Parameters");
	}

	/// <inheritdoc />
	public override IEnumerable<(Security sec, DataType dt)> GetWorkingSecurities()
	{
		return [(Security, CandleType)];
	}

	/// <inheritdoc />
	protected override void OnReseted()
	{
		base.OnReseted();
		_prevAtr = 0;
		_prevHigh = 0;
		_prevLow = 0;
		_entryPrice = 0;
		_hasPrev = false;
	}

	/// <inheritdoc />
	protected override void OnStarted2(DateTime time)
	{
		base.OnStarted2(time);

		_prevAtr = 0;
		_prevHigh = 0;
		_prevLow = 0;
		_entryPrice = 0;
		_hasPrev = false;

		var atr = new AverageTrueRange { Length = AtrPeriod };

		var subscription = SubscribeCandles(CandleType);
		subscription
			.BindEx(atr, ProcessCandle)
			.Start();

		var area = CreateChartArea();
		if (area != null)
		{
			DrawCandles(area, subscription);
			DrawIndicator(area, atr);
			DrawOwnTrades(area);
		}
	}

	private void ProcessCandle(ICandleMessage candle, IIndicatorValue atrInd)
	{
		if (candle.State != CandleStates.Finished)
			return;

		if (!atrInd.IsFormed)
			return;

		var atrValue = atrInd.ToDecimal();
		var price = candle.ClosePrice;

		// Exit logic
		if (Position > 0 && _entryPrice > 0)
		{
			if (price <= _entryPrice - atrValue * 2m || price >= _entryPrice + atrValue * 3m)
			{
				SellMarket();
				_entryPrice = 0;
			}
		}
		else if (Position < 0 && _entryPrice > 0)
		{
			if (price >= _entryPrice + atrValue * 2m || price <= _entryPrice - atrValue * 3m)
			{
				BuyMarket();
				_entryPrice = 0;
			}
		}

		if (!_hasPrev)
		{
			_prevHigh = candle.HighPrice;
			_prevLow = candle.LowPrice;
			_prevAtr = atrValue;
			_hasPrev = true;
			return;
		}

		// Entry: breakout above previous high or below previous low
		if (Position == 0)
		{
			var breakoutDist = atrValue * AtrMultiplier;
			if (price > _prevHigh + breakoutDist)
			{
				BuyMarket();
				_entryPrice = price;
			}
			else if (price < _prevLow - breakoutDist)
			{
				SellMarket();
				_entryPrice = price;
			}
		}

		_prevHigh = candle.HighPrice;
		_prevLow = candle.LowPrice;
		_prevAtr = atrValue;
	}
}