Candlesticks have become a key component of platforms and charting programs for financial trading. With these charts, traders can learn underlying patterns for interpreting price action history and forecasts. This A-Z guide shows portfolio managers, quants, strategists, and analysts how to use Python to recognize, scan, trade, and back-test the profitability of candlestick patterns.
Financial author, trading consultant, and institutional market strategist Sofien Kaabar shows you how to create a candlestick scanner and indicator so you can compare the profitability of these patterns. With this hands-on book, you'll also explore a new type of charting system similar to candlesticks, as well as new patterns that have never been presented before.
With this book, you will:
- Create and understand the conditions required for classic and modern candlestick patterns
- Learn the market psychology behind them
- Use a framework to learn how back-testing trading strategies are conducted
- Explore different charting systems and understand their limitations
- Import OHLC historical FX data in Python in different time frames
- Use algorithms to scan for and reproduce patterns
- Learn a pattern's potential by evaluating its profitability and predictability
Author(s): Sofien Kaabar
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 300
Preface
Why This Book?
Target Audience
Conventions Used in This Book
Using Code Examples
O’Reilly Online Learning
How to Contact Us
Acknowledgments
1. Importing and Processing Financial Data in Python
Installing the Environment
Creating the Importing Algorithm
Putting It All Together
Summary
2. Algorithmic Mindset and Functions
Coding the Primal Functions
The Function to Add Columns to an Array
The Function to Delete Columns from an Array
The Function to Add Rows to an Array
The Function to Remove Rows from an Array
The Function to Round Numbers
Coding Signals
Creating the Signal Charts
Coding Performance Evaluation Functions
The Hit Ratio
The Rate of Return
The Profit Factor
The Risk-Reward Ratio
The Number of Trades
Creating a Performance Evaluation Function
A Hypothetical Example: Appraising Performance
3. Introducing Technical Analysis
Charting Analysis
Indicator Analysis
Moving Averages
The Relative Strength Index
Pattern Recognition
Common Pitfalls of Technical Analysis
Wanting to Get Rich Quickly
Forcing the Patterns
Hindsight Bias, the Dream Smasher
Assuming That Past Events Have the Same Future Outcome
Making Things More Complicated Than They Need to Be
Technical Analysis Best Practices
Harness the Power of Different Time Frames
Use More Than One Strategy or Indicator
Choose the Right Type of Strategy for Current Market Conditions
Don’t Underestimate Default Parameters
4. Classic Trend-Following Patterns
The Marubozu Pattern
The Three Candles Pattern
The Tasuki Pattern
The Three Methods Pattern
The Hikkake Pattern
5. Modern Trend-Following Patterns
The Quintuplets Pattern
The Double Trouble Pattern
The Bottle Pattern
The Slingshot Pattern
The H Pattern
6. Classic Contrarian Patterns
The Doji Pattern
The Dragonfly Doji
The Gravestone Doji
The Flat Doji
The Double Doji
The Tri Star Doji
The Harami Pattern
The On Neck Pattern
The Tweezers Pattern
The Stick Sandwich Pattern
The Hammer Pattern
The Star Pattern
The Piercing Pattern
The Engulfing Pattern
The Abandoned Baby Pattern
The Spinning Top Pattern
The Inside Up/Down Pattern
The Tower Pattern
7. Modern Contrarian Patterns
The Doppelgänger Pattern
The Blockade Pattern
The Euphoria Pattern
The Barrier Pattern
The Mirror Pattern
The Shrinking Pattern
8. Advanced Candlestick-Charting Systems
Heikin-Ashi System
Detecting the Doji Pattern
Detecting the Tasuki Pattern
Detecting the Euphoria Pattern
Detecting the Double Trouble Pattern
K’s Candlesticks System
Detecting the Doji Pattern
Detecting the Tasuki Pattern
Detecting the Euphoria Pattern
Detecting the Double Trouble Pattern
9. Candlestick Patterns Exit Techniques
The Symmetrical Exit Technique
The Fixed Holding Period Exit Technique
The Variable Holding Period Exit Technique
The Hybrid Exit Technique
Pattern Invalidation
10. Candlestick-Based Trend-Following Strategies
Combining the Double Trouble Pattern with the RSI
Combining the Three Candles Pattern with Moving Averages
Combining the Bottle Pattern with the Stochastic Oscillator
Combining the Marubozu Pattern with K’s Volatility Bands
Combining the H Pattern with the Trend Intensity Index
11. Candlestick-Based Contrarian Strategies
Combining the Doji Pattern with the RSI
Combining the Engulfing Pattern with Bollinger Bands
Combining the Piercing Pattern with the Stochastic Oscillator
Combining the Euphoria Pattern with K’s Envelopes
Combining the Barrier Pattern with the RSI-ATR
12. Risk Management and Trading Psychology
Basics of Risk Management
Stops and Targets
Trailing Stops
Position Sizing
Economic Calendar
Behavioral Finance: The Power of Biases
Cognitive Biases
Emotional Biases
Trading Framework
Index
About the Author
