Supertrend Multi-Timeframe¶
What it does: Takes 1-hour Supertrend flips only when the 4-hour Supertrend points the same way. Supertrend is a line that trails the price and flips sides when the trend changes. This buys when the 1-hour Supertrend flips up while the 4-hour Supertrend is already up, and sells on the 1-hour flip back, or at the stop-loss.
Style: Multi-timeframe · Difficulty: Beginner · Risk: medium · Ready: 2 of 2 variants
When people use it: It tends to work in trending markets.
Where it struggles: It struggles when both timeframes are sideways. The 4-hour check uses the last closed 4-hour candle, so it can be up to one candle late.
Markets it was written for: BTC, ETH, SOL. Timeframes: 1h trigger, 4h filter (or 15m/1h, 4h/1d).
Open it in the Strategy Library (on the Strategies page), pick a variant, adjust the settings and press Add to my strategies. It becomes your own strategy: edit, backtest or trade it like any other.
Long¶
Takes 1-hour Supertrend flips only when the 4-hour Supertrend points the same way.
Labels: Trend Following, Long, Spot, Beginner, Medium
- Direction: Buy (long) · Market: spot
- Trigger: On candle close · Main timeframe: Auto (1h)
Entry
- IF Supertrend(10,3) Direction = 1 (4h) and Supertrend(10,3) Direction crosses above 0 (1h)
Exit: Indicator-Based Exit
- IF Supertrend(10,3) Direction crosses below 0 (1h)
- Loss controls: Stop-loss % 4%
Settings
| Setting | Default | Editable | What changing it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATR period | 10 | Yes (sets 3 fields) | How many candles the normal swing is measured over, on both timeframes. Shorter reacts faster (more flips); longer is steadier. |
| Multiplier | 3 | Yes (sets 3 fields) | How far the line sits from the price, on both timeframes. Lower flips sooner (more trades); higher flips less. |
| Stop-loss % | 4 | Yes | Closes the trade if the price moves this far against your entry. Tighter limits each loss but gets hit more often by normal swings; wider gives the trade more room but each losing trade costs more. If you use leverage, keep it well inside your liquidation distance. |
How it works (as shown in the app)
- Supertrend is a line that trails the price and flips sides when the trend changes. This buys when the 1-hour Supertrend flips up while the 4-hour Supertrend is already up, and sells on the 1-hour flip back, or at the stop-loss.
- It tends to work in trending markets.
- It struggles when both timeframes are sideways. The 4-hour check uses the last closed 4-hour candle, so it can be up to one candle late.
- Trades on 1-hour candles, so fees matter.
Short (perp)¶
Takes 1-hour Supertrend flips down only when the 4-hour Supertrend points down too.
Labels: Trend Following, Short, Futures, Medium, Backtest Only
- Direction: Sell (short) · Market: swap
- Trigger: On candle close · Main timeframe: Auto (1h)
Entry
- IF Supertrend(10,3) Direction = -1 (4h) and Supertrend(10,3) Direction crosses below 0 (1h)
Exit: Indicator-Based Exit
- IF Supertrend(10,3) Direction crosses above 0 (1h)
- Loss controls: Stop-loss % 4%
Settings
| Setting | Default | Editable | What changing it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATR period | 10 | Yes (sets 3 fields) | How many candles the normal swing is measured over, on both timeframes. Shorter reacts faster (more flips); longer is steadier. |
| Multiplier | 3 | Yes (sets 3 fields) | How far the line sits from the price, on both timeframes. Lower flips sooner (more trades); higher flips less. |
| Stop-loss % | 4 | Yes | Closes the trade if the price moves this far against your entry. Tighter limits each loss but gets hit more often by normal swings; wider gives the trade more room but each losing trade costs more. If you use leverage, keep it well inside your liquidation distance. |
How it works (as shown in the app)
- Supertrend is a line that trails the price and flips sides when the trend changes. This shorts when the 1-hour Supertrend flips down while the 4-hour Supertrend is already down, and buys back on the 1-hour flip back up, or at the stop-loss.
- It tends to work in downtrending markets.
- It struggles when both timeframes are sideways. The 4-hour check uses the last closed 4-hour candle, so it can be up to one candle late.
- Trades on 1-hour candles, so fees matter.
- Shorting means you profit if the price falls and lose if it rises.
- Suggested leverage is at most 5x. On isolated margin, at 5x the exchange closes the position (liquidation) if the price moves about 19.6% against you, and you lose the margin you put into it. Keep your stop well inside that.
- For now this version runs in backtests only; paper and live futures trading are coming later.
Warnings¶
- "Backtest only for now: paper and live trading of shorts are coming later.": shown on short variants. They need perpetual or futures pairs.
- Some variants suggest leverage. On isolated margin a liquidation loses the margin in that position; keep any stop well inside the liquidation distance (the Trade Builder warns you when it isn't).
- Once added, the strategy's conditions get the usual condition checks. Messages show under each condition on the entry / exit conditions screen; setting errors start with the indicator's short name (for example "MACD: Fast must be between 1 and 1000") and block saving, while the other warnings never block saving and repeat in the strategy's Entry or Exit section. See the indicator pages below for each one.
- "You already have this strategy with these settings (…). Change a setting to add another copy.": shown on the variant's page in the Strategy Library when you already added this variant with the same settings.
Good to know¶
- After you add it, the strategy keeps the library's trigger and an Auto main timeframe; you can change both in the builder. Nothing links it back to the library, except that the builder still shows the library's explanations in the info bubbles.
- Changing a setting before adding it also changes the saved name, so you can tell copies apart.
- Past results don't predict future ones. Try it in a backtest and on paper before using real money.
- Indicators used: Supertrend.