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Curvature Turn

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Enters when a quadratic fit turns: the earliest sign of a reversal

StrategiesPrice overlay CanvasDashboardSignals
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Language
QuaScript
Engine
Native C++, incremental on live ticks
Rendering
Canvas
Placement
Price overlay
Settings
4
Plots
1
Lines of code
74
Source
presets/strategy/curvature_turn.qs
Curvature Turnengine result
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About

Enters on the earliest measurable sign of a turn: the curvature of a quadratic least-squares fit changing sign. When a downtrend starts to decelerate, the quadratic term turns positive before the slope does; the strategy buys once the slope also turns up, and sells the mirror case. It exits when the curvature flips back. Entry: curvature positive for `confirm` bars and the fitted slope crossing above zero (mirror for shorts). Exit: curvature flips against the trade, ATR stop, or a target of `reward` R. Risk: 1 % per trade. Method: ordinary least squares on 1, x, x squared.

1
Plotted series
2
Signal marks
1
Drawings
0
Alert rules
4
Settings
66
Lines of code

What it draws

Price overlay · counted from the engine's plot table and the script's draw calls

Series

  • Line1
    Fit end
Legend
Fit end

Signal marks

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Drawings and chart effects

  • Dashboard tables1 created

How it runs

From source to the live chart, for this script

  1. 1
    Compile

    The QuaScript compiler checks the 74-line script (66 lines of code) and lowers it for the native C++ engine. Compile errors point at the exact line and column.

  2. 2
    Place

    The header sets overlay = true, so everything is drawn on the price chart, on the same scale as the candles.

  3. 3
    Compute

    The script runs once per bar, oldest to newest. Each bar also runs one loop (1 for). 1 persist variable keeps state (objects, counters) across bars.

  4. 4
    Stay live

    On the terminal the script keeps one live engine session: a tick rolls the forming bar back to its checkpoint and re-executes only that bar, and new bars are appended, so history is never rerun while the market moves. The live result is identical to a full run.

  5. 5
    Render

    The results are handed to the chart: series on Canvas.

  6. 6
    Tune

    4 settings in 3 groups appear in the chart's settings dialog. Changing one reruns the engine with the new value.

Rendering

This script draws on Canvas

WebGPUNot used

The browser's modern GPU API. The chart uploads every line, band and mark of the script as GPU buffers and draws them in one pass, so dense heatmaps and dozens of series stay smooth while you pan and zoom. Without WebGPU support the chart's GPU layer falls back to WebGL 2, then Canvas 2D.

WebGLNot used

GPU drawing through WebGL 2, available in every current browser. Used for chart-native profiles and for series that ask for it with backend = "webgl". Fast for large numbers of bars and wide fills.

CanvasSeries renderer

The browser's 2D drawing API. Text-heavy and object-style output (dashboard tables, zones, tags, segments), candle colors and backgrounds are painted by the QuaScript layer, a Canvas 2D surface over the chart. Series use Canvas when the script's header does not ask for a GPU.

In this script
  • • 1 plotted series
  • • 2 signal mark types
  • • 1 dashboard tables (QuaScript layer)

Settings

4 settings, grouped as in the chart's settings dialog

Fit
SettingTypeDefaultRange / optionsId
Fit windowInteger8020 – 500fit_window
Entry
SettingTypeDefaultRange / optionsId
Curvature confirmation (bars)Integer31 – 20curvature_confirmation_bars
Risk
SettingTypeDefaultRange / optionsId
Stop (ATR)Number2.50.5 – 8, step 0.1stop_atr
Target (R)Number30.5 – 10, step 0.1target_r

Script

packages/quascript/presets/strategy/curvature_turn.qs

Header

strategy "Curvature Turn" {
    overlay = true
    capital = 100000
    commission = 0.05
    slippage = 1
    sizing = risk_percent
    max_leverage = 1
    size = 1
    pyramiding = 1
}
Total lines
74
Code lines
66
Comment lines
7
Helper functions
0
Loops
1
Persistent variables
1
Higher-interval feeds
0
Engine plots
1

Built with

Technical analysis (ta.*)
ta.atrta.bars_since
Math (math.*)
math.is_na
Imported modules
viz/premium

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