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Drawdown Recovery

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Buys measured pullbacks in an uptrend once they recover

StrategiesPrice overlay CanvasDashboardSignals
quascriptstrategiesstrategypullbacktrendlong-only

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Language
QuaScript
Engine
Native C++, incremental on live ticks
Rendering
Canvas
Placement
Price overlay
Settings
5
Plots
2
Lines of code
45
Source
presets/strategy/drawdown_recovery.qs
Drawdown Recoveryengine result
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About

Buys measured pullbacks inside a long-term uptrend and only once the pullback shows it is over. The drawdown from the rolling high is measured in ATR units; a pullback of at least the minimum depth, with price still above the long-term average, is bought when price reclaims the prior bar's high. The trade aims for a retest of the high that started the pullback. Entry: drawdown between the minimum and maximum depth, close above the slow EMA, close above the previous high. Exit: target at the pullback's starting high, stop below the pullback low, time stop. Long only. Risk: 1 % per trade.

2
Plotted series
1
Signal marks
1
Drawings
0
Alert rules
5
Settings
37
Lines of code

What it draws

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

Series

  • Line2
    Rolling highTrend EMA
Legend
Rolling high Trend EMA

Signal marks

Pullback recovery

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 45-line script (37 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. 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

    5 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
  • • 2 plotted series
  • • 1 signal mark type
  • • 1 dashboard tables (QuaScript layer)

Settings

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

Pullback
SettingTypeDefaultRange / optionsId
High lookbackInteger6010 – 1000high_lookback
Minimum depth (ATR)Number30.5 – 20, step 0.5minimum_depth_atr
Maximum depth (ATR)Number101 – 40, step 0.5maximum_depth_atr
Trend
SettingTypeDefaultRange / optionsId
Trend EMAInteger20020 – 2000trend_ema
Exit
SettingTypeDefaultRange / optionsId
Maximum bars heldInteger802 – 1000maximum_bars_held

Script

packages/quascript/presets/strategy/drawdown_recovery.qs

Header

strategy "Drawdown Recovery" {
    overlay = true
    capital = 100000
    commission = 0.05
    slippage = 1
    sizing = risk_percent
    max_leverage = 1
    size = 1
    pyramiding = 1
}
Total lines
45
Code lines
37
Comment lines
7
Helper functions
0
Loops
0
Persistent variables
1
Higher-interval feeds
0
Engine plots
2

Built with

Technical analysis (ta.*)
ta.atrta.emata.highestta.lowest
Math (math.*)
math.max
Imported modules
viz/premium

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