Is This Strategy For You?
Patient Holder
You're comfortable holding positions for days and don't need daily trading activity. Roughly 1–3 trades per month.
Buy the Dip
You believe in entering on meaningful pullbacks from recent highs rather than chasing breakouts or guessing tops.
Let Winners Run
You want a wide trailing stop that exits on a real reversal, not a tight take-profit that caps your upside.
How It Works
It tracks the recent high
The bot continuously identifies the highest price over a rolling window (default: last 3 days) — the reference point against which dips are measured.
It buys a meaningful pullback
When price drops at least 2.5% (configurable) below the recent high, the bot deploys up to 50% of available cash — without trying to catch a falling knife with arbitrary indicators.
It rides the position with a trailing peak
From the moment of entry, the bot tracks the highest price reached. It exits only when price falls 15% (configurable) below that peak — letting winners run while protecting against reversals.
It cools down after every exit
After closing a position, the bot waits 18 hours (configurable) before considering a new entry — preventing whipsaws from re-entering on every dip in a choppy market.
What to Expect
~1–3 trades per month
Patient strategy — no daily activity
Multi-day holds
Positions held days to weeks until the trailing peak triggers
No fixed take-profit
Lets winners run — exits 15% below peak, not at a flat target
Cooldown after exit
18 h pause prevents whipsaw re-entries
Risks to Consider
Every strategy has trade-offs. Here is what you should know before starting.
Longer exposure to market risk
Holding positions for days or weeks means more exposure to unexpected market events, news, or sudden crashes.
Wide trailing stops can give back profits
A 15% trailing stop means you may surrender a meaningful slice of unrealized gains before the bot exits. The trade-off is that smaller pullbacks won't shake you out of bigger trends.
Fewer trades mean slower feedback
Swing trading produces fewer signals than scalping or grid strategies. It may take weeks to evaluate performance.
When This Strategy May Not Be Ideal
If you want quick, intraday results
If you can't tolerate giving back ~15% of unrealized gains
If you need a fixed take-profit target
If you prefer many small trades over fewer large ones
Customizable Settings
Entry Trigger
- • Entry dip threshold (default 2.5%)
- • Lookback window (default 72 hours)
- • Three presets: Conservative / Balanced / Aggressive
Position Sizing
- • Cash deployed per entry (default 50%)
- • Range 20% – 55% of available cash
- • Single position at a time
Exit Discipline
- • Trailing stop from peak (default 15%)
- • Cooldown between trades (default 18 h)
- • No fixed take-profit — winners run
Common Questions
How is swing trading different from momentum trading?
Momentum is active and multi-indicator: ADX / Stochastic / Williams %R together pick regime-aware entries, with intraday-to-multi-day holds. Swing is patient and structural: it just waits for a meaningful pullback from the recent high, buys, and lets a wide trailing stop ride the move. Roughly 1–3 trades per month vs. several per week.
How much capital do I need?
Position size scales with your starting cash (default 50% per entry). Bigger capital just means bigger absolute moves — the strategy logic is the same. Start with whatever you're comfortable putting at risk; you can run paper mode first to gauge behavior before committing real funds.
Can I test it before using real money?
Yes. You can run the bot in paper mode using real market data, without risking any capital.