Just a bit about the variables:
Other than setting the moving averages and EMA to whatever you would like, there are only 3 variables you really need to adjust for the strategy. The MAs/EMAs have no effect on the strategy.
Band width as $ of Price: - This is the maximum width allowed for the tightened tunnel. This needs to be adjusted for each timeframe, as price moves increase with longer timeframes. For example, on the 15min AAPL chart, I consider the BBs in a tightened tunnel if the width of the tunnel is less than $1. $1 is about 0.6% of the current stock price, so I use 0.6 for this setting. This helps avoid false positives when not in a tunnel.
Tunnel Detection: - This is basically how many bars the tunnel needs to be before we consider it a tunnel. Reduce the number if you're ok with quicker moves. Increase it if you want a nice long tunnel before the breakout.
Detection Deviation: - This variable sets how flat the BBs need to be through the tunnel detection range to be considered a tunnel. It is literally the tolerance for standard deviation of the upper BB through the tunnel detection range. If the calculated standard deviation is higher than this number, then the BBs are moving up and down too much to consider this a tunnel.
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