ichimoku

The Ichimoku strategy is a backtesting strategy that uses the Ichimoku Cloud indicator to generate buy and sell signals for trading. Here's a breakdown of its key components: The strategy uses the IStrategy interface from freqtrade.strategy.interface and requires the implementation of specific methods. It defines a minimal_roi (minimum return on investment) parameter that specifies the minimum profit required for a trade to be considered successful.

The stoploss parameter sets a stop loss value to limit potential losses on trades.

The timeframe parameter determines the timeframe on which the strategy operates (in this case, 5 minutes).

The strategy includes trailing stop functionality, allowing the stop loss to move dynamically as the trade becomes more profitable. The ta_on_candle parameter controls whether indicator calculations are performed on each new candle or only when needed. It includes experimental settings such as using a sell signal, considering profit only when selling, and ignoring ROI if a buy signal is present. The order_types parameter maps different order types for buying, selling, and stop loss placement. The informative_pairs method returns a list of trading pairs and their corresponding timeframes for information purposes. The populate_indicators method calculates the Ichimoku Cloud indicator values and adds them to the DataFrame. The populate_buy_trend method generates a buy signal when specific conditions are met, including the Tenkan Sen crossing above the Kijun Sen and the presence of a red cloud in the Ichimoku Cloud indicator. The populate_sell_trend method can be further customized to define sell signals based on specific conditions. Overall, the Ichimoku strategy uses the Ichimoku Cloud indicator to identify potential buying opportunities and implements a trailing stop loss to manage risk.