Keltner Channels Like Gold

Keltner Channels Like Gold

May 17, 2024

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This week we’re looking at Keltner Channel breakouts.

They worked pretty well on the ES and much better on hard-trending NQ.

Following that progression, let’s test Keltners on Gold, which at times can be the hardest-trending instrument out there.

For this test, we’ll use 150 minutes. This is longer than the previous two.

And we’ll go both Long and Short.

Here are the details:

150M Keltner Channel Gold Breakout 

  • Long Entry: When price closes above the upper Keltner Channel (Length 80, ATR 2.0)
  • Short Entry: When price closes below the lower Keltner Channel (Length 80, ATR 1.5)
  • Target: $1500 per contract
  • Stop: $2200 per contract

A few things. One, our Long entry has a wider ATR. That means it’s harder to get Long trades. Two, the target is smaller than the stop. That’s weird for breakout strategies. Let’s see what we get.

Using Portfolio Architect, here’s how it’s done since 2002 trading 1 contract each time on a sample $20k account:

That’s not especially good. What’s the trouble? Short trades.

Going Short doesn’t work very well with Keltner Channels apparently. So, we’ll take them out.

Here’s the Report with only Long trades:

That’s much better from any metric. Better profit, less drawdown, higher win rate.

Here’s the Curve for Long Only:

Looks good. It’s up almost 800% during this period.

Here are some Long trades:

Overall, are Keltner Channels as good as Bollinger Bandsâ„¢?

Not quite. But I reserve the right to change my mind and they’re definitely worth looking into.

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