Header settings reference

market: <symbol>#

Symbol the script runs on.

Default chart symbol

markets: <list<symbol>>#

Several symbols; alerts evaluate each independently.

bars: <bartype>#

Bar type: timeframe, range(n), xray(n), renko(n) or heikin_ashi(tf).

Default chart bars

evaluate: <string>#

bar_close (default, never repaints) or tick.

Choices bar_close tick

Default bar_close

pane: <string>#

price, new or a named pane.

Default price

max_open: <int>#

Open trades allowed at once.

Default 1

max_open_per_side: <int>#

Open trades allowed per side.

direction: <string>#

both, long or short.

Choices both long short

Default both

opposite: <string>#

On an opposite signal: close, reverse, ignore or hedge (where the venue supports it).

Choices close reverse ignore hedge

Default ignore

warmup: <int>#

Bars required before rules run (computed by the compiler when omitted).

repeat: <string>#

once, once per bar, once per bar close or every time.

Default once per bar

cooldown: <duration | bars>#

Minimum time or bars between notifications.

expires: <date | duration>#

When the alert stops.

check: <duration>#

How often account-only alerts are checked.

Default every 1m

show_on_chart: <bool>#

Draw fire points, watched levels and live status on the chart.

Default true

max_daily_loss: <percent | money>#

Pause the deployment after this loss in a day.

max_drawdown: <percent | money>#

Pause the deployment at this drawdown.

max_total_risk: <percent>#

Risk allowed across open trades.

pyramiding: <int>#

Entries allowed in the same direction.

Default 1

min_distance: <distance>#

Smallest distance between pyramided entries.

trade_only: <sessions>#

Sessions in which the strategy may open trades.