📊 Strategy Indicators Reference
This document provides a comprehensive reference of the technical indicators used by each strategy across different timeframes in Apolo Dex. Indicators help us measure key aspects of market behavior:
- Trend: Detecting whether price is moving up, down, or sideways.
- Momentum: Measuring the strength or speed of price movements.
- Volatility: Estimating how much the price fluctuates in a given period.
- Volume-weighted price: Understanding where the majority of trading activity is happening.
These indicators are combined in different strategies to suit different market conditions.
🧠 Strategy Types and What They Measure
| Strategy Type | What It Measures |
|---|---|
| Trend-Following | Measures and follows the direction of a dominant market trend (up/down). |
| Volatility Breakout | Identifies price breakouts after periods of low volatility. |
| Momentum Reversal | Spots overbought/oversold zones to detect potential trend reversals. |
| Momentum + Volatility | Confirms reversals by combining momentum exhaustion with spikes in volatility. |
| Hybrid | Uses a mix of trend, momentum, and volatility to adapt to various conditions. |
| Advanced | Uses Ichimoku and SAR for dynamic support/resistance and trailing stop signals. |
⚙️ Base Indicators (Used in All Strategies)
These indicators are always included:
| Indicator | Description |
|---|---|
| close | Closing price of the candle/interval. |
| high | Highest price reached in the interval. |
| low | Lowest price reached in the interval. |
| volume | Total volume traded during the interval. |
⏱ Indicators by Strategy and Timeframe
The following matrix shows the indicators used for each strategy and timeframe.
⏱ 5m
| Strategy | Indicators |
|---|---|
| Trend-Following | ema_12, ema_26, macd, macd_signal, adx, vwap |
| Volatility Breakout | atr_14, bollinger_hband, bollinger_lband, std_20, vwap |
| Momentum Reversal | rsi_14, stoch_k_14, stoch_d_14, roc_10, momentum_10, vwap |
| Momentum + Volatility | rsi_14, atr_14, bollinger_hband, bollinger_lband, roc_10, momentum_10, vwap |
| Hybrid | ema_12, ema_26, atr_14, bollinger_hband, rsi_14, macd, vwap |
| Advanced | tenkan_sen_9, kijun_sen_26, senkou_span_a, senkou_span_b, sar, vwap |
⏱ 15m
| Strategy | Indicators |
|---|---|
| Trend-Following | ema_20, ema_40, macd, macd_signal, adx, vwap |
| Volatility Breakout | atr_14, bollinger_hband, bollinger_lband, std_20, vwap |
| Momentum Reversal | rsi_14, stoch_k_14, stoch_d_14, roc_14, momentum_14, vwap |
| Momentum + Volatility | rsi_14, atr_14, bollinger_hband, bollinger_lband, roc_14, momentum_14, vwap |
| Hybrid | ema_20, ema_40, atr_14, bollinger_hband, rsi_14, macd, vwap |
| Advanced | tenkan_sen_9, kijun_sen_26, senkou_span_a, senkou_span_b, sar, vwap |
⏱ 30m
| Strategy | Indicators |
|---|---|
| Trend-Following | ema_30, ema_60, macd, macd_signal, adx, vwap |
| Volatility Breakout | atr_14, bollinger_hband, bollinger_lband, std_20, vwap |
| Momentum Reversal | rsi_14, stoch_k_14, stoch_d_14, roc_20, momentum_20, vwap |
| Momentum + Volatility | rsi_14, atr_14, bollinger_hband, bollinger_lband, roc_20, momentum_20, vwap |
| Hybrid | ema_30, ema_60, atr_14, bollinger_hband, rsi_14, macd, vwap |
| Advanced | tenkan_sen_9, kijun_sen_26, senkou_span_a, senkou_span_b, sar, vwap |
⏱ 1h
| Strategy | Indicators |
|---|---|
| Trend-Following | ema_20, ema_50, macd, macd_signal, adx, vwap |
| Volatility Breakout | atr_14, bollinger_hband, bollinger_lband, std_20, vwap |
| Momentum Reversal | rsi_14, stoch_k_14, stoch_d_14, roc_10, momentum_10, vwap |
| Momentum + Volatility | rsi_14, atr_14, bollinger_hband, bollinger_lband, roc_10, momentum_10, vwap |
| Hybrid | ema_20, ema_50, atr_14, bollinger_hband, rsi_14, macd, vwap |
| Advanced | tenkan_sen_9, kijun_sen_26, senkou_span_a, senkou_span_b, sar, vwap |
⏱ 4h
| Strategy | Indicators |
|---|---|
| Trend-Following | ema_50, ema_200, macd, macd_signal, adx, vwap |
| Volatility Breakout | atr_14, bollinger_hband, bollinger_lband, std_20, vwap |
| Momentum Reversal | rsi_14, stoch_k_14, stoch_d_14, roc_10, momentum_10, vwap |
| Momentum + Volatility | rsi_14, atr_14, bollinger_hband, bollinger_lband, roc_10, momentum_10, vwap |
| Hybrid | ema_50, ema_200, atr_14, bollinger_hband, rsi_14, macd, vwap |
| Advanced | tenkan_sen_9, kijun_sen_26, senkou_span_a, senkou_span_b, sar, vwap |
⏱ 1d
| Strategy | Indicators |
|---|---|
| Trend-Following | ema_50, ema_200, macd, macd_signal, adx, vwap |
| Volatility Breakout | atr_14, bollinger_hband, bollinger_lband, std_20, vwap |
| Momentum Reversal | rsi_14, stoch_k_14, stoch_d_14, roc_10, momentum_10, vwap |
| Momentum + Volatility | rsi_14, atr_14, bollinger_hband, bollinger_lband, roc_10, momentum_10, vwap |
| Hybrid | ema_50, ema_200, atr_14, bollinger_hband, rsi_14, macd, vwap |
| Advanced | tenkan_sen_9, kijun_sen_26, senkou_span_a, senkou_span_b, sar, vwap |