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TemaMaster Strategy: The Art of Chasing Trends

Nickname: The Trend Hunter
Occupation: Aggressive Trend Follower / Big Profit Catcher
Timeframe: 5 minutes

1. What is This Strategy?​

Simply put, TemaMaster is:

  • A strategy that chases big profits
  • Uses three indicators combined to judge buy points
  • Lets profits "run", doesn't sell easily

Like a "greedy hunter", squatting next to big profits, won't stop until goal achieved 🦁

2. Core Configuration: "Greedy Configuration"​

Take-profit Rules (ROI Table)​

Just opened: Sell at 20.937% profit
After 4 hours: Sell at 6.449% profit
After 32 hours: Sell at 1.703% profit
After 58 hours: Any profit, just sell

Translation: When just opened "I want 20%!", then a bit later "fine, 6% works", finally "just don't lose money."

This is called the "gradually accepting fate" mode 😂

Stop-loss Rule​

Stop-loss: Run at 14.8% loss

Translation: Stop-loss is quite wide, giving price enough "wiggle room."

Trailing Stop (The Main Event)​

Trailing stop activation: Profit reaches 26.7%
Trailing stop distance: Sell when falling 17% from peak

Translation:

  • After making 26.7%, start trailing
  • Price rises to +30%, won't sell until dropping to +13%
  • This is a "let profits run" configuration

3. The 1 Buy Condition: Combo Move​

🎯 The Only Buy Condition: Three-Indicator Combo​

Core Logic: TEMA crosses above Bollinger lower band + CMO not too bad

Plain English:

"Buy when price drops to Bollinger lower band then starts bouncing, and momentum isn't too bad."

What are the Three Indicators?

IndicatorFancy NameWhat It Does
TEMATriple Exponential Moving AverageSmooths price, faster response than EMA
Bollinger BandsBollinger BandsMarks price's "normal range"
CMOChande Momentum OscillatorShows long/short power comparison

Buy Signal Breakdown:

  1. TEMA crosses above BB lower band

    • Bollinger lower band = price "floor"
    • TEMA coming up from below floor = might rebound

  2. CMO > -5

    • CMO range is -100 to +100
    • Above -5 = momentum not too negative
    • Excludes "free fall" style drops

Plain English Translation:

"Price got beaten to the floor, showing some bounce signs, and not in crazy crash mode, then buy."

4. Sell Logic: All Automatic​

Sell Signal? None!​

This strategy has no active sell signal. Relies entirely on:

  1. ROI auto-sell (hit target profit)
  2. Trailing stop (fall back after rising a lot)
  3. Hard stop-loss (lost too much)

Plain English:

"After buying I don't care. Either make enough, lose enough, or rise then fall back down."

Tiered Take-Profit (Human Version)​

TimeTarget ProfitWhat It Means
Just opened20.9%"I want to double!"
After 4 hours6.4%"Fine, some profit works"
After 1 day1.7%"Whatever, just take it"
After 2.5 days0%"Any profit works, just don't lose"

Roast: This config is too aggressive, 20% target is unrealistic 😅

5. Trailing Stop: The Soul of This Strategy​

How Does Trailing Stop Work?​

Imagine you bought a coin, price starts rising:

Buy price: $100
Rises to $126.7 (+26.7%) → Trailing stop activates!
Continues to $150 → Trailing stop moves to $150 × 0.83 = $124.5
Continues to $200 → Trailing stop moves to $200 × 0.83 = $166
Then falls to $166 → Triggers sell! Made 66%!

Plain English:

"After making 26.7%, I'll follow the price like a shadow. You rise, I rise. But if you drop more than 17%, I sell."

Where is This Config Aggressive?​

ParameterValueComment
Activation threshold26.7%Too high! Most trades won't reach it
Trailing distance17%Also very wide, may give back lots of profit

Roast: 26.7% to start trailing, this isn't "catching big fish", it's "catching whales" 🐋

6. This Strategy's "Personality Traits"​

✅ Pros (Praise Time)​

  1. Good trailing take-profit design: Can make a lot in big trends
  2. Multi-indicator combo: TEMA + BB + CMO triple verification
  3. Tiered ROI: Lower requirements over time, avoid stubborn holding
  4. Clean code: Clear logic, easy to understand

⚠️ Cons (Roast Time)​

  1. No active sell: Relies entirely on ROI and stop-loss, may miss best exit points
  2. ROI too aggressive: 20% target isn't common even in crypto
  3. Trailing stop activates too late: 26.7% to start, medium gains unprotected
  4. Stop-loss too wide: -14.8%, single trade may lose a lot

7. Applicable Scenarios: When to Use It?​

Market EnvironmentRecommendationReason
Strong trend✅ Highly recommendedTrailing take-profit is killer
Ranging market❌ Don't useMany false breakouts, frequent stop-losses
One-way downtrend❌ Don't useFew buy signals
High volatility coins🤔 Can workBB breakouts more effective

8. Summary: How Good is This Strategy?​

One-sentence Review​

"Money machine in big trends, money loser in ranging markets."

Who Should Use It?​

  • ✅ People who believe in trend trading
  • ✅ People who can accept wide stop-losses
  • ✅ People pursuing big single-trade returns
  • ✅ People with patience waiting for big trends

Who Should NOT Use It?​

  • ❌ People who don't like trailing stops
  • ❌ People pursuing stable small returns
  • ❌ People trading in ranging markets
  • ❌ People with tight stop-losses

My Suggestions​

  1. Adjust trailing stop threshold: Lower to 15-20%, protect profits faster
  2. Lower ROI target: Initial target to 10-15% more realistic
  3. Tighten stop-loss: -10% or tighter, control single trade risk
  4. Pick right coins: Choose volatile coins with trends

9. What Markets Can This Strategy Make Money In?​

TemaMaster's money-making philosophy is simple:

"Find oversold reversal signals, then sit and wait for big rises, after 26% start trailing protection."

Markets It Fits:

  • 📈 Strong trends: Trailing take-profit maximizes effect
  • 🔄 Ranging: Many false breakouts, may repeatedly stop out

9.2 Performance in Different Markets (Plain English Version)​

Market TypePerformance RatingPlain English Explanation
📈 Strong trend⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Trailing take-profit lets you profit from start to finish
🔄 Ranging⭐⭐☆☆☆BB lower band breakouts all false signals in ranging
📉 Downtrend⭐☆☆☆☆Very few buy signals in downtrends
⚡ High volatility⭐⭐⭐⭐☆Need volatility to reach trailing activation threshold

One-sentence Summary: Wait for big trends, don't mess around in ranging markets.

10. Want to Run This Strategy? Check These Configurations First​

10.1 Trading Pair Configuration​

Configuration ItemSuggested ValueComment
Number of pairs5-15Too many to keep track of
Timeframe5 minutesDefault works
Coin selectionVolatile coinsHow to rise to 26% without volatility?

10.2 Key Config File Settings​

# Trailing stop (suggest adjusting)
trailing_stop: True
trailing_stop_positive: 0.15      # Lower a bit
trailing_stop_positive_offset: 0.18  # Lower a bit

# ROI (suggest adjusting)
minimal_roi:
  "0": 0.10      # 10% more realistic
  "120": 0.05    # 5% after 2 hours
  "360": 0.02    # 2% after 6 hours
  "720": 0       # Break-even after 12 hours

# Stop-loss (suggest adjusting)
stoploss: -0.10  # Tighten stop-loss

10.3 Hardware Requirements​

Number of PairsMinimum MemoryRecommended MemoryExperience
1-10 pairs2GB4GBOkay
10-50 pairs4GB8GBSmooth

11. Easter Egg: Strategy Author's "Little Secrets"​

Looking carefully at the code, you'll find some interesting things:

  1. informative_pairs defined but not used

    "I prepared reference exchange rate, but... eh, never mind for now."

  2. Sell condition is empty

    # Sell condition: empty
    dataframe.loc[(), 'sell'] = 1

    "After buying, just lie flat, let ROI and trailing stop handle it."

  3. Parameters precise to 5 decimal places

    trailing_stop_positive = 0.17017
    trailing_stop_positive_offset = 0.26713

    "These parameters came from hyperparameter optimization, don't ask why these numbers."

  4. sell_profit_only = True

    "Only sell when making money, just hold if losing."

12. The Very Last Word​

One-sentence Review​

"Big trend catcher, ranging market victim."

Who Should Use It?​

  • ✅ Trend trading believers
  • ✅ Pursuing big single-trade returns
  • ✅ Can accept wide stop-losses
  • ✅ Patient waiting for trends

Who Should NOT Use It?​

  • ❌ Pursuing stable small returns
  • ❌ Don't like trailing stops
  • ❌ Ranging market lovers
  • ❌ People with tight stop-losses

Suggestions for Manual Traders​

You can borrow this strategy's thinking:

  • Use TEMA + BB to find oversold reversal points
  • Use CMO to filter extreme downtrends
  • Trailing take-profit protects big profits
  • But adjust parameters to make it more practical

13. ⚠️ Risk Re-emphasis (Must Read)​

Backtesting Looks Good, Live Trading Be Careful​

TemaMaster's parameters (precise to 5 decimal places) are clearly from hyperparameter optimization:

This is a classic "curve fitting" feature—parameters adjusted to perfectly match historical data, but future may differ.

Simply put: Memorizing answers mode, the exam might be different.

Hidden Risks of Aggressive Parameters​

In live trading, aggressive parameters may cause:

  • ROI target hard to achieve: 20% target unrealistic most of the time
  • Trailing stop won't be used: Most trades won't reach 26.7% activation threshold
  • Stop-loss too wide: Single trade may lose 15%
  • No active sell: Miss best exit points

My Suggestion (Honest Words)​

1. Lower trailing stop activation threshold to 15-18%
2. Lower initial ROI target to 10-15%
3. Tighten stop-loss to -10%
4. Pick volatile coins with trends
5. Small position testing, don't go all-in from the start

Remember: The more "precise" the strategy parameters, the more likely it's overfit. Light position testing, survival first! 🙏

Strategy Number: #408