Larry Williams Smash Day strategy for Thinkorswim

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I've written a simple thinkscript strategy that implements Larry William's smash day strategy. I've set it up to either choose the bullish or bearish setup on input. It works well on the bullish side, but the bearish side isn't doing what I [think] I've written in the code. When looking at the bearish set up it SHOULD open the trade at the smash day's low on the next day but it seems to be opening the trade at the smash day's high. What am I doing wrong? Any help is much appreciated! Here it is:

Code:
#LW Smash day strategy
input positionType = {default bull, bear};
input stop = yes;  #Placeholder
input stoplossper = 10;  #placeholder

#Bullish smash day setup
def condition1 = close < open;
def condition2 = close < low[1];

#Bearish smash day setup
def condition4 = close > open;
def condition5 = close > high[1];

def smashDay;
def openDay;
def openPrice;
def closePrice;
def openType;
def closeType;
switch (positionType) {
case bear:
   smashDay = condition4 and condition5;
   openDay = smashDay and low[-1] < low;
   openPrice = low;
   closePrice = close[-1];
   openType = OrderType.SELL_TO_OPEN;
   closeType = OrderType.BUY_TO_CLOSE;
default:
   smashDay = condition1 and condition2;
   openDay = smashDay and high[-1] > high;
   openPrice = high;
   closePrice = open[-1];
   openType = OrderType.BUY_TO_OPEN;
   closeType = OrderType.SELL_TO_CLOSE;
}

AddOrder(openType, openDay,  name = "Open @ " + openPrice);

def entryprice = entryPrice();
AddOrder(closeType, !IsNaN(entryprice), price=closePrice, name = "Close @ " + closePrice + " | " + entryprice);

Also meant to specify that the code is written assuming daily charts only.
 
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I've written a simple thinkscript strategy that implements Larry William's smash day strategy. I've set it up to either choose the bullish or bearish setup on input. It works well on the bullish side, but the bearish side isn't doing what I [think] I've written in the code. When looking at the bearish set up it SHOULD open the trade at the smash day's low on the next day but it seems to be opening the trade at the smash day's high. What am I doing wrong? Any help is much appreciated! Here it is:

#LW Smash day strategy
input positionType = {default bull, bear};
input stop = yes; #Placeholder
input stoplossper = 10; #placeholder

#Bullish smash day setup
def condition1 = close < open;
def condition2 = close < low[1];

#Bearish...
I've written a simple thinkscript strategy that implements Larry William's smash day strategy. I've set it up to either choose the bullish or bearish setup on input. It works well on the bullish side, but the bearish side isn't doing what I [think] I've written in the code. When looking at the bearish set up it SHOULD open the trade at the smash day's low on the next day but it seems to be opening the trade at the smash day's high. What am I doing wrong? Any help is much appreciated! Here it is:

#LW Smash day strategy
input positionType = {default bull, bear};
input stop = yes; #Placeholder
input stoplossper = 10; #placeholder

#Bullish smash day setup
def condition1 = close < open;
def condition2 = close < low[1];

#Bearish smash day setup
def condition4 = close > open;
def condition5 = close > high[1];

def smashDay;
def openDay;
def openPrice;
def closePrice;
def openType;
def closeType;
switch (positionType) {
case bear:
smashDay = condition4 and condition5;
openDay = smashDay and low[-1] < low;
openPrice = low;
closePrice = close[-1];
openType = OrderType.SELL_TO_OPEN;
closeType = OrderType.BUY_TO_CLOSE;
default:
smashDay = condition1 and condition2;
openDay = smashDay and high[-1] > high;
openPrice = high;
closePrice = open[-1];
openType = OrderType.BUY_TO_OPEN;
closeType = OrderType.SELL_TO_CLOSE;
}

AddOrder(openType, openDay, openPrice, name = "Open @ " + openPrice);

def entryprice = entryPrice();
AddOrder(closeType, !IsNaN(entryprice), price=closePrice, name = "Close @ " + closePrice + " | " + entryprice);

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Also meant to specify that the code is written assuming daily charts only.

i added this to your code,

Code:
addchartbubble(1,low,
entryprice
, (if !IsNaN(entryprice) then color.yellow else color.gray), no);

trades only last for 1 bar , ( a valid entryprice for one 1 bar)
because,
you are using this to close a trade
!IsNaN(entryprice)

if no trade, then it is na
when a trade opens, there is a valid entryprice
then on the next bar the price is not an error , and triggers a close

def entryprice = entryPrice();
AddOrder(closeType, !IsNaN(entryprice), price=closePrice, name = "Close @ " + closePrice + " | " + entryprice);


you need to come up with new rules to trigger a close
 
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i added this to your code,

Code:
addchartbubble(1,low,
entryprice
, (if !IsNaN(entryprice) then color.yellow else color.gray), no);

trades only last for 1 bar , ( a valid entryprice for one 1 bar)
because,
you are using this to close a trade
!IsNaN(entryprice)

if no trade, then it is na
when a trade opens, there is a valid entryprice
then on the next bar the price is not an error , and triggers a close

def entryprice = entryPrice();
AddOrder(closeType, !IsNaN(entryprice), price=closePrice, name = "Close @ " + closePrice + " | " + entryprice);


you need to come up with new rules to trigger a close
Thanks for the assist! I made a few modifications to make it more general. I originally just wanted to see the results after holding the position (long or short) until the next day, but added some to specify the number of days (or bars) to stay in the trade. This makes the close order correctly trigger on the bull side, but still when taking a bearish position, the entry/open price is at the high of the smash(bear) day, not the low as I intended. Any obvious hints as to why?? Just looking at the very first opening bear position, it's not doing it correctly. Here's the modified code:

Code:
input positionType = {default bull, bear};
input openFilter = no;
input ndays = 2;
input stop = yes;  #Placeholder
input stoplossper = 10;  #placeholder

def ema5 = MovingAverage( AverageType.EXPONENTIAL, close, 5 );
def ema13 = MovingAverage( AverageType.EXPONENTIAL, close, 13 );

#Bullish smash day setup
def condition1 = close < open;
def condition2 = close < low[1];

#Bearish smash day setup
def condition4 = close > open;
def condition5 = close > high[1];

def smashDay;
def openDay;
def openPrice;
def closePrice;
def openType;
def closeType;
switch (positionType) {
case bear:
   smashDay = condition4 and condition5;
   openDay = smashDay and low[-1] < low;
   openPrice = low;
   closePrice = close;
   openType = OrderType.SELL_TO_OPEN;
   closeType = OrderType.BUY_TO_CLOSE;
default:
   smashDay = if openFilter then condition1 and condition2 and ema5 >= ema13 else condition1 and condition2;
   openDay = smashDay and high[-1] > high;
   openPrice = high;
   closePrice = open;
   openType = OrderType.BUY_TO_OPEN;
   closeType = OrderType.SELL_TO_CLOSE;
}

AddOrder(openType, openDay, name = "Open @ " + openPrice);

def offset = ndays - 2;
def entry = if(isNaN(EntryPrice()), entry[1], EntryPrice());
def x = barNumber();
def xB = if(entry != entry[1], x, xB[1]);

AddOrder(closeType, x crosses above xB+offset, price=closePrice, name = "Close @ " + closePrice + " | " + entry);
 
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