Public trading strategy
Wall Street spooked by new Fed chief's rate-hike hints — short the broad market
Created
Thesis
When the Federal Reserve unexpectedly hints at raising borrowing costs instead of lowering them, it spooks the stock market because loans get more expensive for companies and consumers. The S&P 500 just had its worst reaction to a new Fed chair in nearly 30 years, showing intense investor panic. With bond yields jumping and the committee divided, traders are likely to keep selling riskier stocks in the short term as they wait for the dust to settle.
Strategy approach
Build a rule-based strategy that enters short SPY on the H4 timeframe when the previous daily session closed below its lower Bollinger Band (20, 2) with an RSI(14) below 35. Exit the trade if the daily price closes back above the 10-day simple moving average, or if the trade reaches a maximum 10-bar hold duration.
Markets and timeframes
Entry and exit at a glance
These are the named rules in the shared configuration. Review the full conditions below before using a strategy.
- Entry: Oversold BB/RSI Short (SPY@4h) (2 conditions)
- Entry: Oversold BB/RSI Short (IWM@4h) (2 conditions)
- Exit: Position Exit Rule (SPY@4h) (1 condition)
- Exit: Position Exit Rule (IWM@4h) (1 condition)
- Exit: Stop Loss at 5.0% (1 condition)
- Exit: Take Profit at 10.0% (1 condition)
Shared strategy rules
Rule configuration
{
"data_dependencies": [
{
"symbol": "SPY",
"timeframe": "4h"
},
{
"symbol": "SPY",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
{
"symbol": "IWM",
"timeframe": "4h"
},
{
"symbol": "IWM",
"timeframe": "1d"
}
],
"entry_rules": [
{
"conditions": [
{
"left": {
"field": "close",
"type": "price"
},
"operator": "less_than",
"right": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "SPY",
"timeframe": "4h"
},
"field": "lower",
"indicator": {
"name": "bollinger_bands",
"period": 20,
"std_dev": 2
},
"type": "indicator"
}
},
{
"left": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "SPY",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
"indicator": {
"name": "rsi",
"period": 14
},
"type": "indicator"
},
"operator": "less_than",
"right": {
"type": "constant",
"value": 35
}
}
],
"direction": "short",
"enabled": true,
"id": "entry_1_spy",
"name": "Oversold BB/RSI Short (SPY@4h)",
"priority": 1,
"trade_symbol": "SPY"
},
{
"conditions": [
{
"left": {
"field": "close",
"type": "price"
},
"operator": "less_than",
"right": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "IWM",
"timeframe": "4h"
},
"field": "lower",
"indicator": {
"name": "bollinger_bands",
"period": 20,
"std_dev": 2
},
"type": "indicator"
}
},
{
"left": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "IWM",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
"indicator": {
"name": "rsi",
"period": 14
},
"type": "indicator"
},
"operator": "less_than",
"right": {
"type": "constant",
"value": 35
}
}
],
"direction": "short",
"enabled": true,
"id": "entry_1_iwm",
"name": "Oversold BB/RSI Short (IWM@4h)",
"priority": 2,
"trade_symbol": "IWM"
}
],
"exit_rules": [
{
"applies_to": "both",
"conditions": [
{
"left": {
"field": "close",
"type": "price"
},
"operator": "greater_than",
"right": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "SPY",
"timeframe": "4h"
},
"field": "middle",
"indicator": {
"name": "bollinger_bands",
"period": 20,
"std_dev": 2
},
"type": "indicator"
}
}
],
"enabled": true,
"id": "exit_1_spy",
"name": "Position Exit Rule (SPY@4h)",
"priority": 1,
"purpose": "signal",
"target_symbol": "SPY"
},
{
"applies_to": "both",
"conditions": [
{
"left": {
"field": "close",
"type": "price"
},
"operator": "greater_than",
"right": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "IWM",
"timeframe": "4h"
},
"field": "middle",
"indicator": {
"name": "bollinger_bands",
"period": 20,
"std_dev": 2
},
"type": "indicator"
}
}
],
"enabled": true,
"id": "exit_1_iwm",
"name": "Position Exit Rule (IWM@4h)",
"priority": 2,
"purpose": "signal",
"target_symbol": "IWM"
},
{
"applies_to": "both",
"conditions": [
{
"left": {
"field": "unrealized_pnl_percent",
"type": "position"
},
"operator": "less_than_or_equal",
"right": {
"type": "constant",
"value": -5
}
}
],
"enabled": true,
"id": "exit_2",
"name": "Stop Loss at 5.0%",
"priority": 10,
"purpose": "stop_loss"
},
{
"applies_to": "both",
"conditions": [
{
"left": {
"field": "unrealized_pnl_percent",
"type": "position"
},
"operator": "greater_than_or_equal",
"right": {
"type": "constant",
"value": 10
}
}
],
"enabled": true,
"id": "exit_3",
"name": "Take Profit at 10.0%",
"priority": 11,
"purpose": "take_profit"
}
],
"position_sizing": {
"max_position_percent": 25,
"method": {
"risk_percent": 2,
"stop_loss_percent": 5,
"type": "fixed_risk"
},
"min_position_value": 100
},
"trigger_timeframe": "4h",
"version": 1
}Indicator configuration
{
"indicators": [
{
"name": "bollinger_bands",
"period": 20,
"std_dev": 2
},
{
"name": "rsi",
"period": 14
},
{
"name": "bollinger_bands",
"period": 20,
"std_dev": 2
},
{
"name": "rsi",
"period": 14
},
{
"name": "bollinger_bands",
"period": 20,
"std_dev": 2
},
{
"name": "rsi",
"period": 14
},
{
"name": "bollinger_bands",
"period": 20,
"std_dev": 2
},
{
"name": "rsi",
"period": 14
}
]
}Parsed strategy
{
"data_dependencies": [
{
"symbol": "SPY",
"timeframe": "4h"
},
{
"symbol": "SPY",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
{
"symbol": "IWM",
"timeframe": "4h"
},
{
"symbol": "IWM",
"timeframe": "1d"
}
],
"entry_rules": [
{
"conditions": [
{
"left": {
"field": "close",
"type": "price"
},
"operator": "less_than",
"right": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "SPY",
"timeframe": "4h"
},
"field": "lower",
"indicator": {
"name": "bollinger_bands",
"period": 20,
"std_dev": 2
},
"type": "indicator"
}
},
{
"left": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "SPY",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
"indicator": {
"name": "rsi",
"period": 14
},
"type": "indicator"
},
"operator": "less_than",
"right": {
"type": "constant",
"value": 35
}
}
],
"direction": "short",
"enabled": true,
"id": "entry_1_spy",
"name": "Oversold BB/RSI Short (SPY@4h)",
"priority": 1,
"trade_symbol": "SPY"
},
{
"conditions": [
{
"left": {
"field": "close",
"type": "price"
},
"operator": "less_than",
"right": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "IWM",
"timeframe": "4h"
},
"field": "lower",
"indicator": {
"name": "bollinger_bands",
"period": 20,
"std_dev": 2
},
"type": "indicator"
}
},
{
"left": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "IWM",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
"indicator": {
"name": "rsi",
"period": 14
},
"type": "indicator"
},
"operator": "less_than",
"right": {
"type": "constant",
"value": 35
}
}
],
"direction": "short",
"enabled": true,
"id": "entry_1_iwm",
"name": "Oversold BB/RSI Short (IWM@4h)",
"priority": 2,
"trade_symbol": "IWM"
}
],
"exit_rules": [
{
"applies_to": "both",
"conditions": [
{
"left": {
"field": "close",
"type": "price"
},
"operator": "greater_than",
"right": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "SPY",
"timeframe": "4h"
},
"field": "middle",
"indicator": {
"name": "bollinger_bands",
"period": 20,
"std_dev": 2
},
"type": "indicator"
}
}
],
"enabled": true,
"id": "exit_1_spy",
"name": "Position Exit Rule (SPY@4h)",
"priority": 1,
"purpose": "signal",
"target_symbol": "SPY"
},
{
"applies_to": "both",
"conditions": [
{
"left": {
"field": "close",
"type": "price"
},
"operator": "greater_than",
"right": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "IWM",
"timeframe": "4h"
},
"field": "middle",
"indicator": {
"name": "bollinger_bands",
"period": 20,
"std_dev": 2
},
"type": "indicator"
}
}
],
"enabled": true,
"id": "exit_1_iwm",
"name": "Position Exit Rule (IWM@4h)",
"priority": 2,
"purpose": "signal",
"target_symbol": "IWM"
},
{
"applies_to": "both",
"conditions": [
{
"left": {
"field": "unrealized_pnl_percent",
"type": "position"
},
"operator": "less_than_or_equal",
"right": {
"type": "constant",
"value": -5
}
}
],
"enabled": true,
"id": "exit_2",
"name": "Stop Loss at 5.0%",
"priority": 10,
"purpose": "stop_loss"
},
{
"applies_to": "both",
"conditions": [
{
"left": {
"field": "unrealized_pnl_percent",
"type": "position"
},
"operator": "greater_than_or_equal",
"right": {
"type": "constant",
"value": 10
}
}
],
"enabled": true,
"id": "exit_3",
"name": "Take Profit at 10.0%",
"priority": 11,
"purpose": "take_profit"
}
],
"position_sizing": {
"max_position_percent": 25,
"method": {
"risk_percent": 2,
"stop_loss_percent": 5,
"type": "fixed_risk"
},
"min_position_value": 100
},
"trigger_timeframe": "4h",
"version": 1
}Strategy instructions
Trading agent generated from recommendation idea 'Wall Street spooked by new Fed chief's rate-hike hints — short the broad market on momentum'. Thesis: When the Federal Reserve unexpectedly hints at raising borrowing costs instead of lowering them, it spooks the stock market because loans get more expensive for companies and consumers. The S&P 500 just had its worst reaction to a new Fed chair in nearly 30 years, showing intense investor panic. With bond yields jumping and the committee divided, traders are likely to keep selling riskier stocks in the short term as they wait for the dust to settle.
Performance
No trade count, win rate, or realized P&L figures are provided in this public preview. The thesis and shared rules do not establish a performance record.
What this public preview can establish
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- Technical strategy fields are shared above. Inspect the actual conditions and check when they were evaluated before relying on them.
- No trade count, win rate, or P&L figure is published in this preview. It cannot establish a performance record.
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