Strategy / Momentum
Pullback: how the bot trades.
Looks for a shallow dip toward a moving average while the broader trend remains intact.
- Suits
- Established trends
- Fast / slow windows
- set by you
- Pullback depth
- set by you
- Stop-loss
- set by you
- Take-profit
- set by you
In short
What is the Pullback strategy?
The Pullback bot trades only inside an established trend: in an uptrend it buys a shallow dip back toward the fast moving average, and in short mode it sells a shallow rally in a downtrend.
On Jassrox, Pullback runs server-side on your connected MetaTrader 5 account, so your computer can be off. Like every strategy on the platform, it can lose money; test it on the demo first.
- Family
- Momentum
- Direction
- Long or short, one direction per bot.
- Tends to suit
- Established trends
Mechanics
How does Pullback enter and exit?
The rules below are what the Pullback engine does on every tick, in plain words.
Entry
How it enters
A trend exists when the fast moving average is above the slow one (or below it for a short bot). The bot then waits for price to pull back to within the pullback depth of the fast average and enters in the trend's direction.
Exit
How it exits
The position closes at the stop-loss or take-profit, set as a percentage, pips or ATR multiples (ATR sizing is on by default), or when the trend breaks and the averages cross back. It can also flatten before the weekend or a daily break.
Market conditions
When does Pullback fit, and when does it struggle?
No strategy suits every market. These are the conditions its rules assume, and the ones that break them.
Tends to fit
- Steady trends with orderly, shallow pullbacks
- Markets where the fast average acts as a level traders respect
Tends to struggle
- Trend reversals that start as an ordinary-looking dip
- Choppy markets where the averages keep crossing
Configuration
Which settings matter most?
Each bot can start from an AI preset, a plain-English description or manual values. These are the settings to understand before you start.
- Direction
- Long, to buy dips in an uptrend, or short, to sell rallies in a downtrend.
- Fast / slow windows
- The two moving averages that define the trend.
- Pullback depth
- How close, in percent, price must come to the fast average to enter.
- Stop-loss and take-profit
- A fixed percent or pips, or ATR multiples.
Risk
What can go wrong with Pullback?
A dip can become a reversal. The trend filter and exit rules need testing across changing volatility, not just trending periods.
- The dip you buy can be the start of a reversal.
- Moving averages lag, so the trend can break before the filter notices.
- Results that look good in trending periods can fall apart in mixed ones.
In the app
How the New Bot wizard describes it
Labelled "experimental" in the New Bot wizard: some changes helped in early tests, but a cost-aware replay on gold was negative.
Account-wide risk limits (daily loss, weekly loss, drawdown from peak and symbol exposure) apply on top of the strategy's own exits.
FAQ
Questions about Pullback
What is a pullback strategy?
It waits for an existing trend, then enters on a temporary move against it, buying a dip in an uptrend or selling a rally in a downtrend, rather than buying at a fresh high.
Can the Pullback bot sell short?
Yes. Set its direction to short and it sells rallies toward the fast average while the fast average is below the slow one.
When does the Pullback bot exit?
At its stop-loss or take-profit, or when the moving averages cross back and the trend it was trading has broken.
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