Can Darvas Box be used as a automated strategy

[coolma1973]

I was wondering if Darvas box can be twisted and developed to be used as automated trading strategy?

[Radical]

I think it would depend on what you mean by that.

[NinjaTrader_JC]

Hello coolma1973,

Welcome to the NinjaTrader Support Forums!

I am not quite sure what you mean by twisted, but the Darvas indicator can have its plot points recalculated as incoming data is updated, thus making it challenging to use in a strategy via programmatic calls. It is mainly used as a means to be a visual trading tool.

With that said you can still use the Darvas indicator for your calculations but you would need to understand what price points can be accessed at which time programmatically, since those can be different from the historically plotted ones.

Let us know if we can be of further assistance.