HMA, Top and Bottom Indicator, TDFI, ADX + MA Strategy

A BTC/USDT 2-hour trading strategy using a Hull Moving Average, Top and Bottom Indicator, TDFI, and ADX + MA to identify market tops and bottoms for entry.

Published · Updated · Methodology: Technical Indicators

Part of: Moving Average Strategies

  • Methodology: Technical Indicators
  • Content type: strategy
  • Timeframes: 2-hour
  • Markets: BTC/USDT

Indicators used

  • HMA (Hull Moving Average)
  • Top and Bottom Indicator (TBI) by DaviddTech
  • Trend Direction Force Index (TDFI) by DaviddTech
  • ADX + MA by DaviddTech
  • ATR Bands by DaviddTech

Source video

Decoded from: Simple Trading Strategy Top & Bottoms Strategy Proven & Tested 100+ Trades. by Trading with DaviddTech — watch the original

Key timestamps:

  • 0:28 - Strategy introduction
  • 0:44 - HMA indicator settings and use
  • 1:45 - Top and Bottom Indicator (TBI) settings and use
  • 2:49 - Trend Direction Force Index (TDFI) use
  • 3:29 - ADX + MA indicator use
  • 3:55 - Long entry example and full strategy rules
  • 4:15 - Stop loss and take profit rules
  • 5:00 - Backtesting results

Strategy overview

A Hull Moving Average is a weighted construction designed to track price with less lag than a simple average — and on this page it is the only component a viewer could go and look up anywhere else. The other four indicators in the stack, the Top and Bottom Indicator, the Trend Direction Force Index, an ADX + MA composite and a set of ATR Bands, all carry the same attribution: DaviddTech, the channel publishing the video. What is being taught here is less a strategy assembled from public tools than a guided tour of one creator's own toolkit, with the moving average as the shared vocabulary holding it together.

That shapes how the setup reads. The HMA takes the first chapter after the introduction, at 0:44, before any of the proprietary layers appear — the baseline everyone already understands, laid down first. The average then turns up again one level down, inside the ADX + MA composite, where a trend-strength reading and a moving average are packaged as a single instrument rather than two. By the time the ATR Bands arrive, the volatility-scaled layer usually reserved for stops and targets, the chart is carrying five indicators, four of them from a single author.

The source video, "Simple Trading Strategy Top & Bottoms Strategy Proven & Tested 100+ Trades.", holds its entry example and rule set back to the final chapter at 3:55, after roughly three and a half minutes of indicator setup, with the worked example on the long side. The 2-hour timeframe is the only structural fact attached to this record — no instrument, no session, and no decoded rules on file — and the tested-over-100-trades claim belongs to the title rather than to anything verified here. This entry catalogues the concept and the components as the source presents them.

Topics

trading strategy · pine script · tradingview strategy · technical indicators · btc trading strategy · 2 hour timeframe strategy · swing trading · hull moving average strategy · adx indicator strategy · top and bottom indicator · tdfi strategy · crypto trading strategy · market top bottom strategy

Frequently asked questions

What is the Hull Moving Average (HMA)?

The HMA is a moving average built from weighted averages of different lengths so that it responds to price faster than a simple or exponential average of the same period. Traders typically use it as a trend reference or directional filter rather than as a standalone signal.

Which indicators does this Top & Bottoms strategy combine?

Five: a Hull Moving Average, plus the Top and Bottom Indicator (TBI), the Trend Direction Force Index (TDFI), an ADX + MA composite and ATR Bands. The last four are all published by DaviddTech, the same channel as the video, so the HMA is the only off-the-shelf component in the stack.

What timeframe does this strategy use?

The 2-hour chart is the timeframe on record for this entry — slower than the intraday charts most multi-indicator setups are demonstrated on, and the only structural detail filed alongside it. No instrument, market or session is specified.

Has this strategy actually been tested over 100 trades?

That figure comes from the video's own title; it is the creator's claim, not a result verified on this page, and no performance data or decoded rules are attached to this record. If you want to know how a setup like this behaves, backtest it yourself on historical data — Strategy Decoder catalogues strategies from video sources so you can evaluate them on TradingView.

About this strategy page

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