SharpTrader Pairs Trading: Direction parameter explained — all 8 modes Thursday May 28th, 2026 – Posted in: Arbitrage Software

BJF TRADING GROUP · PRODUCT REFERENCE SharpTrader Pairs Trading: the Direction Parameter Explained — All 8 Modes Direction controls which side of the pair gets the buy and which gets the sell once the Zindex threshold fires. The eight modes split into two strategic camps — fade the divergence (mean-reversion) and ride the divergence (momentum) — with one outlier, Inversed, that flips the trigger condition itself. This page is the practical reference: what each mode…