# ADX Wakes Up, Long Only

A built-in strategy on Central Command, tested on BloFin history. **Thin edge in testing.** 4H candles, long only, category Momentum.

## Rules

**Entry.** On a closed 4H candle, go long when ADX(14) crosses up through 25, +DI is above -DI and the close is above EMA(50). Long only.

**Managing the trade.** Close when -DI crosses above +DI.

**Stop and target.** Stop 2 x ATR(14) from the entry. No fixed target.

## Exact rules

```text

A long-only sibling of ADX Wakes Up (adx-wake-up), from the v3 rule in scripts/library-research/catalog-extra/v3-siblings.ts: in-sample (1 Oct 2023 to 31 Jul 2025), at its chosen setting, ADX Wakes Up's longs made +184.3% and its shorts -8.4% (summed trade results as a share of the $10,000 start). The rules are the parent's with the short side removed; its own setting was chosen in-sample like every other.

[EXACT RULES]
timeframe: 4H
direction: long only
long entry: CROSS_UP(ADX(14), 25)
long entry: PLUS_DI(14) > MINUS_DI(14)
long entry: close > EMA(50)
long exit: CROSS_UP(MINUS_DI(14), PLUS_DI(14))
stop: 2 ATR(14)
take profit: none

```

## How it tested

Settings were chosen on 2023-10-01 to 2025-08-01, then judged once on 2025-08-01 to 2026-10-19, which was not looked at while choosing. Figures are after fees, on BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, DOGE, BNB.

| | Trades | Return | Profit factor | Worst drop | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chosen on | 140 | +184.0% | 2.24 | 20.7% | 34.3% |
| Judged on | 93 | +4.4% | 1.07 | 29.7% | 25.8% |
| Whole period | 233 | +196.6% | 1.61 | 29.7% | 30.9% |

Holding Bitcoin over the same judged period returned -29.0%.

A backtest is not a result. Past results, paper or live, do not guarantee future returns.

Run these rules as your own [agent](/agents/new), on paper first, or see the rest of the [strategy library](/strategies/library).