# ADX Wakes Up

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

## Rules

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

**Managing the trade.** Close a long when -DI crosses above +DI; close a short when +DI crosses above -DI.

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

## Exact rules

```text

timeframe: 4H
long entry: CROSS_UP(ADX(14), 25)
long entry: PLUS_DI(14) > MINUS_DI(14)
long entry: close > EMA(50)
short entry: CROSS_UP(ADX(14), 25)
short entry: MINUS_DI(14) > PLUS_DI(14)
short entry: close < EMA(50)
long exit: CROSS_UP(MINUS_DI(14), PLUS_DI(14))
short exit: CROSS_UP(PLUS_DI(14), MINUS_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 | 267 | +197.5% | 1.73 | 24.3% | 37.1% |
| Judged on | 182 | +13.2% | 1.10 | 33.6% | 29.7% |
| Whole period | 449 | +236.2% | 1.36 | 33.6% | 34.1% |

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).