Awesome Oscillator Zero Cross, Long Only
A built-in strategy on Central Command, tested on BloFin history. Held up in testing. 4H candles, long only, category Momentum.
Rules
Entry. The oscillator is SMA(5) of the candle midpoint (high + low) / 2 minus SMA(34) of it. On a closed 4H candle, go long when it crosses above zero with the close above EMA(200). Long only.
Managing the trade. Close when the oscillator crosses back below zero.
Stop and target. Stop 3 x ATR(14) from the entry, never moved. No fixed target.
Exact rules
A long-only sibling of Awesome Oscillator Zero Cross (awesome-oscillator-cross), 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, Awesome Oscillator Zero Cross's longs made +131% and its shorts -5.5% (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(SMA(5, hl2) - SMA(34, hl2), 0)
long entry: close > EMA(200)
long exit: SMA(5, hl2) - SMA(34, hl2) < 0
stop: 3 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 | 228 | +163.8% | 2.20 | 15.3% | 35.1% |
| Judged on | 112 | +19.3% | 1.42 | 21.3% | 28.6% |
| Whole period | 340 | +214.8% | 1.83 | 21.3% | 32.9% |
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, on paper first, or see the rest of the strategy library.