# 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

```text

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](/agents/new), on paper first, or see the rest of the [strategy library](/strategies/library).