BBWP Squeeze Breakout
A built-in strategy on Central Command, tested on BloFin history. Thin edge in testing. 4H candles, long and short, category Volatility.
Rules
Entry. On a closed 4H candle, when the previous candle's BBWP(13, 252) was below 25: go long on a close above the highest high of the previous 20 candles, short on a close below their lowest low.
Managing the trade. Once the trade is 1R in profit, a 3 x ATR(14) trailing stop follows it. Close after 60 candles at most.
Stop and target. Stop 2 x ATR(14) from the entry. No fixed target: the trailing stop takes the profit.
Exact rules
BBWP ranks how narrow the bands are today against the last 252 candles, 0 to 100.
[EXACT RULES]
timeframe: 4H
long entry: BBWP(13, 252)[1] < 25
long entry: close > PRIOR_HIGH(20)
short entry: BBWP(13, 252)[1] < 25
short entry: close < PRIOR_LOW(20)
stop: 2 ATR(14)
take profit: none
trailing stop: 3 ATR(14) after 1R
max bars: 60
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 | 275 | +35.3% | 1.22 | 20.3% | 41.8% |
| Judged on | 192 | +11.6% | 1.09 | 31.6% | 34.4% |
| Whole period | 467 | +50.9% | 1.16 | 31.6% | 38.8% |
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.