Bollinger Squeeze Breakout
A built-in strategy on Central Command, tested on BloFin history. Held up on its coins, not on others. 4H candles, long and short, category Volatility.
Rules
Entry. On a closed 4H candle, when the Bollinger Band (20, 2) width hit its lowest of the last 180 candles at some point in the last 6 candles: go long when the close crosses above the upper band, short when it crosses below the lower band.
Managing the trade. Once 1R in profit, a 3 x ATR(14) trailing stop follows the trade. Close after 60 candles at most.
Stop and target. Stop 2 x ATR(14) from the entry. No fixed target.
Exact rules
timeframe: 4H
long entry: ANY(BB_WIDTH(20, 2) <= LOWEST(180, BB_WIDTH(20, 2)), 6)
long entry: CROSS_UP(close, BB_UPPER(20, 2))
short entry: ANY(BB_WIDTH(20, 2) <= LOWEST(180, BB_WIDTH(20, 2)), 6)
short entry: CROSS_DOWN(close, BB_LOWER(20, 2))
trailing stop: 3 ATR(14) after 1R
stop: 2 ATR(14)
take profit: none
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 | 103 | +4.8% | 1.09 | 14.5% | 37.9% |
| Judged on | 80 | +42.5% | 1.95 | 16.5% | 38.8% |
| Whole period | 183 | +49.4% | 1.50 | 16.5% | 38.3% |
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.