# Breakout With Buying Pressure

A built-in strategy on Central Command, tested on BloFin history. **Held up in testing.** 4H candles, long and short, category Funding and Flow.

## Rules

**Entry.** On a closed 4H candle, go long when the close is above the highest high of the previous 20 candles, above EMA(200), and estimated volume delta over the last 20 candles is positive. Go short when the close is below the lowest low of the previous 20, below EMA(200), with negative delta.

**Managing the trade.** Close a long when a 4H candle closes below the lowest low of the previous 20 candles; close a short when one closes above the highest high of the previous 20.

**Stop and target.** Stop 3 x ATR(14) from the entry, never moved. No fixed target.

## Exact rules

```text

Delta is estimated from each candle: volume times where the close sits in its range. BloFin publishes no trade-by-trade history, so true order-flow delta can't be backtested yet; the agent reads the same estimate the test did.

[EXACT RULES]
timeframe: 4H
long entry: close > PRIOR_HIGH(20)
long entry: close > EMA(200)
long entry: CVD_EST(20) > 0
short entry: close < PRIOR_LOW(20)
short entry: close < EMA(200)
short entry: CVD_EST(20) < 0
long exit: close < PRIOR_LOW(20)
short exit: close > PRIOR_HIGH(20)
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 | 235 | +84.3% | 1.49 | 26.1% | 32.8% |
| Judged on | 144 | +48.6% | 1.59 | 17.8% | 40.3% |
| Whole period | 379 | +174.8% | 1.54 | 26.1% | 35.6% |

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).