# Breakout, Skipping Crowded Funding

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 40 candles and above EMA(200), unless the last funding rate is 0.02% per 8 hours or higher (longs crowded). Go short when the close is below the lowest low of the previous 40 candles and below EMA(200), unless funding is -0.01% or lower (shorts crowded).

**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

Funding is BloFin's last settled rate, in percent per 8 hours.

[EXACT RULES]
timeframe: 4H
long entry: close > PRIOR_HIGH(40)
long entry: close > EMA(200)
long entry: FUNDING_PCT < 0.02
short entry: close < PRIOR_LOW(40)
short entry: close < EMA(200)
short entry: FUNDING_PCT > -0.01
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 | 176 | +185.8% | 2.10 | 29.8% | 39.2% |
| Judged on | 126 | +20.8% | 1.33 | 15.4% | 36.5% |
| Whole period | 302 | +245.9% | 1.70 | 29.8% | 38.1% |

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).