# 4H Breakout Above the Daily Average, Long Only

A built-in strategy on Central Command, tested on BloFin history. **Thin edge in testing.** 4H candles, long only, category Multi-Timeframe.

## Rules

**Entry.** On a closed 4H candle, go long when the close is above the highest high of the previous 40 candles and the last daily close is above its SMA(50). Long only.

**Managing the trade.** Close when a 4H candle closes below the lowest low of the previous 40 candles.

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

## Exact rules

```text

The daily filter reads the last CLOSED daily candle.

[EXACT RULES]
timeframe: 4H
direction: long only
long entry: close > PRIOR_HIGH(40)
long entry: close@1D > SMA(50)@1D
long exit: close < PRIOR_LOW(40)
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 | 67 | +157.6% | 3.61 | 18.3% | 41.8% |
| Judged on | 48 | +5.2% | 1.18 | 24.0% | 27.1% |
| Whole period | 115 | +171.5% | 2.23 | 24.1% | 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).