# Elder Impulse System

A built-in strategy on Central Command, tested on BloFin history. **Held up in testing.** 1D candles, long and short, category Momentum.

## Rules

**Entry.** A day is green when EMA(13) and the MACD histogram (12, 26, 9) both rose from the day before, red when both fell. On a closed daily candle, go long on the first green day after one that was not green, with the close above EMA(91); go short on the first red day, with the close below EMA(91).

**Managing the trade.** Close a long on the first red day; close a short on the first green day.

**Stop and target.** Stop 2.5 x ATR(14) on the daily chart from the entry. No fixed target.

## Exact rules

```text

timeframe: 1D
long entry: EMA(13) > EMA(13)[1] AND MACD_HIST(12, 26, 9) > MACD_HIST(12, 26, 9)[1]
long entry: NOT (EMA(13)[1] > EMA(13)[2] AND MACD_HIST(12, 26, 9)[1] > MACD_HIST(12, 26, 9)[2])
long entry: close > EMA(91)
short entry: EMA(13) < EMA(13)[1] AND MACD_HIST(12, 26, 9) < MACD_HIST(12, 26, 9)[1]
short entry: NOT (EMA(13)[1] < EMA(13)[2] AND MACD_HIST(12, 26, 9)[1] < MACD_HIST(12, 26, 9)[2])
short entry: close < EMA(91)
long exit: EMA(13) < EMA(13)[1] AND MACD_HIST(12, 26, 9) < MACD_HIST(12, 26, 9)[1]
short exit: EMA(13) > EMA(13)[1] AND MACD_HIST(12, 26, 9) > MACD_HIST(12, 26, 9)[1]
stop: 2.5 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 | 177 | +22.7% | 1.56 | 11.5% | 34.5% |
| Judged on | 127 | +7.6% | 1.27 | 7.7% | 29.9% |
| Whole period | 304 | +32.0% | 1.43 | 11.5% | 32.6% |

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).