# EMA Crossover With ADX, Long Only

A built-in strategy on Central Command, tested on BloFin history. **Held up in testing.** 4H candles, long only, category Trend Following.

## Rules

**Entry.** On a closed 4H candle, go long when EMA(20) crosses above EMA(50) and ADX(14) is above 25. Long only.

**Managing the trade.** Close when EMA(20) crosses back below EMA(50).

**Stop and target.** Stop 2.5 x ATR(14) from the entry, never moved. No fixed target: the opposite cross exits.

## Exact rules

```text

A long-only sibling of EMA Crossover With ADX (ema-adx-trend), from the v3 rule in scripts/library-research/catalog-extra/v3-siblings.ts: in-sample (1 Oct 2023 to 31 Jul 2025), at its chosen setting, EMA Crossover With ADX's longs made +120% and its shorts -13.3% (summed trade results as a share of the $10,000 start). The rules are the parent's with the short side removed; its own setting was chosen in-sample like every other.

[EXACT RULES]
timeframe: 4H
direction: long only
long entry: CROSS_UP(EMA(20), EMA(50))
long entry: ADX(14) > 25
long exit: CROSS_DOWN(EMA(20), EMA(50))
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 | 45 | +150.5% | 4.04 | 18.3% | 28.9% |
| Judged on | 31 | +6.3% | 1.35 | 20.6% | 25.8% |
| Whole period | 76 | +166.3% | 2.75 | 30.3% | 27.6% |

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).