# EMA Crossover With ADX

A built-in strategy on Central Command, tested on BloFin history. **Held up on its coins, not on others.** 4H candles, long and short, 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. Go short when EMA(20) crosses below EMA(50) and ADX(14) is above 25.

**Managing the trade.** Close a long when EMA(20) crosses back below EMA(50); close a short when it crosses back above.

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

## Exact rules

```text

timeframe: 4H
long entry: CROSS_UP(EMA(20), EMA(50))
long entry: ADX(14) > 25
short entry: CROSS_DOWN(EMA(20), EMA(50))
short entry: ADX(14) > 25
long exit: CROSS_DOWN(EMA(20), EMA(50))
short exit: CROSS_UP(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 | 101 | +108.8% | 2.34 | 19.3% | 31.7% |
| Judged on | 56 | +20.4% | 1.65 | 11.7% | 30.4% |
| Whole period | 157 | +151.7% | 2.03 | 22.4% | 31.2% |

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).