Crowd Against the Trend
A built-in strategy on Central Command, tested on BloFin history. Held up in testing. 1D candles, long and short, category Funding and Flow.
Rules
Entry. On a closed daily candle, go long when the close is above SMA(50) and the average funding of the last 3 days is negative (shorts paying). Go short when the close is below SMA(50) and the 3-day average funding is above 0.03% (longs paying a lot).
Managing the trade. Close a long on a daily close below SMA(50); close a short on a close above it.
Stop and target. Stop 3 x ATR(14) on the daily chart from the entry. No fixed target.
Exact rules
Funding is BloFin's last settled rate, in percent per 8 hours; averages are taken over the candles.
[EXACT RULES]
timeframe: 1D
long entry: close > SMA(50)
long entry: AVG(FUNDING_PCT, 3) < 0
short entry: close < SMA(50)
short entry: AVG(FUNDING_PCT, 3) > 0.03
long exit: close < SMA(50)
short exit: close > SMA(50)
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 | 43 | +27.7% | 3.21 | 9.8% | 25.6% |
| Judged on | 30 | +3.1% | 1.36 | 7.3% | 36.7% |
| Whole period | 73 | +31.6% | 2.36 | 12.3% | 30.1% |
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, on paper first, or see the rest of the strategy library.