# Crowd Against the Trend, 8H, Long Only

A built-in strategy on Central Command, tested on BloFin history. **Held up on its coins, not on others.** 8H candles, long only, category Funding and Flow.

## Rules

**Entry.** On a closed 8H candle, go long when the close is above SMA(150) (50 days) and the average of the last 3 funding settlements (one day) is below 0%. Long only.

**Managing the trade.** Close on an 8H close below SMA(150).

**Stop and target.** Stop 3 x ATR(14) on the 8H chart from the entry. No fixed target.

## Exact rules

```text

Funding is BloFin's last settled rate, in percent per 8 hours; averages are taken over the candles. 8H candles close at 00:00, 08:00 and 16:00 UTC, so a signal is checked three times a day.

[EXACT RULES]
timeframe: 8H
direction: long only
long entry: close > SMA(150)
long entry: AVG(FUNDING_PCT, 3) < 0
long exit: close < SMA(150)
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 | 41 | +93.2% | 5.52 | 19.5% | 29.3% |
| Judged on | 44 | +4.4% | 1.23 | 19.9% | 15.9% |
| Whole period | 85 | +101.6% | 2.76 | 27.0% | 22.4% |

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).