# 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

```text

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](/agents/new), on paper first, or see the rest of the [strategy library](/strategies/library).