# Hourly Breakout in the 4H Trend

A built-in strategy on Central Command, tested on BloFin history. **Thin edge in testing.** 1H candles, long and short, category Multi-Timeframe.

## Rules

**Entry.** On a closed 1H candle, with the 4H EMA(20) above the 4H EMA(50) and the close above the 4H EMA(20): go long when the close is above the highest high of the previous 12 hours. Shorts mirror it below both 4H averages.

**Managing the trade.** Close a long when an hourly candle closes below the lowest low of the previous 12 hours; close a short on a close above the highest high of the previous 12. Wait 3 hours after a trade before the next one on the same coin.

**Stop and target.** Stop 2 x ATR(14) from the entry. No fixed target.

## Exact rules

```text

timeframe: 1H
long entry: EMA(20)@4H > EMA(50)@4H
long entry: close > EMA(20)@4H
long entry: close > PRIOR_HIGH(12)
short entry: EMA(20)@4H < EMA(50)@4H
short entry: close < EMA(20)@4H
short entry: close < PRIOR_LOW(12)
long exit: close < PRIOR_LOW(12)
short exit: close > PRIOR_HIGH(12)
stop: 2 ATR(14)
take profit: none
cooldown: 3

```

## 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 | 1244 | +298.7% | 1.23 | 46.0% | 30.2% |
| Judged on | 803 | +26.7% | 1.05 | 52.9% | 29.9% |
| Whole period | 2047 | +400.5% | 1.12 | 52.9% | 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).