Ichimoku Cross Above the Cloud, Long Only
A built-in strategy on Central Command, tested on BloFin history. Held up on its coins, not on others. 4H candles, long only, category Trend Following.
Rules
Entry. On a closed 4H candle, go long when Tenkan(20) crosses above Kijun(60) and the close is above both cloud edges (Senkou A 20/60 and Senkou B 120, as drawn on that candle). Long only.
Managing the trade. Close when a 4H candle closes below Kijun(60).
Stop and target. Stop 2.5 x ATR(14) from the entry, never moved. No fixed target: the Kijun exit takes the profit.
Exact rules
The cloud is shifted forward 26 candles, as on the chart.
A long-only sibling of Ichimoku Cross Above the Cloud (ichimoku-cloud-trend), from the v3 rule in scripts/library-research/catalog-extra/v3-siblings.ts: in-sample (1 Oct 2023 to 31 Jul 2025), at its chosen setting, Ichimoku Cross Above the Cloud's longs made +235.2% and its shorts -22.0% (summed trade results as a share of the $10,000 start). The rules are the parent's with the short side removed; its own setting was chosen in-sample like every other.
[EXACT RULES]
timeframe: 4H
direction: long only
long entry: CROSS_UP(TENKAN(20), KIJUN(60))
long entry: close > MAX(SENKOU_A(20, 60), SENKOU_B(120))
long exit: close < KIJUN(60)
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 | 120 | +228.5% | 3.12 | 29.2% | 35.0% |
| Judged on | 64 | +17.6% | 1.62 | 23.4% | 31.3% |
| Whole period | 184 | +286.4% | 2.42 | 29.2% | 33.7% |
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.