Inside Week Breakout, Long Only
A built-in strategy on Central Command, tested on BloFin history. Thin edge in testing. 1D candles, long only, category Volatility.
Rules
Entry. Weeks run Monday to Sunday (UTC). When the last completed week's high was below the high of the week before and its low above that week's low (an inside week), go long on the first daily close above the inside week's high. Long only.
Managing the trade. Close on a daily close below the lowest low of the previous 10 days.
Stop and target. Stop 3 x ATR(14) on the daily chart from the entry. No fixed target.
Exact rules
The weekly candles read are the last two CLOSED weeks; the level moves each Monday.
[EXACT RULES]
timeframe: 1D
direction: long only
long entry: high@1W < high[1]@1W AND low@1W > low[1]@1W
long entry: CROSS_UP(close, high@1W)
long exit: close < PRIOR_LOW(10)
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 | 36 | +32.9% | 2.84 | 14.4% | 27.8% |
| Judged on | 22 | +3.3% | 1.51 | 7.7% | 40.9% |
| Whole period | 58 | +37.4% | 2.40 | 14.4% | 32.8% |
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.