Quiet Market Breakout, Daily
A built-in strategy on Central Command, tested on BloFin history. Held up in testing. 1D candles, long and short, category Volatility.
Rules
Entry. On a closed daily candle, when yesterday's ATR(14) as a percent of price ranked below the 15th percentile of the last 180 days: go long on a close above the highest high of the previous 10 days, short on a close below their lowest low.
Managing the trade. Once 1R in profit, a 3 x ATR(14) trailing stop follows the trade. Close after 30 days at most.
Stop and target. Stop 2 x ATR(14) on the daily chart from the entry. No fixed target.
Exact rules
timeframe: 1D
long entry: PERCENT_RANK(NATR(14), 180)[1] < 15
long entry: close > PRIOR_HIGH(10)
short entry: PERCENT_RANK(NATR(14), 180)[1] < 15
short entry: close < PRIOR_LOW(10)
stop: 2 ATR(14)
take profit: none
trailing stop: 3 ATR(14) after 1R
max bars: 30
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 | +16.9% | 1.83 | 8.6% | 43.9% |
| Judged on | 36 | +16.6% | 2.19 | 7.8% | 41.7% |
| Whole period | 77 | +36.4% | 1.99 | 10.0% | 42.9% |
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.