# Range Expansion Day With the Trend

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 whose range is more than 1.5 x the previous ATR(14): go long if it closed in the top quarter of its range and above SMA(50); go short if it closed in the bottom quarter and below SMA(50).

**Managing the trade.** Close after 5 days.

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

## Exact rules

```text

timeframe: 1D
long entry: high - low > 1.5 * ATR(14)[1]
long entry: close > high - 0.25 * (high - low)
long entry: close > SMA(50)
short entry: high - low > 1.5 * ATR(14)[1]
short entry: close < low + 0.25 * (high - low)
short entry: close < SMA(50)
stop: 2 ATR(14)
take profit: none
max bars: 5

```

## 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 | 145 | +45.0% | 2.10 | 5.0% | 55.9% |
| Judged on | 75 | +13.6% | 1.67 | 7.0% | 48.0% |
| Whole period | 220 | +64.8% | 1.92 | 7.0% | 53.2% |

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).