# Stochastic Pop

A built-in strategy on Central Command, tested on BloFin history. **Thin edge in testing.** 4H candles, long and short, category Momentum.

## Rules

**Entry.** On a closed 4H candle with ADX(14) below 20, go long when Stochastic %K (14, 3) crosses above 80; go short when it crosses below 20.

**Managing the trade.** Close a long when %K falls back below 70; close a short when it rises above 30. Close after 20 candles at most.

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

## Exact rules

```text

timeframe: 4H
long entry: CROSS_UP(STOCH_K(14, 3), 80)
long entry: ADX(14) < 20
short entry: CROSS_DOWN(STOCH_K(14, 3), 20)
short entry: ADX(14) < 20
long exit: STOCH_K(14, 3) < 70
short exit: STOCH_K(14, 3) > 30
stop: 2 ATR(14)
take profit: none
max bars: 20

```

## 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 | 412 | +100.1% | 1.57 | 18.1% | 37.4% |
| Judged on | 290 | +1.1% | 1.01 | 25.9% | 32.1% |
| Whole period | 702 | +102.2% | 1.29 | 25.9% | 35.2% |

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).