# Volatility Wake-Up

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

## Rules

**Entry.** On a closed 4H candle, when ATR(5) crosses above 1 x ATR(50) and was below 0.8 x ATR(50) at some point in the last 12 candles: go long if the candle closed green and above SMA(20); go short if it closed red and below SMA(20).

**Managing the trade.** Once 1R in profit, a 3 x ATR(14) trailing stop follows the trade. Close after 40 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(ATR(5), 1 * ATR(50))
long entry: ANY(ATR(5) < 0.8 * ATR(50), 12)
long entry: close > SMA(20)
long entry: close > open
short entry: CROSS_UP(ATR(5), 1 * ATR(50))
short entry: ANY(ATR(5) < 0.8 * ATR(50), 12)
short entry: close < SMA(20)
short entry: close < open
stop: 2 ATR(14)
take profit: none
trailing stop: 3 ATR(14) after 1R
max bars: 40

```

## 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 | 328 | +86.7% | 1.36 | 16.6% | 42.7% |
| Judged on | 221 | +11.3% | 1.08 | 23.1% | 32.6% |
| Whole period | 549 | +107.7% | 1.22 | 23.1% | 38.6% |

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).