Volume Spike Breakout
A built-in strategy on Central Command, tested on BloFin history. Held up in testing. 4H candles, long and short, category Funding and Flow.
Rules
Entry. On a closed 4H candle, go long when it closes green above the highest high of the previous 40 candles on volume more than 2 x the previous 20-candle average volume. Go short when it closes red below the lowest low of the previous 40 on the same kind of volume.
Managing the trade. Close a long when a candle closes below the lowest low of the previous 10 candles; close a short when one closes above the highest high of the previous 10.
Stop and target. Stop 2.5 x ATR(14) from the entry. No fixed target.
Exact rules
timeframe: 4H
long entry: close > PRIOR_HIGH(40)
long entry: volume > 2 * VOLUME_SMA(20)[1]
long entry: close > open
short entry: close < PRIOR_LOW(40)
short entry: volume > 2 * VOLUME_SMA(20)[1]
short entry: close < open
long exit: close < PRIOR_LOW(10)
short exit: close > PRIOR_HIGH(10)
stop: 2.5 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 | 242 | +80.9% | 1.47 | 24.5% | 36.4% |
| Judged on | 152 | +20.8% | 1.25 | 23.9% | 34.2% |
| Whole period | 394 | +118.5% | 1.37 | 24.5% | 35.5% |
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.