Volatility Breakout, Hourly Entry
A built-in strategy on Central Command, tested on BloFin history. Thin edge in testing. 1H candles, long and short, category Volatility.
Rules
Entry. On a closed 1H candle up to 20:00 UTC, go long when the close crosses above today's open (yesterday's daily close) plus 0.6 x yesterday's high-to-low range, if yesterday closed above its daily SMA(50). Go short when the close crosses below the open minus 0.6 x that range, if yesterday closed below its daily SMA(50).
Managing the trade. Close at the end of the UTC day (the open of 00:00). One trade per coin per day.
Stop and target. Stop back at today's open. No fixed target: the end of the day closes it.
Exact rules
timeframe: 1H
long entry: HOUR <= 20
long entry: CROSS_UP(close, close@1D + 0.6 * (high - low)@1D)
long entry: close@1D > SMA(50)@1D
short entry: HOUR <= 20
short entry: CROSS_DOWN(close, close@1D - 0.6 * (high - low)@1D)
short entry: close@1D < SMA(50)@1D
long stop: close@1D
short stop: close@1D
take profit: none
exit: HOUR == 23
cooldown: 24
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 | 745 | +30.0% | 1.10 | 19.0% | 44.7% |
| Judged on | 504 | +1.8% | 1.01 | 32.2% | 42.5% |
| Whole period | 1249 | +32.4% | 1.06 | 32.2% | 43.8% |
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.
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