Tested on real charts · after costs
The two setups we teach
Daily charts · long only · trade only in uptrends. It loses more trades than it wins — but its wins are bigger than its losses.
55-day breakout
- 1Price above EMA200
- 2Daily close above the highest high of the previous 55 days
- 3Stop 1.5 ATR below entry
- 4Target 3R
Unseen data (BTC, ETH, gold)
+0.89R
per trade · 51% wins · 51 trades
7 coins never used to build the rules
+0.21R
per trade · 32% wins · 253 trades
Uptrend pullback
- 1EMA20 > EMA50 > EMA200
- 2A dip to EMA20 in the last 5 days
- 3Green day closes above EMA20 and yesterday's high
- 4Stop under the 5-day low · target 2R
Unseen data (BTC, ETH, gold)
+0.37R
per trade · 53% wins · 64 trades
7 coins never used to build the rules
+0.24R
per trade · 44% wins · 237 trades
Results by market (every trade, every year)
| Market | 55-day breakout | Uptrend pullback |
|---|---|---|
| BTC/USDT · since 2017 | +0.59R · 42% · 43 | +0.37R · 51% · 45 |
| ETH/USDT · since 2017 | +0.55R · 41% · 46 | +0.34R · 48% · 48 |
| Gold (PAXG/USDT) · since 2020 | +1.16R · 58% · 26 | +0.61R · 61% · 38 |
| BNB/USDT · since 2017 | +0.71R · 44% · 50 | +0.47R · 52% · 46 |
| SOL/USDT · since 2020 | +0.41R · 38% · 29 | +0.35R · 52% · 31 |
| XRP/USDT · since 2018 | +0.21R · 31% · 29 | -0.04R · 36% · 28 |
| ADA/USDT · since 2018 | +0.54R · 39% · 33 | +0.13R · 37% · 35 |
| LTC/USDT · since 2017 | -0.32R · 18% · 39 | +0.03R · 39% · 33 |
| LINK/USDT · since 2019 | -0.12R · 26% · 42 | +0.25R · 42% · 38 |
| DOGE/USDT · since 2019 | 0.00R · 26% · 31 | +0.39R · 46% · 26 |
| All markets | +0.37R · 36% · 368 | +0.31R · 47% · 368 |
How we tested
Rules were chosen on the older 60% of the data, then measured on the newest 40% they had never seen — and on 7 extra coins.
After costs
Fees + slippage of 0.3% per round trip. If one candle touches both stop and target, we count the stop.
Keep in mind
Only about 1 in 3 to just under half of trades win, so risk per trade must stay small. Past results don't guarantee future results.
Practise on 227 charts →Practice questions are clear textbook examples.