A Minimal Close-to-Close Reversal Entry and Exit Rule

Summary

This experimental strategy uses a simple two-bar pattern to enter and exit long positions. It buys when the previous close was above the close before it, but the current close falls below the previous close. It closes that position when the previous close was below the close before it and the current close rises above the previous close. The rules therefore act on a one-bar pullback after a rise and a one-bar uptick after a decline, rather than using a more elaborate trend or indicator filter.

The author characterizes the method as primitive and warns against expecting gains. They report that attempts to extend it produced modest net profit on hourly data while reducing weekly net profit, but provide no market, test period, costs, trade counts, or broader performance analysis. The source is a minimal strategy example and does not define stops, position sizing, or risk controls. Its results should not be treated as evidence of a robust reversal effect; any evaluation would need explicit markets, execution assumptions, and out-of-sample testing.

Key ideas

• The strategy opens a long after a close-to-close rise is followed by a lower close.
• It closes the long after a close-to-close decline is followed by a higher close.
• The rule uses only recent closes and includes no explicit stop, sizing, or risk controls.
• The author describes the strategy as experimental and gives limited, unsubstantiated performance observations.

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