An H1-Filtered Nasdaq Breakout Strategy and Strategy Survival

Summary

The post presents a long-only Nasdaq strategy using five-minute execution bars with hourly context. Its entry setup looks for a bullish prior hourly candle, a current hourly candle whose low stays close to its open, and an upward break above the preceding hourly high. The initial stop is placed below the prior hourly low, with a profit target set at three times the initial risk. A trailing stop based on the prior five-minute low is activated after a specified open-profit threshold; additional hourly exit conditions are also described.

The author says walk-forward sections were efficient and that a Monte Carlo exercise appeared robust, and reports comparing trailing-stop and additional-exit versions. These claims are not accompanied by datasets, test settings, or detailed results, and the strategy is described as entering demo testing. The wider purpose is to discuss how to estimate future system survival, monitor alpha decay, and maintain replacement strategies. Backtest robustness claims alone do not establish out-of-sample profitability or a reliable survival rate.

Key ideas

• The setup combines hourly bullish context with a breakout entry executed on five-minute bars.
• Initial risk is defined below the previous hourly low, with a target of three times that risk.
• A trailing stop based on the previous five-minute low activates after an open-profit threshold.
• The author reports walk-forward and Monte Carlo checks but supplies limited evidence to assess them independently.
• The post raises strategy survival, alpha decay, and replacement systems as portfolio-management concerns.

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