Historical High Breakout Entries with an EMA Exit

Summary

This strategy buys when the close rises above the highest price recorded over a configurable lookback period. It exits when price crosses below an exponential moving average, using a 200-period high and 90-period EMA as the stated defaults. The approach aims to follow upward trends without forecasting prices, and the document describes it as intended for bull markets.

The document provides strategy rules and a short BTC_USDT futures backtest configuration covering about one month in 2023, but reports no performance results. Its source also sets a 90-period EMA despite a parameter constraint whose minimum is 100, so the published default and input bounds conflict. The strategy can suffer losses when an uptrend ends, and the document notes sensitivity to stop settings, noisy breakouts, and overfitting. The brief test configuration does not establish performance across market regimes or assets.

Key ideas

• A long entry occurs when the close exceeds the previous lookback window’s highest price.
• The stated defaults use a 200-period high and a 90-period EMA exit.
• A close crossing below the EMA triggers an exit from the long position.
• The document frames the method for bull markets and flags trend reversal and parameter overfitting risks.

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