Inside Bar Breakouts with Liquidity Filters and ATR Exits

Summary

This strategy looks for a smaller-range bar followed by a close beyond the previous bar’s high or low. It enters long on an upward break when the current low remains above the recent lookback low, and short on a downward break when the current high remains below the recent lookback high. The recent extremes serve as approximate support and resistance filters.

The described risk controls place stops and profit targets at ATR-based distances from the signal bar. The document supplies example parameter defaults and a one-year BTC/USDT futures backtest configuration, but reports no performance results. It also contains an implementation mismatch: the code defines an inside-bar condition but does not use it in the entry rules, and the stated breakout entries do not explicitly require an inside bar. The ATR multiplier parameter is listed but unused in the shown stop and target formulas. Failed breakouts, volatility changes, and sensitivity to lookback and exit settings remain key limitations.

Key ideas

• The entry rules use closes beyond the previous bar’s high or low to determine breakout direction.
• Recent lookback highs and lows act as filters for long and short entries.
• Stops and targets are set using ATR multiples relative to the signal bar.
• The code defines an inside-bar condition but does not use it to gate entries.
• The published backtest settings do not include reported results.

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