New York Opening Range Breakout with Risk-Based Exits

Summary

This intraday strategy records the high and low of a designated New York opening candle to define an opening range. It enters long after a close above the range high or short after a close below the range low. The distance between the boundaries defines the initial risk unit: stops begin at the opposite boundary, while profit targets are set as a multiple of that distance. After price reaches a one-to-one reward-to-risk level, the stop moves to breakeven. Daily trade limits and sequence flags are intended to constrain repeated entries.

The document describes these rules and includes a BTC/USDT futures backtest configuration, but it provides no reported performance statistics. It identifies false breakouts, dependence on volatility, noise, parameter sensitivity, and unmodeled transaction costs as limitations. The opening time and candle definition may also constrain applicability across markets and sessions. Suggested filters, multi-timeframe confirmation, position sizing, and alternative exits are proposals, not evidence that the strategy works reliably.

Key ideas

• The opening candle's high and low form the breakout range.
• A close beyond either boundary triggers a directional entry.
• The range width sets the initial risk, stop placement, and scaled profit target.
• At a one-to-one reward-to-risk threshold, the stop moves to breakeven.
• The document gives no performance results and flags false breakouts and trading costs.

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