Trend Entries from Daily Candle Gaps with Stop and Profit Targets

Summary

The described method combines a simple close-to-close direction check with a prior-day bullish candle and an upward gap condition for long entries. It places a stop below the previous close by a multiple of that candle’s body, then sets a profit target at twice the resulting distance above the reference close. The document frames this as a trend following setup with defined exits and suggests adding trailing stops, cost controls, support and resistance checks, position sizing, or higher timeframe filters.

A short test window for BTC/USDT futures is listed, but no results or evaluation statistics are provided. There are important differences between the explanation and source: the direction check uses chart-bar closes rather than a clearly specified weekly series, and the source also submits short entries whenever its downtrend condition is true, without a comparable short setup or explicit short exit. The exit call’s stop and profit arguments also do not clearly correspond to absolute price levels as described. These details make the actual behavior uncertain and call for careful implementation review before interpreting any test.

Key ideas

• Long entries require a bullish prior-day candle, a gap condition, and a positive close-to-close direction check.
• The proposed stop and target are calculated from the prior candle body and its stop distance.
• The document lists a BTC/USDT futures test window but provides no performance evidence.
• The source has short-entry and exit behavior that differs from the described long setup.
• Costs, stop placement, and trend reversal detection are acknowledged concerns.

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