Volume-Confirmed Breakouts with RSI Fades and ATR Risk Controls

Summary

This strategy looks for price to exceed the highest high over a recent lookback while trading volume exceeds its moving average by a chosen multiple. It classifies such breakouts using a fast and slow exponential moving average trend filter and RSI momentum. A breakout in an uptrend can open a long when RSI is above a confirmation level and its rate of change is positive. In a non-uptrend, a weakening RSI can instead qualify the breakout for a short fade.

Trade size is calculated from a chosen equity risk fraction and an ATR-based initial stop distance. Open positions have an initial stop and an ATR-based trailing exit. The chart also displays ATR bands and highlights signal or position candles, which are visual aids rather than independent evidence. The supplied material explains the rules and configurable defaults but reports no backtest results. Performance may vary with market, timeframe, and volatility regime, so the proposed settings require independent evaluation, including trading costs and short-side behavior.

Key ideas

• A breakout requires price to exceed the prior lookback high while volume expands beyond its rolling average.
• The EMA relationship separates trend-aligned long candidates from potential countertrend short fades.
• RSI level and rate of change distinguish rising momentum from possible exhaustion.
• Position size scales with equity risk and an ATR-based stop distance, while exits add an ATR trail.
• The document gives no measured performance results, so settings need testing across markets and regimes.

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