Preparation · Stage 1 of 5 — Understand
Strategy library
A curated collection of well-known strategies, each with sensible risk management already built in. Pick one, see exactly how it works, and backtest it yourself — costs on, no look-ahead, measured against buy & hold. Open any of them in the builder to tweak. These are mechanisms to test, not recommendations.
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Ride sustained up-trends and step aside when they break. Classic moving-average and regime rules — they lag turning points by design and can whipsaw in sideways markets.
- 200-Day Reclaim, Death-Cross ExitEthereumEnters when price reclaims its 200-day line; exits on the 50/200 death cross or an 18% stop.
- 200-Day Regime PullbackMicrosoftOnly trades above the 200-day; re-enters when the fast EMA reclaims the slow after a dip.▼ lagged buy & hold
- 50-Day Trend RideTeslaLong while price holds above its 50-day average; a trailing stop follows the run.▼ lagged buy & hold
- Dual-EMA Crossover 20/50Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ)Long while the 20-EMA leads the 50-EMA; exits on the cross back down, with a trailing stop underneath.▼ lagged buy & hold
- Dual-EMA Crossover 20/50SolanaLong while the 20-EMA leads the 50-EMA; ATR stop and time stop bound each trade.
- Golden CrossS&P 500 ETF (SPY)Goes long on the 50/200 golden cross and exits on the cross back down, with a 12% stop.▼ lagged buy & hold
- Ichimoku Cloud BreakoutAmazonGoes long when price clears both cloud spans; exits on the Tenkan/Kijun cross down.▼ lagged buy & hold
- MACD Trend RideNvidiaRides the MACD line above its signal; an ATR stop scales risk to volatility.▼ lagged buy & hold
- MACD Trend RideBitcoinEnters on MACD crossing above signal; ATR stop plus a time stop cap each trade.
Buy stretched pullbacks and exit as price snaps back to its average. They fight the trend, so a stop matters — a strong move can run them over.
- Bollinger Band ReversionMicrosoftBuys a close under the lower Bollinger band and exits when price returns to the middle band▼ lagged buy & hold
- Connors RSI-2 DipS&P 500 ETF (SPY)Above the 200-SMA, buys a 2-day RSI plunge and exits on the pop back over the 5-SMA▼ lagged buy & hold
- Lower Band Break FadeEthereumBuys a close beneath the lower Bollinger band, exits at the middle band, with an ATR volatility stop
- Lower Band Stop-Guarded DipAlphabet (Google)Buys a close below the lower Bollinger band and exits as RSI(14) recovers past 50, with a stop and target▼ lagged buy & hold
- RSI-14 Oversold ReversionAppleBuys when RSI(14) drops under 30, exits as it recovers back toward the 50 midline▼ lagged buy & hold
- RSI-2 Pullback Trend FilterNasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ)Above the 200-day line, dip-buys a deep 2-day RSI oversold; exits on a close back over the 5-day average, with an 8% trailing stop as backstop.▼ lagged buy & hold
- Stochastic Dip BuyBitcoinBuys when %K drops under 20, exits over 50, sized by an ATR stop to a fixed risk budget
- Stochastic Oversold BounceAmazonBuys when %K falls below 20 and exits once %K climbs back above 50▼ lagged buy & hold
Enter when price clears a recent range or channel, treating the break as the start of a move. Strong in trending markets, choppy in ranges.
- 52-Week High BreakoutNasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ)Enters when price prints a new 1-year high, protected by a hard stop and a trailing stop▼ lagged buy & hold
- 55-Day High BreakoutPalantirEnters on a new 55-day high, trails the peak, and times out if the move stalls▼ lagged buy & hold
- Bollinger Upper-Band BreakoutTeslaRides a push through the upper band, steps out on the return to the middle line, with a 12% stop.▼ lagged buy & hold
- Donchian 20/10 Channel BreakoutS&P 500 ETF (SPY)The short turtle on the index: 20-day-high entry, 10-day-low exit, with an 8% stop.▼ lagged buy & hold
- Donchian 20/10 Turtle BreakoutNvidiaBuys a fresh 20-day high, exits on a 10-day low, with a volatility stop underneath▼ lagged buy & hold
- Keltner Channel BreakoutNvidiaBuys a close pushing above the upper Keltner band; exits back at the middle EMA.▼ lagged buy & hold
- Turtle System 2 (55/20)BitcoinThe slower turtle: 55-day-high entry, 20-day-low exit, sized to a fixed risk per trade
Lean into strength — buy while momentum indicators confirm an up-move, and exit as it fades. Faster to react, quicker to get chopped.
- ADX Trend-Strength + DI CrossMetaOnly trades when ADX shows a real trend, then follows the +DI / −DI directional cross.▼ lagged buy & hold
- Absolute Momentum (ROC)Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ)Long while the 6-month rate-of-change is positive; flat when it turns negative.▼ lagged buy & hold
- EMA Momentum CrossSolanaRides the fast EMA over the slow EMA, and bails after a set number of bars if it stalls
- Fast-Slow EMA MomentumMetaHolds while the 20-EMA leads the 50-EMA, steps aside when fast crosses back under slow▼ lagged buy & hold
- MACD Signal-Line CrossAMDEnters when the MACD line crosses above its signal line, exits on the cross back down▼ lagged buy & hold
- RSI-50 Momentum RegimePalantirTreats RSI crossing 50 as the momentum switch: in above the midline, out when it fades below▼ lagged buy & hold
- Supertrend + MACD ConfirmationBitcoinOnly buys when Supertrend is bullish AND MACD histogram agrees, exits when momentum fades
Well-known entries paired with the risk toolkit — ATR volatility stops, trailing stops, time stops and risk-based sizing — so position risk adapts to how much the asset is moving.
- Donchian 55/20 BreakoutCoinbaseBuys 55-day breakouts and rides them with a 25% trailing stop off the peak.▲ beat buy & hold
- Donchian Breakout, TrailedDogecoinBuys 20-day breakouts, trails 25% off the peak, and times out stale trades.
- Donchian Turtle BreakoutEthereumBuys 20-day highs, drops out on 10-day lows or a 2x ATR volatility stop.
- EMA 20/50 CrossAMDRides the 20/50 EMA up-cross, sized by a volatility (ATR) stop to a fixed risk budget.▼ lagged buy & hold
- Golden Cross, Risk-SizedTeslaBuys the 50/200 up-cross and sizes each entry to a fixed risk under an ATR stop.▼ lagged buy & hold
- Parabolic SAR Trend RiderCoinbaseRides the trend while the Parabolic SAR reads bullish; steps out when the SAR flips.▼ lagged buy & hold
Multi-condition rules that stack a trend/regime filter with a trigger and a volatility-aware stop. More moving parts to understand — and more ways to overfit, so out-of-sample testing matters most here.
- Capitulation Fade (Single-Bar Shock)EthereumAfter a one-day drop of more than 10%, buys the next day; exits at a 6% gain, a 10% stop, or after 5 days, whichever comes first.
- Dual-Timeframe Momentum + ATR BracketNvidiaEnters when both 20-day and 60-day momentum are strongly positive and ADX confirms a trend; exits when momentum turns negative, on a fixed ATR stop, or after ro▼ lagged buy & hold
- Four-Factor Trend StatePalantirRequires four things to agree — ADX above 20, +DI above -DI, Stochastic %K above 50 and Supertrend bullish — before going long; exits when Supertrend flips or %▼ lagged buy & hold
- Momentum Confluence (ROC + ADX + RSI)MicrosoftGoes long when 20-day rate-of-change is positive, ADX shows a real trend (>20) and RSI is above 52; exits when momentum turns negative.▼ lagged buy & hold
- Regime-Gated Capitulation DipSolanaBuys a close below the 2.5-sigma Bollinger band with RSI under 35, but only while the 50-day EMA is above the 200-day EMA; exits back at the middle band.
- Squeeze Breakout (Bollinger / Keltner)AMDEnters when the Bollinger bands expand back outside the Keltner channel — a volatility squeeze releasing — with price above its 20-day average; exits on an over▼ lagged buy & hold
- Trend-Filtered Donchian BreakoutBitcoinEnters on a 20-day channel breakout above the 200-day line, trails the open position, exits at the 10-day low.
- Trend-Filtered MACD CrossAlphabet (Google)Takes MACD cross-ups only while price holds above its 200-day line; exits on the MACD cross back down.▼ lagged buy & hold
- Trend-Filtered RSI-2 DipAppleOnly buys RSI(2) deep-oversold dips while price holds above its 200-day line; exits on a close back over the 5-day average.▼ lagged buy & hold
- Trend-Filtered Stochastic DipMicrosoftBuys an oversold stochastic only above the 200-day line, sells back into overbought▼ lagged buy & hold
- Trend-Gated Supertrend + MACDNetflixBuys a MACD cross-up only while Supertrend is bullish and price holds above its 200-day EMA; exits when Supertrend flips down or MACD crosses back below its sig▼ lagged buy & hold
- Z-Score Reversion, Ranging-OnlyAmazonFades a stretch below the 60-day Bollinger band (about a -2-sigma z-score) only while ADX is below 30 (a ranging market); exits back at the 60-day mean.▼ lagged buy & hold