Trend-following strategies
Trend-following buys strength and sells weakness: it waits for a moving-average or regime signal to confirm a direction, rides it, and steps aside when the signal reverses. The trade-off is baked in — because it needs confirmation, it enters after the bottom and exits after the top, giving back part of every move; and in a sideways market the same signals whipsaw it in and out for small losses.
Each one below is a mechanism to test, not a recommendation. Open it to see exactly how it works in plain English, then backtest it yourself — costs on, no look-ahead, measured against buy & hold — or open it in the builder to tweak.The sparkline on each card is the strategy's performance relative to buy & hold — it only rises when the strategy is beating a passive hold.
- 200-Day Reclaim, Death-Cross ExitEthereumEnters when price reclaims its 200-day line; exits on the 50/200 death cross or an 18% stop.Beat buy & hold
- 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.Beat buy & hold
- 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 RideNvidiaEnters when MACD crosses above its signal line; an ATR stop scales risk to volatility.Lagged buy & hold
- MACD Trend RideBitcoinEnters when MACD crosses above its signal line; an ATR stop plus a time stop cap each trade.Lagged buy & hold