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Breakout Engine

Volatility breakout strategy that catches directional moves when price crosses EMA with ATR-adaptive stop loss and take profit. Features breakout confirmation candles to filter fakeouts, optional ADX and volume filters, trailing stops, and zone-aware entry blocking near opposing S/R levels.

Spot + FuturesEMA · ATR · ADX · VolumeTested on 1 of 15 exchangesFull docs & changelog
Across every exchange with a verified result1 verified result · 116 trades
Best return (30-day live)
-13.72%
binance · BNB/USDT
Weakest return (30-day live)
-13.72%
binance · BNB/USDT
Deepest drawdown (30-day live)
-18.77%
binance · BNB/USDT
Live bots running
5
Across 1 exchange

Its best and deepest-drawdown results are the same 30-day live record. On this strategy, the return came with the volatility.

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Real historical candles, the same engine the bots use. Equity curve against buy-and-hold, win rate, drawdown. The strategy code stays server-side.

Where Breakout Engine has been tested

One row per exchange with a recorded backtest, on the pair it was run against. 1 of 15 compatible exchanges have one; the other 14 are listed below without numbers.

ExchangePairReturnMax DDWinPFTradesLive bots
BinanceBNB/USDT-13.72%-18.77%4%0.001165
Compatible, not yet backtested:Binance.USBybitCoinbaseKrakenOKXKuCoinBitgetGateMEXCHTXBingXCrypto.comHyperliquiddYdX

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What it reads

EMA
Exponential moving average
ATR
Average true range
ADX
Average directional index
Volume
Traded volume

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