Steven Hart (The Trading Channel)Steven Hart (The Trading Channel)Recommended 1H · 4HChannel

50 EMA pullback with engulfing entry

52.2%Win rate
186Trades
1.00Profit factor
+0.4%Return · hold +1105.3%
15.2%Drawdown

Account curve

BTCUSDT · 4H · 8.0 years
+0.4%186 trades · trailed holding by 1104.9 pts
StrategyBuy & hold

Verdict

52.2%win rate
Recommended
Win rate 50% or above (passed)52.2%
Ended in profit (passed)+0.4%
More than 50 trades (passed)186

Wins and losses

97of 186 won
Wins 97Losses 89
Drawdown15%
Hold drawdown75%
Time in market27%

Rules

Timeframe1H · 4H
1H · 4H
Setup / filterclose > EMA(50) AND the candle low touches or crosses below EMA(50) AND previous candle is bearish
close > EMA(50) AND the candle low touches or crosses below EMA(50) AND previous candle is bearish
Entrythe signal candle is a bullish reversal candle (bullish engulfing, or a hammer with a lower wick at least twice its body and the close in the top third) → market at the next candle open
the signal candle is a bullish reversal candle (bullish engulfing, or a hammer with a lower wick at least twice its body and the close in the top third) → market at the next candle open
Stoplowest low of the 5 completed candles before the signal candle minus 1 × ATR(14)
lowest low of the 5 completed candles before the signal candle minus 1 × ATR(14)
Target / exitTarget: 1R (R = entry-to-stop distance)
Target: 1R (R = entry-to-stop distance)
Risk1% of equity risked to the stop
1% of equity risked to the stop

Differences from the video

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Shown on every result

These are the free third-party codification of his pullback rules (Zen & The Art of Trading), not his paid course; the exact thresholds tested are stated above.

Long side only: the mirror short setup cannot be executed on Spot.

He selects targets discretionarily at structure; a fixed 1R target is used instead.

"At least two bearish candles" is applied as the single candle before the entry candle being bearish, which is what the engine can read without look-ahead.

Rules executed6
Published sources2

Sources

Every backtest of these rules