Win rate
52.2%
Trades
186
Profit factor
1.00
profit > loss
Return
+0.4%
under hold +1134.0%
Drawdown
15.1%
Account curve
BTCUSDT · 4H2018-09-21 → 2026-09-19 · 8.0 years
Wins and losses
- Wins97
- Losses89
How it trades
- 1
Timeframe
1H · 4H
- 2
Setup / filter
close > EMA(50) AND the candle low touches or crosses below EMA(50) AND previous candle is bearish
- 3
Entry
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
- 4
Stop
lowest low of the 5 completed candles before the signal candle minus 1 × ATR(14)
- 5
Target / exit
Target: 1R (R = entry-to-stop distance)
- 6
Risk
1% of equity risked to the stop
Evidence
What this test cannot reproduce
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.