Starter Library

Browse published trading strategies with frozen, verifiable backtest results. Read the code, check the metrics, fork what works.

• Tidal Flux — Auto-direction EMA reversal. A single position flips long on a bullish EMA cross and short on a bearish one, returning to flat between signals.
  +27.0% return · 71 trades · ETH/USDT 1h · Looks solid
• Ebb Momentum — Trend-following short. Sells short when the fast EMA crosses below the slow EMA, covers on the cross back up — the short-side mirror of Titan Momentum.
  +19.8% return · 76 trades · BTC/USDT 1h · Looks solid
• RSI Oversold Bounce — Buys RSI(14) dips below 30 and exits on recovery above 60. The classic mean-reversion starter, kept honest with a tight stop.
  +9.6% return · 9 trades · AAPL 1h · Likely unreliable
• EMA Cross Momentum — Fast EMA(9) crossing above slow EMA(21) rides short-term momentum; the reverse cross exits. Trend-following 101.
  +18.1% return · 19 trades · AAPL 1h · Read with caution
• Daily Trend Filter + 4H RSI Entry — Multi-timeframe: only takes 4H RSI(14) oversold entries while price holds above the daily EMA(50) trend filter.
  +17.2% return · 10 trades · ETH/USDT 1h · Read with caution
• Risk Parity Hedge — Conservative trend entry that only fires when EMA crosses up while Bollinger Band width signals low volatility.
  +12.7% return · 10 trades · AAPL 1h · Read with caution
• Quant Momentum Stack — Multi-layer momentum that requires confirmation across five indicators (EMA, SMA, RSI, MACD, VOLUME_SMA).
  +2.2% return · 8 trades · AAPL 1h · Likely unreliable
• Adaptive Mean Reversion — Adaptive mean-reversion using RSI extremes plus distance from SMA.
  -0.9% return · 21 trades · ETH/USDT 4h · Read with caution
• Volatility Regime Switch — Detects volatility regimes via Bollinger Band width. Enters with the trend after a squeeze expands.
  +6.8% return · 17 trades · ETH/USDT 1h · Read with caution
• Multi-Symbol Trend — Same EMA crossover applied across multiple symbols to compare relative strength. (Activated once the multi-symbol Wizard ships.)
  +0.3% return · 8 trades · MSFT 1h · Likely unreliable
• Nova Hedge — EMA + Bollinger + Volume composite strategy. Conservative approach checking trend, volatility, and volume.
  +7.9% return · 8 trades · SOL/USDT 4h · Likely unreliable
• Pulse Trend — MACD + RSI combo strategy. Buy when MACD histogram turns positive and RSI is above 50.
  +10.6% return · 11 trades · AAPL 1h · Read with caution
• Helix Breakout — Bollinger Band breakout strategy. Buy on lower band touch, sell on upper band touch.
  +15.7% return · 10 trades · SOL/USDT 1d · Read with caution
• Wave Grid — RSI reversal strategy. Buy when RSI drops below 30, sell when RSI rises above 70.
  -1.5% return · 45 trades · ETH/USDT 1h · Looks solid
• Titan Momentum — Trend-following strategy based on EMA crossover. Buy when fast EMA crosses above slow EMA, sell on cross below.
  +19.2% return · 11 trades · AAPL 1h · Read with caution

15 published strategies.

Teardowns

• Pulse Trend (MACD + RSI), 18 runs: it wins one trade in three, stays profitable — and still loses to holding — Our own MACD + RSI library entry over 18 runs: win rates of 29–46%, profitable before costs on 17 of them, behind buy & hold on all 18.
  18 runs · best NVDA · 1d · 2001–2026: 300 trades · Likely unreliable
• Bollinger mean reversion, 18 runs: it wins most of its trades — and still loses to holding — The textbook lower-Bollinger-Band buy over 18 runs: win rates of 56–80%, profitable before costs on 15 of them, behind buy & hold on all 18.
  18 runs · best AAPL · 1d · 2001–2026: 116 trades · Read with caution
• Our own RSI bounce, 18 runs: it wins more often than it loses, and loses to holding every time — Our own RSI(14) oversold bounce over 18 runs on hourly, daily and crypto bars: profitable on 15 of them, behind buy & hold on all 18, and no sample-size flag.
  18 runs · best QQQ · 1d · 2001–2026: 44 trades · Read with caution
• Our own EMA cross, 18 runs: a real edge, and a thin one — Our own EMA(9)/EMA(21) cross over 18 runs on hourly, daily and crypto bars: profitable before costs on 16 of them, behind buy & hold on all 18.
  18 runs · best AMZN · 1d · 2001–2026: 123 trades · Read with caution
• The golden cross, 25 years, 8 names: it works — and still loses to holding — The textbook SMA 50/200 golden cross, untuned, on 8 large US names over 25 years: all 8 survive realistic costs, and 7 of 8 still lose to buy & hold.
  8 runs · best NVDA · 1d · 2001–2026: 11 trades · Read with caution
• A 93%-win-rate strategy, run over 25 years: what survived — A KNN SuperTrend strategy posted with a 93% win rate, ported line-by-line and run 13 times on up to 25 years of daily and hourly bars. None beat buy & hold.
  13 runs · best SPY · 1d · 2001–2026: 16 trades · Read with caution