STRATEGY CHECK
9/15 EMA pullback
Pullback · The Trade Room YouTube 9 & 15 EMA scalping strategy (about 5.3M views) · Original video ↗
Video figures: none (only "7–8 out of 10" and "up to 90% accuracy")
Backtest result
BTCUSDT spot daily · 2020–2025
This strategy+128.0%Buy & hold+1,114.5%
- Trades
- 54
- Win rate
- 38.9%
- Max drawdown
- −35.2%
- Profit factor
- 1.42
- Annualized return
- +14.7%
- Time in market
- 23.3%
What the result shows
- Buying and holding over the same period returned +1,114.5%. This strategy returned +128.0%, less than that.
- It held a position 23.3% of the time and sat in cash for the rest.
- Along the way equity fell as much as −35.2% from its previous peak.
Rules
- Entry
- EMA 9 above EMA 15 and both rising 3 bars, low touches EMA 9 with the close above it, on a pin bar, engulfing or large-body (60%+) candle
- Exit
- Stop at the low of the signal candle · 2R target
- What changed when written as rules
- The "30° slope" becomes 3 rising bars. The original trades Indian index options on 5-minute charts; the Nifty/Bank Nifty cross-check is omitted
- Test conditions
- BTCUSDT spot daily · 2020–2025 · 0.10% fee per side · 0.05% slippage · entry at the next open after a signal on a closed candle
This is a calculation of the rules on historical prices. It is not a recommendation to buy or sell any asset and does not promise returns. A different symbol, timeframe or period gives a different result. Results claimed by the original sources have not been verified by this service.
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