What is the Trailing Stop Trend strategy?

A 20/50 trend entry; a 3 ATR trail decides the exit. Go long when EMA(20) crosses above EMA(50). Stop: 3 ATR(14) from entry. The stop trails 3 ATR(14) behind the last close.

Did Trailing Stop Trend beat buy and hold?

On the Crypto basket, 1d bars, after fees: +65.5% against +602% for holding, with a maximum drawdown of -50.1%.

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Trailing Stop Trend

A 20/50 trend entry; a 3 ATR trail decides the exit.

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Results

Market class	Return	Holding	Sharpe	Max DD	Win rate	Trades
Crypto, 1d	+65.5%	+602%	0.43	-50.1%	32.9%	413
Stocks, 1d	+304%	+28K%	0.70	-19.3%	45.2%	520
Forex, 1d	-7.4%	+3.1%	-0.09	-21.9%	39.0%	328
Commodities, 1d	+56.9%	+1,833%	0.26	-17.4%	39.2%	309
Indices, 1d	+74.9%	+878%	0.42	-16.3%	46.9%	290

The exact rule

Go long when EMA(20) crosses above EMA(50).
Stop: 3 ATR(14) from entry.
The stop trails 3 ATR(14) behind the last close.
Declared timeframe: 1d.

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Research, not advice. Past results do not predict future ones. Results run to 2026-10-31.