Strategy Cookbook

Each recipe below lists the components, their roles and weights, the combination mode, and exit rules. These are starting points — not guarantees. Always backtest before deploying live.

If you're unfamiliar with terms like roles, combination modes, or weights, read the Strategy Builder docs first.

Rides sustained directional moves using trend confirmation and momentum filtering. Best suited for trending markets with clear directional bias.

The ADX filter ensures trades are only taken in trending conditions. The Trailing Stop locks in profits as the trend extends, while Signal Flip Exit closes when the trend reverses.

Identifies overextended price moves and trades the snap-back. Works best in range-bound or consolidating markets.

All Agree mode ensures both Z-Score and RSI Divergence confirm the reversion signal before entering. Bollinger Bands filter out entries when price is not near the bands. Take Profit captures the snap-back; Hard Stop Loss limits downside.

Catches explosive moves when price breaks out of consolidation zones. Relies on volatility and volume confirmation.

The ATR Regime Guard blocks entries in low-volatility environments where breakouts are less likely to follow through. Volume Spike filters confirm institutional participation. Time Stop prevents holding stale positions if the breakout fizzles.

Prioritises capital preservation with multiple confirmation layers and tight risk controls. Fewer trades, higher selectivity.

Two entry guards create a high bar for trade entry — RSI Exhaustion Guard prevents entries at overextended levels, and ATR Regime Guard blocks entries in dead markets. The single London session limits trading to the most liquid hours.

Maximises trade frequency with lower thresholds and broader entry conditions. Higher risk, more exposure.

Any mode means a single signal component agreeing is enough to trigger entry. No filters or entry guards means the bot trades whenever any signal fires. This generates more trades but is more susceptible to false signals and choppy markets.

Combines multiple momentum oscillators with majority voting. Uses MACD as an anchor component — trades only fire when MACD agrees.

Majority mode requires at least 2 of 3 signals to agree. The MACD anchor ensures that even when 2 signals agree, MACD must be one of them — effectively making MACD a required confirmation layer while still allowing RSI and Stochastic to contribute.

• Start from a system template — duplicate it and modify one thing at a time. This gives you a working baseline to iterate from.
• Change one variable at a time — if you change the combination mode, weights, and components all at once, you won't know which change drove the result.
• Always backtest — run every change through the Backtester before deploying live. Compare metrics before and after.
• Match sessions to your market — crypto markets run 24/7, but liquidity and volatility vary by time of day. Restricting sessions to high-liquidity windows (London, New York) typically improves fill quality.
• Use filters and guards — adding a filter (like ADX for trend strength) or an entry guard (like ATR Regime Guard for volatility) reduces false signals at the cost of fewer trades.
• Set risk limits on the bot — regardless of strategy quality, always configure position limits and loss limits on the bot itself as a safety net.