# BTC/USD Daily Trend-Following Strategy

A daily trading strategy for BTC/USD using moving averages, momentum oscillators, and trend strength indicators.

Canonical: https://prismaticalgos.com/compendium/algo/11155-btc-usd-daily-trend-following-strategy
Record ID: 11155
Catalog rank: 2745 (reading order, not performance)
Snapshot: 2026-10-31 15:46 UTC
Family: Mean Reversion & Counter-Trend (B)
Source: https://github.com/abhinavverma0907/btc-daily-backtester
Evidence label (unverified): backtest_shown

## Scope and limitations

These are machine-extracted research records, not verified trading systems. Catalog rank measures specification detail and claimed evidence, not profitability. The catalog extraction pipeline did not independently backtest these records. Its separate selected testing ledger does not validate the wider corpus. Rules, labels and parameters can be incomplete or wrong; consult the original source and its reuse terms.

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## Extraction warnings

Claim warnings: THIN SAMPLE: 32 trades - below the ~100 needed before a win rate or profit factor carries much information.
Build warnings: DAILY_LOW_COUNT: daily-or-slower timeframe on a single instrument. Expect well under 100 trades in five years, so a backtest will rarely reach statistical significance on its own.

## Recorded profile

- symbols: BTC/USD
- timeframes: D1
- sessions: Not specified
- market_regime: trending

## Indicators

- SMA: {"period": 100}; applied to: close
- EMA: {"period": 20}; applied to: close
- EMA: {"period": 50}; applied to: close
- MACD: {"fast": 12, "signal": 9, "slow": 26}; applied to: close
- RSI: {"period": 14}; applied to: close
- ADX: {"period": 14}; applied to: high, low, close

## Recorded long-entry rules

- Close > SMA(100)
- EMA(20) > EMA(50)
- MACD_hist > 0
- 35 < RSI < 80
- ADX > 20
- Cooldown Expired

## Recorded short-entry rules

- Close < SMA(100)
- EMA(20) < EMA(50)
- MACD_hist < 0
- 20 < RSI < 65
- ADX > 20
- Cooldown Expired

## Recorded exit rules

- ATR Trailing Stop: 3.0 * ATR(14) from entry price
- RSI Extreme Exit: Close if RSI > 85 (long) or RSI < 15 (short)
- EMA Cross-Against: Close and reverse if EMAs cross against the trade and macro trend is lost
- Full Reversal: Close and immediately reverse if opposite entry conditions are met
- Cooldown Period: 5-day trading ban after stop-out

## Recorded filters

- Not specified.

## Risk controls

- Stop loss: null
- Take profit: null
- Position sizing: null