{
  "id": 12279,
  "rank": 1926,
  "name": "Trend is your friend - cBot",
  "aka": [
    "Trend is your friend - Indicator",
    "cBot"
  ],
  "family": "B",
  "subtype": "B2",
  "one_liner": "A trend-following strategy that uses grid and pyramid trading with multiple entry modes and protection mechanisms.",
  "market_regime": "trending",
  "timeframes": [
    "H4",
    "M15"
  ],
  "symbols": [
    "AUDCAD",
    "XAUUSD"
  ],
  "sessions": [
    "none specified"
  ],
  "indicators": [
    {
      "name": "MA",
      "params": {
        "period": 21
      },
      "applied_to": "highs and lows"
    },
    {
      "name": "MA",
      "params": {
        "period": 50
      },
      "applied_to": "highs and lows"
    },
    {
      "name": "RSI",
      "params": {
        "period": 14
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "MACD",
      "params": {
        "fast_period": 12,
        "slow_period": 26,
        "signal_period": 9
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Stochastic",
      "params": {
        "k_period": 5,
        "d_period": 3,
        "smoothing_k": 3,
        "smoothing_d": 3
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Pivot",
      "params": {
        "pivot_type": "daily"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "ATR",
      "params": {
        "period": 14
      }
    }
  ],
  "entry_long": [
    "price pulls back to the edge of the fast band",
    "MA: price pulls back to the edge of the fast or slow band, within the distance you allow",
    "MA_CROSS: the fast band has just fully crossed the slow band",
    "PIVOT: price reaches the daily pivot level",
    "RSI: RSI has stayed beyond your level for two closed candles",
    "MACD: MACD crosses its signal line on a closed candle",
    "STOCHASTIC: %K crosses %D inside the oversold or overbought zone",
    "SAME_CANDLE_SERIE: N closed candles of the same colour in a row, while a trend is active",
    "TIME: one entry per day at a set hour and minute, in the direction of the trend",
    "MANUAL: you click, the robot does everything else"
  ],
  "entry_short": [
    "price pulls back to the edge of the fast band",
    "MA: price pulls back to the edge of the fast or slow band, within the distance you allow",
    "MA_CROSS: the fast band has just fully crossed the slow band",
    "PIVOT: price reaches the daily pivot level",
    "RSI: RSI has stayed beyond your level for two closed candles",
    "MACD: MACD crosses its signal line on a closed candle",
    "STOCHASTIC: %K crosses %D inside the oversold or overbought zone",
    "SAME_CANDLE_SERIE: N closed candles of the same colour in a row, while a trend is active",
    "TIME: one entry per day at a set hour and minute, in the direction of the trend",
    "MANUAL: you click, the robot does everything else"
  ],
  "exit_rules": [
    "when the basket's total net profit hits your target",
    "when enough positions are in profit",
    "when price reaches a level you chose"
  ],
  "filters": [
    "ATR volatility",
    "MA distance",
    "multi-timeframe confirmation",
    "trading hours",
    "trend direction locks"
  ],
  "stop_loss": "Basket stop loss in account currency, per direction or global",
  "take_profit": "USD / PERCENT / USD_OR_PERCENT, per direction or global, profit target, % of positions in profit, when the % rule takes over, global TP price levels",
  "position_size": "first lot or balance-based sizing. Grid and pyramid each use SAME_AS_ORDER / STEP / MARTINGALE / FIX_LOT",
  "evidence_type": "backtest_shown",
  "completeness": 50.0,
  "signal_warnings": null,
  "claim_warnings": [
    "RECOVERY SIZING: position size increases after losses (martingale/grid/averaging). Equity curves look smooth until the run that does not recover - judge it on worst-case exposure, not win rate."
  ],
  "opacity_warnings": null,
  "build_warnings": null,
  "canonical": "https://prismaticalgos.com/compendium/algo/12279-trend-is-your-friend-cbot",
  "snapshot": "2026-10-31 15:46 UTC",
  "source_url": "https://ctrader.com/products/3902",
  "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."
}