{
  "id": 196,
  "rank": 1594,
  "name": "Zen Breakout",
  "aka": [],
  "family": "J",
  "subtype": "J1",
  "one_liner": "Opens long positions when a bullish Heikin Ashi candle closes above a recent swing high and short positions when a bearish Heikin Ashi candle closes below a recent swing low.",
  "market_regime": "any",
  "timeframes": [
    "M1",
    "M5",
    "M15",
    "M30",
    "H1",
    "H4",
    "D1",
    "W1"
  ],
  "symbols": [
    "EURUSD",
    "GBPUSD",
    "USDJPY",
    "AUDUSD",
    "NZDUSD",
    "USDCAD",
    "EURJPY",
    "GBPJPY",
    "USDCHF",
    "EURGBP",
    "EURJPY",
    "AUDJPY"
  ],
  "sessions": [],
  "indicators": [
    {
      "name": "Heikin Ashi",
      "params": {},
      "applied_to": "close"
    },
    {
      "name": "Fractals",
      "params": {},
      "applied_to": "close"
    }
  ],
  "entry_long": [
    "IsBullishBreakoutCandle(1) && previousHeikinAshiCandleClose > recentSwingHigh && previousHeikinAshiCandleOpen < recentSwingHigh"
  ],
  "entry_short": [
    "IsBearishBreakoutCandle(1) && previousHeikinAshiCandleClose < recentSwingLow && previousHeikinAshiCandleOpen > recentSwingLow"
  ],
  "exit_rules": [
    "Stop loss placed at the breakout candle's low for long positions",
    "Stop loss placed at the breakout candle's high for short positions",
    "Take profit placed at a configurable risk-to-reward ratio"
  ],
  "filters": [],
  "stop_loss": "placed at the breakout candle's low for long positions, placed at the breakout candle's high for short positions",
  "take_profit": "defined using a configurable risk-to-reward ratio",
  "position_size": "manual or auto based on account risk percentage",
  "evidence_type": "source_code",
  "completeness": 50.0,
  "signal_warnings": null,
  "claim_warnings": null,
  "opacity_warnings": null,
  "build_warnings": null,
  "canonical": "https://prismaticalgos.com/compendium/algo/196-zen-breakout",
  "snapshot": "2026-10-31 15:46 UTC",
  "source_url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/18810",
  "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."
}