{
  "id": 9221,
  "rank": 887,
  "name": "VBS (Volatility Breakout System)",
  "aka": [
    "Volatility Breakout System MT5"
  ],
  "family": "A",
  "subtype": "A1",
  "one_liner": "Trades volatility-based range breakouts with ATR-based stop loss and trailing stops.",
  "market_regime": "volatile",
  "timeframes": [
    "M15"
  ],
  "symbols": [
    "NASDAQ 100"
  ],
  "sessions": [
    "null"
  ],
  "indicators": [
    {
      "name": "ATR",
      "params": {
        "period": null
      },
      "applied_to": "close"
    },
    {
      "name": "Trend MA",
      "params": {
        "period": null
      },
      "applied_to": "close"
    }
  ],
  "entry_long": [
    "Price breaks the range extreme with minimum strength and a confirmed close",
    "Breakout aligns with the direction of a trend moving average on the working timeframe",
    "Volume filter passes (default enabled)"
  ],
  "entry_short": [
    "Price breaks the range extreme with minimum strength and a confirmed close",
    "Breakout aligns with the direction of a trend moving average on the working timeframe",
    "Volume filter passes (default enabled)"
  ],
  "exit_rules": [
    "Trailing stop activates once profit reaches a level expressed in ATR",
    "Trailing stop advances in minimum steps to reduce unnecessary order modifications",
    "Break-even enabled by default",
    "Protection against opening gaps: if price opens with a significant gap against the position, the losing trade is closed",
    "Scheduled close before the weekend, enabled by default, and an optional daily close at a set time"
  ],
  "filters": [
    "Volume filter",
    "Volatility slope filter (default disabled)",
    "Gap protection"
  ],
  "stop_loss": "ATR multiple or, optionally, in structural mode based on fractals",
  "take_profit": "Optional fixed take profit, disabled by default, so the trailing stop manages the exit",
  "position_size": "Three volume calculation modes: fixed lot, percentage risk on the current balance (compounding), percentage risk on a fixed base capital",
  "evidence_type": "forward_results",
  "completeness": 50.0,
  "signal_warnings": null,
  "claim_warnings": null,
  "opacity_warnings": null,
  "build_warnings": null,
  "canonical": "https://prismaticalgos.com/compendium/algo/9221-vbs-volatility-breakout-system",
  "snapshot": "2026-10-31 15:46 UTC",
  "source_url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/market/product/185934",
  "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."
}