STRATEGY · TREND FOLLOWING
EMA bounce (EMA-BOUNCE)
DISABLED
How the setup is identified
Treats a moving average as dynamic support or resistance and enters on the touch, requiring a strong higher-timeframe bias.
Status and evidence
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Engine ID | EMA-BOUNCE |
| Family | Trend following |
| Status | Disabled — did not survive testing |
−$40.06 over 10 live trades at a 20% win rate.
What we learned
A 20% win rate over ten trades is poor even accounting for the small sample — at the fixed 2:1 reward-to-risk this system uses, break-even is around 34%.
It also overlapped heavily with EMA-PULLBACK, which is a separate problem. Two strategies identifying the same setups is not diversification; it is one idea competing with itself inside the tournament.
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