UniversalJS

u/UniversalJS


r/algotrading•

Lurked here for years, finally have something worth throwing to the wolves.

Pure trend-following: Donchian-style breakout entry, single fixed trailing stop on the exit. No grid, no martingale, no averaging down. One position at a time, fixed risk, and it either trails into a move or gets stopped out small. I called it Stairway to Heaven before I had a good reason to, then the equity curve grew stairs, so now it's earned.

The run below is XAUUSD, ~18 months (Jan 2025 → Jun 2026), real-tick backtest at 100% quality, $10k start:

- Net +$18.9k (+188%)

- Profit factor 1.74, Sharpe 2.89, recovery factor 3.10

- Max drawdown ~21.41%

- 1,136 trades

- Win rate: 31%. Average win $126, ave

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