Connors RSI Pullback (Educational)
Educational example: this classic setup does not beat trading costs in our tests — use it to learn, not to trade as is. Buys short, sharp dips inside an up trend and sells short, sharp rallies inside a down trend. Trend = price vs its 200-bar SMA. A long opens when Connors RSI drops below the entry level while price is above the SMA; it closes when CRSI recovers above the exit level. A hard ATR st
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4h BTC / ETH / SOL perpetuals. Mean reversion with many small wins and occasional larger losses: keep the stop on. Position size is a % of equity (Properties). Commission 0.06% per side. Back-test BTCUSDT 4h (Bybit, 0.06% fee/side, funding not included): 2021–2025 +2% (PF 1.02, max DD 29%, 112 trades); unseen 2025–2026 +3% (PF 1.10, 43 trades). Past results don't predict future ones. Concept: L. Connors, C. Alvarez, M. Radtke, "An Introduction to ConnorsRSI" (2012); "buy pullbacks above the 200-day average" (Connors & Alvarez, "Short Term Trading Strategies That Work", 2008).
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