Buy at opening candle range breakoutlong
Backtest Results @ NVDA β€’ 15 Minutes

This intraday breakout strategy seeks to enter once price breads above the opening candle High, at any stage of a day. It takes profit on Opening Range High+Opening Range Size, and it has a stop loss at Opening Range Low. It never carries a position overnight; it always exits at the last candle of a day in case if no other exit conditions were met.

Equity Curve

Backtest covers 18.7 months of NVDA β€’ 15 Minutes (NVIDIA Corporation) data, from January 17, 2024 to August 1, 2025.

Equity curve is the strategy's performance over time. You should compare it to the asset's Buy & Hold performance. In general, you want the blue area to be well above the gray area.

Drawdown is how much losses (realized or unrealized) the strategy has had if compared to the highest equity peak. Compare this to the asset's drawdown to see whether your strategy does a decent job of isolating you from downside volatility. In general, the red area must be well within the gray area.

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So, we have backtested Buy at opening candle range breakout on 18.7 months of NVDA β€’ 15 Minutes candles.Β This backtest resulted in 215 positions, with the average win rate of 57% and reward-risk ratio of 1.23.Β If you assume that 1.23 reward-to-risk ratio holds, you need a minimum win rate of 44.8 to be profitable. So you're looking good so far.Β The key metrics are as follows:

  1. Total Return: Total Return: 69.70% vs 211.70% for the asset
  2. Max Drawdown: Max Drawdown: -10.10% vs -42.80% for the asset
  3. Exposure: Exposure: 33.90% time in the market
  4. Win Rate: Win Rate: 57.0%, vs 44.8% minimum
  5. Reward/Risk Ratio: Reward/Risk Ratio: 1.23

With that exposure in mind, you can tell that for 34% time-in-market, you get 32.92% of the asset upside potential, and 23.60% of the asset downside potential.

Buy at opening candle range breakout: enter a position when

All of the following: # Papa
  15min Opening range JS, Entry Signal emerged

Buy at opening candle range breakout: exit a position when

All of the following: # X-ray
  15min Opening range JS, Exit Signal emerged

Buy at opening candle range breakout @ NVDA β€’ 15 Minutes (69.7%) backtest results explained by Alex C, Mike, Sarah

Alex C

Author

The backtest results show some interesting characteristics, but I am not fully convinced about the strategy's robustness. Let me explain why.

First the positives: The strategy shows decent risk metrics with a Sharpe of 2.32 and relatively low correlation to the underlying asset (0.4). The win rate of 57% combined with a positive R/R ratio of 1.23 gives mathematically sufficient edge. The fact that the strategy needs only 44.8% win rate to break even, while achieving 57%, provides good statistical cushion.

However, I see some red flags. The strategy significantly underperforms buy & hold (69.7% vs 211.7%), which is problematic for a stock like NVIDIA that has strong directional bias. The market exposure of only 33.9% suggests the strategy misses large portions of the trend. Also concerning is that the 1-month performance is negative (-1%) while the asset shows strong upward momentum. This could indicate the strategy is not properly calibrated for current market conditions.

I would suggest running additional tests with modified parameters, especially around the entry timing, to see if we can capture more of the underlying trend while maintaining the positive risk metrics. The mathematics looks solid but the execution needs optimization.

Mike

Author

Yo fam, this NVDA strategy is looking pretty interesting! πŸ”₯ Not gonna lie, that 69.7% net profit is sweet, even though it's not beating buy & hold (but who does in this NVDA rally, right? πŸ˜…).

What's really catching my eye here is the risk management setup. We're looking at a 57% win rate with a decent 1.23 R/R ratio - that's actually pretty solid! The max drawdown is only -10.1% compared to NVDA's nasty -42.8%, so we're definitely managing risk better than hodling. Plus, those Sharpe and Sortino ratios above 2 are telling me this isn't just some YOLO strategy! πŸ“Š

The strategy's giving us about 23 trades per month, which is perfect for us Wendy's warriors - not too crazy on commissions but enough action to keep it interesting! Love seeing that 56.55% win rate leeway too - means we've got room for error when the market gets choppy. Only thing that's slightly sus is the recent 1-month performance being down 1%, but hey, even NVIDIA can't moon forever! πŸš€ Overall, this looks like something I'd definitely consider throwing some paycheck at! πŸ’°

Sarah

Author

Madre mΓ­a, this strategy is like a turtle trying to race against Usain Bolt! Only 69.7% profit when buy & hold made 211.7%? That's embarrasing!

Look, the numbers aren't completely terrible - 57% win rate with 1.23 risk/reward isn't bad, and the 0.3 expectancy shows it's technically profitable. But why bother with all this complexity when simply buying and holding would have tripled your returns? The market exposure of 33.9% suggests you're missing most of the upside moves. That's just stupid with a strong trending stock like NVIDIA.

The risk metrics are actually decent - Sharpe ratio of 2.32 and max drawdown of only 10.1% compared to asset's 42.8%. But honestly, who cares about lower volatility when you're sacrificing so much potential profit? It's like wearing a helmet to walk to the mailbox - sure it's safer, but completely unnecesary and makes you look like an idiota.

My brutal advice? Either find a way to significantly improve the profit potential or just buy and hold like a normal person. This strategy is technically "working" but it's working like a minimum wage job when you could be making six figures. Stop wasting time with mediocre results!

Tabular metrics of Buy at opening candle range breakout backtested on NVDA β€’ 15 Minutes

Total Trades215Net Profit69.7%Buy & Hold Profit211.7%
Win Rate57%Reward/Risk Ratio1.23Max Drawdown-10.1%
Asset Max Drawdown-42.8%Exposure33.9%Avg Candles in Position14.8
Sharpe Ratio2.32Sortino Ratio2.19Realized Volatility16.42%
Max Winning Streak6Avg Winning Streak2.0Max Losing Streak4
Avg Losing Streak1.4Avg Trades per Month23.0Avg Trades per Day0.8
Return Std Dev1.4Loss Std Dev0.8Win Std Dev1.1
Expectancy0.3Beta0.14

All backtests for Buy at opening candle range breakout

backtestexposurepeformance vs assetdrawdown vs assetwin%reward/risk
BTCUSDT β€’ 10 Minutes
15%(1.0%/4.2%) 0.24x(-4.6%/-11.1%) 0.41x560.9
EURUSD β€’ 10 Minutes
22%(0.8%/2.1%) 0.38x(-1.7%/-3.6%) 0.47x870.2
GLD β€’ 10 Minutes
24%(0.8%/39.2%) 0.02x(-2.6%/-8.3%) 0.31x600.7
NVDA β€’ 10 Minutes
32%(25.9%/41.7%) 0.62x(-15.6%/-42.8%) 0.36x541.1
PLTR β€’ 10 Minutes
33%(38.1%/439.0%) 0.09x(-25.4%/-46.5%) 0.55x581.0
SPY β€’ 10 Minutes
22%(16.4%/12.3%) 1.33x(-5.5%/-20.7%) 0.27x680.8
TSLA β€’ 10 Minutes
29%(-7.9%/23.0%) -0.34x(-34.7%/-55.3%) 0.63x600.7
WMT β€’ 10 Minutes
32%(13.3%/40.0%) 0.33x(-9.1%/-23.8%) 0.38x630.8
BTCUSDT β€’ 15 Minutes
20%(2.3%/33.4%) 0.07x(-7.2%/-12.0%) 0.60x521.1
EURUSD β€’ 15 Minutes
27%(3.9%/8.2%) 0.48x(-1.4%/-4.3%) 0.33x830.3
GLD β€’ 15 Minutes
31%(4.0%/66.4%) 0.06x(-4.4%/-8.3%) 0.53x590.8
NVDA β€’ 15 Minutes
34%(69.7%/211.7%) 0.33x(-10.1%/-42.8%) 0.24x571.2
PLTR β€’ 15 Minutes
33%(124.3%/846.9%) 0.15x(-14.3%/-46.5%) 0.31x561.4
SPY β€’ 15 Minutes
24%(13.3%/31.8%) 0.42x(-4.4%/-21.1%) 0.21x620.8
TSLA β€’ 15 Minutes
27%(16.3%/41.6%) 0.39x(-20.0%/-55.6%) 0.36x560.9
WMT β€’ 15 Minutes
33%(27.2%/83.0%) 0.33x(-4.9%/-23.8%) 0.21x640.9
BTCUSDT β€’ 30 Minutes
21%(-3.7%/14.3%) -0.26x(-20.8%/-31.2%) 0.67x570.7
EURUSD β€’ 30 Minutes
35%(-1.1%/5.7%) -0.19x(-5.2%/-7.4%) 0.70x750.3
GLD β€’ 30 Minutes
34%(11.1%/87.3%) 0.13x(-6.9%/-11.8%) 0.58x551.0
NVDA β€’ 30 Minutes
34%(58.6%/1089.5%) 0.05x(-29.2%/-42.9%) 0.68x541.1
PLTR β€’ 30 Minutes
30%(19.4%/1516.1%) 0.01x(-41.6%/-48.4%) 0.86x540.9
SPY β€’ 30 Minutes
35%(18.1%/65.6%) 0.28x(-6.8%/-20.2%) 0.34x630.7
TSLA β€’ 30 Minutes
29%(62.0%/33.8%) 1.83x(-20.9%/-67.1%) 0.31x561.0
WMT β€’ 30 Minutes
32%(32.0%/138.6%) 0.23x(-6.5%/-23.8%) 0.27x581.1
BTCUSDT β€’ 5 Minutes
18%(2.2%/5.7%) 0.39x(-2.1%/-8.9%) 0.24x641.0
EURUSD β€’ 5 Minutes
23%(0.7%/0.8%) 0.87x(-0.7%/-3.7%) 0.19x880.2
GLD β€’ 5 Minutes
23%(-3.0%/21.5%) -0.14x(-7.3%/-8.0%) 0.91x610.5
NVDA β€’ 5 Minutes
29%(14.6%/42.5%) 0.34x(-9.3%/-38.8%) 0.24x610.9
PLTR β€’ 5 Minutes
26%(18.3%/95.6%) 0.19x(-14.7%/-46.6%) 0.32x551.1
SPY β€’ 5 Minutes
14%(5.4%/3.4%) 1.59x(-4.0%/-21.1%) 0.19x610.9
TSLA β€’ 5 Minutes
21%(47.4%/-22.2%) -2.14x(-7.1%/-48.5%) 0.15x680.9
WMT β€’ 5 Minutes
27%(12.5%/1.2%) 10.42x(-4.8%/-23.8%) 0.20x630.9