Track record
Wave Momentum on BTC 1H: backtested track record
Every Wave Momentum that formed on the Bitcoin (BTC) 1-hour chart since Feb 2025: 407 backtested trades, grade D, averaging -0.15R per trade after a 0.12% round-trip fee.
Wave Momentum
BTC · 1-hour chart
Track record with 0.12% fees per trade
Risk / trade
Hold for the target
Holding the whole position to the target closed in profit less often, but the winners were larger.
Annual gain-73%
Wins30%
Avg time to profit~21h
Max drawdown79%
Book early
Banking half near the first target and moving the stop to breakeven closed in profit more often, with smaller average winners.
Annual gain-60%
Wins50%
Avg time to profit~17h
Max drawdown71%
Times it has formed407
Avg edge / trade-0.15R
Typical dip first~1.15R
It usually plays out within about 21 hours, and it often moves most of the way to your stop before it turns. That is past behavior, not a promise about this instance.
Advanced stats
Direction split214 long / 193 short
Expectancy-0.15R per trade
Median run / dip1.00R / -1.15R
Sample windowFeb 2025 to Sep 2026
Not financial advice, and never a buy or sell call. Past performance does not predict future results.
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Questions about the Wave Momentum on BTC 1H
407 times since Feb 2025 in the backtest, on Coinbase candles for Bitcoin.
Hold for the target: 30% of trades closed in profit, typically in ~21h. Book early: 50% of trades closed in profit, typically in ~17h.
The typical trade dipped about 1.15R toward its stop before it worked out. It usually plays out within about 21 hours, and it often moves most of the way to your stop before it turns. That is past behavior, not a promise about this instance.
No. These are past results of the pattern, measured with no look-ahead and net of fees. They describe how it has behaved, not what the next one will do.
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