Track record
Order Block on BTC 4H: backtested track record
Every Order Block that formed on the Bitcoin (BTC) 4-hour chart since Feb 2025: 127 backtested trades, grade D, averaging -0.02R per trade after a 0.12% round-trip fee.
Order Block
BTC · 4-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-3%
Wins32%
Avg time to profit~1.6 days
Max drawdown42%
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-26%
Wins45%
Avg time to profit~1.3 days
Max drawdown48%
Times it has formed127
Avg edge / trade-0.02R
Typical dip first~1.14R
It usually plays out in about a day or two, 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 split68 long / 59 short
Expectancy-0.02R per trade
Median run / dip1.03R / -1.14R
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 Order Block on BTC 4H
127 times since Feb 2025 in the backtest, on Coinbase candles for Bitcoin.
Hold for the target: 32% of trades closed in profit, typically in ~1.6 days. Book early: 45% of trades closed in profit, typically in ~1.3 days.
The typical trade dipped about 1.14R toward its stop before it worked out. It usually plays out in about a day or two, 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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