Template Trailing Strategy (Backtester)

Script from: TradingViewSwingTrend followingMomentumBotMean reversion

The Template Trailing Strategy is a flexible backtesting framework designed to implement, test, and assess custom trading ideas. It enables traders to define trade entry, exit, and cancellation conditions, order types, and price targets. With options for stop-loss and take-profit placements, including trailing and breakeven moves, it aids in comprehensive risk management. Additionally, it features a messaging system for trade alerts and supports automation with real brokers via webhooks.

Audit verdict

Not rankedUpdated Jul 28, 2026

No reliable edge found

Its average result can't be told apart from chance, so it stays out of our rankings. The script itself passed our repainting audit.

2,125backtests3 markets

22robust scoreranked median 52

0.66p-valueranked median 0.24

1/37pass quality gatebacktests >15 trades

Audit details

How we decide whether a strategy enters our rankings. Read the methodology →

✓

Repainting audit

8 of 8 checks passed.

✓

Script availability

Open-source, still published on TradingView.

Statistical edge

Average t-statistic 0.53 (p = 0.66), below the median of 1.95 (p = 0.24) for ranked strategies.

✓

Quality gate

1 of 37 backtests with more than 15 trades pass our quality gate.

Robust score

22/100, below the median of 52 for ranked strategies.

How its evidence compares

The t-statistic measures how far the average result sits from zero relative to its noise. Below about 2, it is within what random entries produce.

0.53

avg. t-statistic

1.95

median, ranked strategies

Best 5 of 2,125 backtests

Shown for transparency.

Symbol	Timeframe	Net profit	Profit factor	Trades	Max drawdown
Tezos / TetherUS BINANCE:XTZUSDT	4H	+42%	1.55	121	6%
CGG EURONEXT:CGG	2H	+33%	1.42	112	11%
GALA / TetherUS BINANCE:GALAUSDT	4H	+30%	1.69	76	3%
Applovin Corporation NASDAQ:APP	2H	+24%	2.39	38	3%
GRT / TetherUS BINANCE:GRTUSDT	4H	+20%	1.34	92	7%

⚠Selected after the fact: these are the best 5 of 2,125 runs, not what to expect from this strategy.

Is Template Trailing Strategy (Backtester) profitable?

Not reliably, based on our tests. Across 2,125 backtests, 1 of 37 with more than 15 trades pass our quality gate. The best result is +42% on Tezos / TetherUS (4H, 121 trades). On average, its results are statistically indistinguishable from chance (p = 0.66).

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