HalfTrend Strategy

Script from: TradingViewSwingScalpingTrend followingMomentumVolume

For BTCUSD on a 5-minute chart using the HalfTrend Strategy, enter a buy position when the price is above the EMA and the HalfTrend shows a blue triangle. Enter a sell position when the price is below the EMA and a red triangle appears. Utilize appropriate money management, multi-target and breakeven strategies, ATR stop-loss settings, and customizable alerts and indicators for optimal trade management.

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.

2,071backtests3 markets

20robust scoreranked median 52

0.36p-valueranked median 0.24

1/134pass quality gatebacktests >15 trades

Audit details

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✓

Repainting audit

8 of 8 checks passed.

✓

Script availability

Open-source, still published on TradingView.

Statistical edge

Average t-statistic 1.25 (p = 0.36), below the median of 1.98 (p = 0.24) for ranked strategies.

✓

Quality gate

1 of 134 backtests with more than 15 trades pass our quality gate.

Robust score

20/100, 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.

1.25

avg. t-statistic

1.98

median, ranked strategies

Best 5 of 2,071 backtests

Shown for transparency.

Symbol	Timeframe	Net profit	Profit factor	Trades	Max drawdown
Energy Transfer LP NYSE:ET	2H	+622%	1.16	425	46%
S&P Global Inc. NYSE:SPGI	1H	+528%	1.17	446	48%
Tilray Brands, Inc. - Class 2 NASDAQ:TLRY	1H	+420%	1.44	248	17%
GE Aerospace NYSE:GE	1H	+254%	1.17	414	38%
GALA / TetherUS BINANCE:GALAUSDT	4H	+184%	1.75	128	23%

⚠Selected after the fact: these are the best 5 of 2,071 runs, not what to expect from this strategy.

Is HalfTrend Strategy profitable?

Not reliably, based on our tests. Across 2,071 backtests, 1 of 134 with more than 15 trades pass our quality gate. The best result is +622% on Energy Transfer LP (2H, 425 trades). On average, its results are statistically indistinguishable from chance (p = 0.36).

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