BEST Trailing Take Profit Strategy

Script from: TradingViewSwingTrend followingMomentum

The "BEST Trailing Take Profit Strategy" leverages a dynamic exit point to maximize profits on trades. It introduces a Take Profit (TP) trigger that, when reached, activates a trailing profit command. This trailing mechanism adjusts the profit target if the price continues to move favorably, ensuring that gains are not left on the table. The strategy also emphasizes the importance of using it in conjunction with stops or invalidations to protect your capital.

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.

531backtests3 markets

16robust scoreranked median 52

0.34p-valueranked median 0.24

0/59pass 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 1.21 (p = 0.34), below the median of 1.98 (p = 0.24) for ranked strategies.

Quality gate

None of the 59 backtests with more than 15 trades passes our quality gate.

Robust score

16/100, 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.

1.21

avg. t-statistic

1.98

median, ranked strategies

Best 5 of 531 backtests

Shown for transparency.

Symbol	Timeframe	Net profit	Profit factor	Trades	Max drawdown
American Airlines Group, Inc. NASDAQ:AAL	4H	+1,451%	1.58	217	44%
Ford Motor Company NYSE:F	1D	+776%	1.34	286	69%
Snap Inc. NYSE:SNAP	1H	+646%	1.34	356	49%
Tilray Brands, Inc. - Class 2 NASDAQ:TLRY	2H	+283%	1.20	168	76%
Lucid Group, Inc. NASDAQ:LCID	4H	+270%	1.39	56	76%

⚠Selected after the fact: these are the best 5 of 531 runs, not what to expect from this strategy.

Is BEST Trailing Take Profit Strategy profitable?

Not reliably, based on our tests. Across 531 backtests, 0 of 59 with more than 15 trades pass our quality gate. The best result is +1,451% on American Airlines Group, Inc. (4H, 217 trades). On average, its results are statistically indistinguishable from chance (p = 0.34).

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