Trend Following

Script from: TradingViewIntraday

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.

1,162backtests3 markets

27robust scoreranked median 52

0.29p-valueranked median 0.24

0/47pass 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 1.65 (p = 0.29), below the median of 1.98 (p = 0.24) for ranked strategies.

Quality gate

None of the 47 backtests with more than 15 trades passes our quality gate.

Robust score

27/100, 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.

1.65

avg. t-statistic

1.98

median, ranked strategies

Best 5 of 1,162 backtests

Shown for transparency.

Symbol	Timeframe	Net profit	Profit factor	Trades	Max drawdown
E-MINI NASDAQ-100 FUTURES (CONTINUOUS: CURRENT CONTRACT IN FRONT) CME_MINI:NQ1!	4H	+17,518%	1.07	1,192	2673%
E-MINI S&P 500 FUTURES (CONTINUOUS: CURRENT CONTRACT IN FRONT) CME_MINI:ES1!	1D	+16,395%	1.18	572	1100%
SciSparc Ltd. NASDAQ:SPRC	2H	+16,315%	2.14	602	295%
CRUDE OIL FUTURES (CONTINUOUS: CURRENT CONTRACT IN FRONT) NYMEX:CL1!	4H	+15,704%	1.12	1,164	114%
fuboTV Inc. NYSE:FUBO	1H	+532%	1.24	1,095	84%

⚠Selected after the fact: these are the best 5 of 1,162 runs, not what to expect from this strategy.

Is Trend Following profitable?

Not reliably, based on our tests. Across 1,162 backtests, 0 of 47 with more than 15 trades pass our quality gate. The best result is +17,518% on E-MINI NASDAQ-100 FUTURES (CONTINUOUS: CURRENT CONTRACT IN FRONT) (4H, 1192 trades). On average, its results are statistically indistinguishable from chance (p = 0.29).

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