BB and KC Strategy

Script from: TradingViewSwingBreakoutTrend followingVolatility

The BB and KC Strategy employs Bollinger Bands and Keltner Channels to forecast market trends. Entry is signaled when KC and BB lines cross, accompanied by high volume, while exits hinge on time-based conditions or stop losses set to a percentage of the entry price. Use for backtesting purposes, with customizable investment and trade parameters.

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.

1,744backtests3 markets

32robust scoreranked median 52

0.18p-valueranked median 0.24

3/75pass 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 1.91 (p = 0.18), below the median of 1.98 (p = 0.24) for ranked strategies.

✓

Quality gate

3 of 75 backtests with more than 15 trades pass our quality gate.

Robust score

32/100, 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.

1.91

avg. t-statistic

1.98

median, ranked strategies

Best 5 of 1,744 backtests

Shown for transparency.

Symbol	Timeframe	Net profit	Profit factor	Trades	Max drawdown
General Motors Company NYSE:GM	2H	+2,430%	1.13	450	87%
Cameco Corporation NYSE:CCJ	1H	+905%	1.35	626	39%
Lyft, Inc. NASDAQ:LYFT	4H	+884%	1.31	125	65%
Unity Software Inc. NYSE:U	2H	+662%	1.20	201	59%
U.S. Bancorp NYSE:USB	2H	+652%	1.27	702	37%

⚠Selected after the fact: these are the best 5 of 1,744 runs, not what to expect from this strategy.

Is BB and KC Strategy profitable?

Not reliably, based on our tests. Across 1,744 backtests, 3 of 75 with more than 15 trades pass our quality gate. The best result is +2,430% on General Motors Company (2H, 450 trades). On average, its results are statistically indistinguishable from chance (p = 0.18).

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