Ichimoku Breakout Kumo SWING TRADER (By Insert Cheese)

Script from: TradingViewIntradayBreakoutTrend followingIchimoku

Engage in swing trading using the Ichimoku Breakout Kumo SWING TRADER strategy. Initiate a long position when the price breaks above the Ichimoku cloud and exit when it dips back inside. Optimized parameters are 10,30,60,30 for Senkou-Span A with flexibility to adjust. Utilize simplified charts with just the cloud for clarity, and enhance your strategy with backtesting tools including date range and TP/SL methods. This setup begins with a $500 stake, using full capital per trade.

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.

2,096backtests3 markets

24robust scoreranked median 52

0.33p-valueranked median 0.24

5/126pass 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 1.36 (p = 0.33), below the median of 1.98 (p = 0.24) for ranked strategies.

✓

Quality gate

5 of 126 backtests with more than 15 trades pass our quality gate.

Robust score

24/100, 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.

1.36

avg. t-statistic

1.98

median, ranked strategies

Best 5 of 2,096 backtests

Shown for transparency.

Symbol	Timeframe	Net profit	Profit factor	Trades	Max drawdown
Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. NASDAQ:MARA	1D	+920%	2.01	124	47%
FIL / TetherUS BINANCE:FILUSDT	1D	+453%	2.31	82	31%
Bank of America Corporation NYSE:BAC	1D	+205%	1.40	329	21%
Renault EURONEXT:RNO	1D	+189%	1.45	356	42%
Chewy, Inc. NYSE:CHWY	2H	+181%	1.67	300	11%

⚠Selected after the fact: these are the best 5 of 2,096 runs, not what to expect from this strategy.

Is Ichimoku Breakout Kumo SWING TRADER (By Insert Cheese) profitable?

Not reliably, based on our tests. Across 2,096 backtests, 5 of 126 with more than 15 trades pass our quality gate. The best result is +920% on Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (1D, 124 trades). On average, its results are statistically indistinguishable from chance (p = 0.33).

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