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Candle Strategy

Script from: TradingViewIntraday

Gold Futures (GC1!)

+ Candle Strategy

@ 5 minTradeSearcher backtest

1.89

Profit Factor

71.12 %

Total ROI

61

E-MINI S&P 500 FUTURES (CONTINUOUS: CURRENT CONTRACT...)

+ Candle Strategy

@ 5 minTradeSearcher backtest

1.56

Profit Factor

15.18 %

Total ROI

51

E-MINI NASDAQ-100 FUTURES (CONTINUOUS: CURRENT CONTR...)

+ Candle Strategy

@ 5 minTradeSearcher backtest

1.52

Profit Factor

42.22 %

Total ROI

56

Australian Dollar/U.S. Dollar (AUDUSD)

+ Candle Strategy

@ 15 minTradeSearcher backtest

1.36

Profit Factor

7.99 %

Total ROI

189

U.S. Dollar/Swiss Franc (USDCHF)

+ Candle Strategy

@ 15 min

1.35

Profit Factor

6.29 %

Total ROI

170

Gold Futures (GC1!)

+ Candle Strategy

@ 15 minTradeSearcher backtest

1.26

Profit Factor

81.37 %

Total ROI

173

E-MINI NASDAQ-100 FUTURES (CONTINUOUS: CURRENT CONTR...)

+ Candle Strategy

@ 15 minTradeSearcher backtest

1.19

Profit Factor

59.83 %

Total ROI

175

E-MINI S&P 500 FUTURES (CONTINUOUS: CURRENT CONTRACT...)

+ Candle Strategy

@ 15 minTradeSearcher backtest

1.19

Profit Factor

23.78 %

Total ROI

169

E-MINI DOW (5$) FUTURES (YM1!)

+ Candle Strategy

@ 15 minTradeSearcher backtest

1.15

Profit Factor

13.42 %

Total ROI

170

New Zealand Dollar/U.S. Dollar (NZDUSD)

+ Candle Strategy

@ 15 minTradeSearcher backtest

1.15

Profit Factor

3.86 %

Total ROI

194

British Pound/U.S. Dollar (GBPUSD)

+ Candle Strategy

@ 15 minTradeSearcher backtest

1.13

Profit Factor

2.31 %

Total ROI

183

E-MINI DOW (5$) FUTURES (YM1!)

+ Candle Strategy

@ 5 minTradeSearcher backtest

1.12

Profit Factor

2.22 %

Total ROI

53

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Candle Strategy backtest statistics

Aggregated across every validated backtest TradeSearcher has run on this strategy. Figures update automatically as new backtests are added — they are not edited by hand. Classified as intraday by holding period.

12
Backtests run
1.3
Avg profit factor
+27%
Avg net profit
+100%
Avg annualized return
12%
Avg max drawdown
0.50
Avg Sharpe ratio

On average, backtests of this strategy beat a buy-and-hold baseline by 25% over the same window.

Performance by asset class

MarketBacktestsAvg profit factorAvg net profitAvg max drawdownAvg Sharpe
Stocks540——10%—
Forex661.2+5%3%0.44

Backtests use the validated-universe filter: non-repainting scripts, over 15 trades, non-excluded. Per-market rows appear only when at least one backtest exists for that asset class.

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