GLD · Armed breakout (Trend Pulse v12) 1h chart Alpaca paper GLD

A trough of the weekly cycle below 50 (or of the 3-day cycle below 45) arms the system for 120 (72) hours. While the weekly cycle rises, a close above the 24-hour high on a bar with range >= 0.75 ATR and the 4h cycle below 80 opens a long. Shorts mirror this and additionally require price below the daily SMA200. Exit on a 2.5 x daily-ATR chandelier from the best price, or when the weekly cycle turns. Position risks 4% of equity, capped at 1x.

Data: alpaca_stock GLD (America/New_York), 18781 chart bars since 2016-01-04 14:30 · live since 2026-09-06 09:26 (0.0 days) · sleeve capital 10,000 · commission per side 0.05%

Position
flat
last close 406.75
Pending at next open
none
last bar 2026-09-04 19:30
Forward equity
10,000
+0.00% · 0 closed
Forward vs backtest expectation
needs closed forward trades
Paper account
0
0 round trips · slip entry – / exit – bps

Statistics

MetricBacktestForward (simulated)Paper account
Window2016-06-23 14:30 → 2026-09-04 19:30 (10.2 y)2026-09-06 09:26 → 2026-09-04 19:30 (0.0 d)0 round trips
Closed trades (long / short)74 (60 / 14)0 ( / )0
Trades per year7.3
Win rate45.9%–%
Profit factor (ex best trade)2.31 (2.04)– (–)
Long PF / short PF2.73 / 0.81– / –
Expectancy per trade (% of equity)+1.12%
Average win / loss+4.3% / -1.6%– / –
Payoff ratio2.72
Best / worst trade+17.1% / -3.2%– / –
Longest losing streak5
Median / mean hold (hours)335 / 435– / –
Exit reasonsstop 65 signal 9
Net return+114.5%0
Asset change over the window+236.8%
CAGR+7.8%
Max drawdown (mark-to-market)15.3%–%
Current drawdown6.7%–%
Sharpe / Sortino (daily, annualised)1.12 / 1.04– / –
Calmar0.51

Backtest equity (log)

Forward equity, marked to market each bar

Current indicator state (closed higher-timeframe values at 2026-09-04 19:30)

24h low
396.45
24h high
413.54
3D cycle
30.22
4h cycle
31.16
daily ATR
8.07
hold long
yes
armed long
no
hold short
no
armed short
yes
daily SMA200
415.27
weekly cycle
85.74
parameters
arm_tf=1W arm2_on=True arm2_tf=3D arm_lvl=50 brk_imp=0.75 ent_cap=80 hold_tf=1W arm2_lvl=45 leverage=1.0 risk_pct=4.0 arm_hours=120 brk_hours=24 short_sma=True allow_long=True arm2_hours=72 chand_mult=2.5 allow_short=True

Backtest monthly returns (%)

Year123456789101112Year
20160.80.40.00.00.00.51.73.5
2017-0.53.2-1.5-0.50.00.00.62.5-0.30.00.03.97.7
20182.60.0-2.1-2.5-0.40.3-0.50.4-1.90.0-0.41.7-2.8
20191.0-1.30.00.01.05.70.00.00.0-0.1-2.02.36.6
20201.8-1.80.01.60.31.110.83.40.0-2.7-4.00.410.9
2021-0.11.8-0.22.17.6-2.8-2.31.5-4.4-0.71.0-1.61.4
2022-0.30.90.00.00.0-2.11.0-4.51.6-2.35.00.5-0.5
20235.70.0-1.10.90.00.00.9-1.1-1.0-1.22.0-0.44.5
20240.0-0.38.76.30.00.01.20.15.1-0.9-0.20.021.2
20253.02.70.3-2.20.00.00.00.811.82.20.03.223.4
20269.40.00.0-3.2-2.80.2-2.15.20.06.2

Capture of the asset's ten largest months (backtest) · system avg +5.1%, positive in 8/10

Month2020-072022-112024-032025-032025-092026-012026-022026-032026-062026-08
Asset+11%+8%+9%+9%+12%+12%+8%-11%-12%+10%
System+10.8%+5.0%+8.7%+0.3%+11.8%+9.4%+0.0%+0.0%+0.2%+5.2%

Forward trades (append-only ledger, 0 rows)

EntryExitSideEntry pxExit pxExposureTrade %Equity %ReasonAddsSleeve equityStatus
no forward trades yet

Paper account round trips (Alpaca fills vs the simulated trade they mirror)

Entry fillExit fillSideQtyEntry px (sim)Exit px (sim)Slip entry / exit bpsP&LReturn (sim)Exit
no completed paper round trips yet
Orders (0)
SubmittedKindSideQtyTypeStopStatusFilledFill pxSignal barNote
Backtest trades (last 74)
EntryExitSideEntry pxExit pxExposureTrade %Equity %ReasonAdds
2026-08-05 14:302026-08-28 15:30long388.72411.3492% +5.72%+5.24%stop0
2026-06-24 14:302026-07-06 14:30short369.23379.6269% -2.92%-2.01%signal0
2026-06-05 14:302026-06-15 13:30short400.22399.5587% +0.07%+0.06%stop0
2026-05-06 14:302026-05-15 13:30long432.10417.3680% -3.51%-2.82%stop0
2026-04-14 14:302026-04-28 13:30long441.78420.7266% -4.86%-3.20%stop0
2026-01-20 15:302026-01-29 14:30long434.24475.54100% +9.41%+9.41%stop0
2025-12-05 15:302025-12-29 14:30long390.80403.68100% +3.19%+3.19%stop0
2025-08-22 14:302025-10-09 16:30long309.85363.27100% +17.13%+17.13%stop0
2025-08-04 14:302025-08-19 14:30long311.02306.01100% -1.71%-1.71%stop0
2025-03-31 14:302025-04-04 13:30long287.01282.04100% -1.83%-1.83%stop0
2025-01-16 15:302025-02-27 14:30long250.77265.56100% +5.80%+5.80%stop0
2024-10-29 14:302024-11-04 15:30long255.71253.22100% -1.07%-1.07%signal0
2024-08-09 14:302024-09-30 14:30long224.84243.17100% +8.05%+8.05%signal0
2024-07-30 17:302024-08-05 13:30long222.55220.56100% -0.99%-0.99%stop0
2024-07-11 14:302024-07-19 13:30long222.56221.52100% -0.57%-0.57%stop0
2024-02-29 15:302024-04-12 16:30long189.73218.81100% +15.22%+15.22%stop0
2023-11-14 15:302023-12-04 14:30long182.54188.15100% +2.97%+2.97%stop0
2023-10-27 18:302023-11-08 14:30long186.19181.80100% -2.46%-2.46%stop0
2023-09-18 17:302023-09-25 13:30long179.24177.67100% -0.97%-0.97%stop0
2023-08-16 17:302023-08-23 14:30short176.14177.96100% -1.13%-1.13%signal0
2023-07-03 14:302023-07-27 13:30long178.83180.57100% +0.87%+0.87%stop0
2023-03-23 16:302023-04-17 14:30long185.24184.86100% -0.31%-0.31%stop0
2022-12-20 15:302023-01-30 15:30long169.21179.40100% +5.92%+5.92%signal0
2022-11-04 14:302022-12-15 15:30long155.57165.28100% +6.14%+6.14%stop0
2022-10-26 14:302022-11-03 13:30long155.35150.70100% -3.09%-3.09%stop0
2022-09-14 17:302022-09-30 13:30short158.31155.65100% +1.58%+1.58%stop0
2022-08-25 14:302022-08-31 13:30long163.64159.50100% -2.63%-2.63%stop0
2022-08-04 16:302022-08-18 15:30long166.84163.82100% -1.91%-1.91%stop0
2022-07-05 14:302022-07-28 13:30short165.19163.31100% +1.04%+1.04%stop0
2022-06-02 14:302022-06-13 13:30long174.06170.61100% -2.08%-2.08%stop0
2022-02-17 15:302022-02-24 18:30long176.99178.69100% +0.86%+0.86%stop0
2022-01-11 18:302022-01-26 20:30long169.89169.49100% -0.33%-0.33%stop0
2021-12-02 15:302021-12-16 14:30short165.20167.68100% -1.60%-1.60%stop0
2021-11-04 14:302021-11-22 14:30long168.09169.90100% +0.98%+0.98%stop0
2021-09-23 15:302021-10-04 14:30short163.53165.21100% -1.13%-1.13%stop0
2021-09-14 15:302021-09-16 13:30long168.91164.38100% -2.78%-2.78%stop0
2021-08-16 14:302021-09-07 14:30long167.09167.74100% +0.29%+0.29%stop0
2021-06-29 14:302021-07-06 13:30short164.32169.27100% -3.11%-3.11%stop0
2021-04-05 15:302021-06-03 13:30long162.24174.84100% +7.66%+7.66%stop0
2021-02-12 15:302021-03-15 14:30short170.36162.02100% +4.80%+4.80%signal0
2021-02-04 15:302021-02-09 14:30short167.90172.86100% -3.06%-3.06%stop0
2020-12-28 15:302021-01-06 15:30long177.51178.32100% +0.35%+0.35%stop0
2020-11-13 15:302020-11-23 14:30long177.32172.69100% -2.71%-2.71%stop0
2020-11-03 15:302020-11-09 14:30long178.57176.42100% -1.30%-1.30%stop0
2020-10-21 14:302020-10-28 13:30long180.91176.26100% -2.67%-2.67%stop0
2020-06-22 14:302020-08-10 14:30long165.45191.91100% +15.88%+15.88%signal0
2020-04-06 14:302020-05-27 13:30long154.99159.4170% +2.75%+1.92%stop0
2020-01-31 16:302020-02-04 14:30long149.53146.82100% -1.91%-1.91%stop0
2019-12-23 15:302020-01-09 14:30long139.71145.83100% +4.28%+4.28%stop0
2019-10-31 14:302019-11-05 16:30long142.54139.69100% -2.10%-2.10%stop0
2019-06-13 18:302019-06-27 13:30long126.68132.38100% +4.40%+4.40%stop0
2019-05-23 14:302019-06-11 13:30long121.20124.89100% +2.95%+2.95%stop0
2019-05-09 14:302019-05-17 13:30long121.54120.88100% -0.65%-0.65%stop0
2019-01-28 15:302019-02-11 14:30long123.07123.21100% +0.02%+0.02%stop0
2018-12-17 18:302019-01-22 15:30long118.00120.97100% +2.42%+2.42%signal0
2018-11-27 15:302018-12-03 14:30short115.18116.60100% -1.33%-1.33%stop0
2018-10-11 14:302018-10-31 13:30long114.75114.91100% +0.04%+0.04%stop0
2018-09-12 15:302018-09-26 18:30long113.87112.68100% -1.15%-1.15%stop0
2018-08-21 17:302018-09-11 13:30long112.97112.65100% -0.39%-0.39%stop0
2018-06-19 14:302018-07-05 14:30short120.64119.22100% +1.08%+1.08%stop0
2018-06-14 14:302018-06-15 13:30long123.45122.07100% -1.22%-1.22%stop0
2018-05-15 14:302018-06-11 14:30short122.66123.15100% -0.50%-0.50%signal0
2018-04-18 14:302018-04-23 13:30long128.30125.62100% -2.19%-2.19%stop0
2018-04-10 14:302018-04-12 14:30long127.00126.77100% -0.28%-0.28%stop0
2018-03-26 14:302018-03-28 15:30long128.36125.80100% -2.10%-2.10%stop0
2017-12-13 19:302018-01-29 15:30long118.92126.99100% +6.68%+6.68%stop0
2017-08-09 14:302017-09-13 14:30long120.96125.54100% +3.68%+3.68%stop0
2017-07-26 19:302017-08-08 14:30long119.92119.09100% -0.79%-0.79%stop0
2017-04-11 15:302017-04-19 13:30long121.12120.60100% -0.53%-0.53%stop0
2017-01-31 15:302017-03-02 16:30long115.73117.55100% +1.47%+1.47%stop0
2017-01-10 15:302017-01-26 15:30long113.17113.03100% -0.22%-0.22%stop0
2016-11-23 15:302016-12-29 15:30short113.00109.79100% +2.74%+2.74%stop0
2016-11-01 14:302016-11-07 14:30long122.73122.15100% -0.57%-0.57%stop0
2016-06-24 14:302016-07-12 16:30long125.36127.08100% +1.27%+1.27%stop0

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