A time-window range breakout for gold. One trade idea per day, a hard stop on every position.
- Net profit
- +59.3%
- Profit factor
- 1.26
- Max drawdown
- 8.1%
Simulated, Jan 2020 – Sep 2026
$129or rent from $39/month
BTC Box Breakout
The same disciplined box breakout, rebuilt for Bitcoin's volatility and its seven-day week.
- Net profit
- +116.4%
- $11,637 on $10,000
- Profit factor
- 1.15
- Gross profit ÷ gross loss
- Max drawdown
- 27.9%
- Peak-to-trough equity
- Trades
- 1,737
- 37.3% winners
Historical simulation: BTCUSD H1, Jan 2020 to Sep 2026, 10,000 USD start. Not indicative of future results.
Overview
What BTC Box Breakout does
BTC Box Breakout records the high and low of a fixed morning window on BTCUSD, places stop orders either side of it, and trades the first breakout. It is a separate EA, not a re-skin: lot sizing follows your broker's volume step, the pyramiding trigger is percentage-based, and weekend trading is off by default.
- No martingale, grid or averaging.
- No DLLs, no external files, no web connections.
- Strategy
- Range breakout
- Symbol
- BTCUSD (Bitcoin)
- Timeframe
- H1
- Platform
- MetaTrader 5
- Minimum balance
- About $2,000
- Sold via
- MQL5 Market
How it works
From signal to exit
Measure the box
Each day the EA records the high and low of a fixed server-time window (05:00 to 09:00 by default) and draws the box on the chart.
Place the stops
A Buy Stop goes at the box high and a Sell Stop at the box low. If price is already through an edge, it enters at market instead.
Trade the first break
The first side to break is traded and, in single-trade mode, the opposite order is cancelled. No new trades open on Saturday or Sunday unless you switch weekends on.
Finish flat
At a fixed time (20:00 by default) all orders are deleted and all positions are closed.
In MetaTrader 5
Features and protections
What is built in
Stop loss from the first tick
Every position carries a percentage stop (1.0% by default). A take profit based on a multiple of the box is optional.
Broker-aware lot sizing
Lots follow your broker's own volume step (0.01, 0.001, 0.1 and so on) with a maximum-lot cap in every mode.
Weekday-only by default
Bitcoin trades seven days a week; the EA opens no new trades on weekends unless you enable them.
Prop-firm consistency guard
Optional. Shares one record with Golden Box Breakout when both run on the same account, so the rule applies to the whole account.
Restart-safe
Resumes the day after a terminal or VPS restart without duplicate orders.
Optional extras, off by default
Percentage-based pyramiding (up to 3 adds) and small randomisation of entry, stop, lot size and close time.
Backtest
How it behaved in the test
Historical simulations from the MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester. The test conditions are listed with each result so you can reproduce them.
- Symbol
- BTCUSD H1
- Period
- Jan 2020 to Sep 2026
- Start balance
- $10,000
- Model
- 1-minute OHLC
- History quality
- 80%
- Price data
- Fusion Markets price history
- Net profit
- +116.4%
- $11,637 on $10,000
- Profit factor
- 1.15
- Gross profit ÷ gross loss
- Max drawdown
- 27.9%
- Peak-to-trough equity
- Trades
- 1,737
- 37.3% winners
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2020 | +39.5% |
| 2021 | +37.6% |
| 2022 | −12.2% |
| 2023 | −6.4% |
| 2024 | +8.3% |
| 2025 | +3.0% |
| 2026* | +22.9% |
Trading foreign exchange, metals and cryptocurrencies on margin carries a high level of risk and may not be suitable for everyone. Backtested and hypothetical results are not a guarantee of future performance. Read the full risk disclosure.
Requirements
Before you install
- Symbol
- BTCUSD (any broker suffix)
- Timeframe
- Any chart timeframe. The EA reads 1-minute data internally; H1 is convenient.
- Platform
- MetaTrader 5
- Server time
- Defaults assume a GMT+2 / GMT+3 server. For GMT+0 use a 02:00 to 06:00 box and a 17:00 close.
- Minimum balance
- About $2,000. At 1.0% stop loss one 0.01 BTC position risks roughly $8 to $11 at recent prices.
- Hosting
- A VPS is recommended.
Inputs
Parameters
Range time and session close
The server-time window that forms the box, and the daily time at which everything is closed.
Risk
Risk mode, risk value, stop-loss %, maximum-lot cap, behaviour below the broker's minimum lot, optional take profit.
Direction and weekends
Trade both directions after the first fill; trade Saturday and Sunday.
Prop-firm consistency rule
Enable, best-day maximum %, basis, minimum daily cap, optional fixed cap, alert level, seed values.
Pyramiding and randomisation
Percentage trigger for each add, number of adds, size multiplier; entry delay, lot variance, stop buffer, close-time variance.
Set files and a PDF user guide are provided to buyers.
Questions
Frequently asked
How is this different from Golden Box Breakout?
Same family of idea, separate code. BTC Box uses a percentage trigger for pyramiding, follows the broker's volume step, and keeps weekends off by default. The two share one consistency record if you run both on one account.
Can I try it before buying?
Yes. The MQL5 Market demo runs in the MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester. Backtest it on your own broker's data first.
Why was 2022 a losing year?
Breakout systems struggle when price chops sideways inside the day. The strategy does best when Bitcoin trends intraday and gives profit back in quiet, choppy years. We publish those years rather than hide them.
Is it guaranteed to be profitable?
No. All figures are historical simulations and live results will differ.
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