BTC Impulse Zone Breakout

Thesis

BTC tends to continue after strong moves out of price zones, giving breakout and first-retest entries a chance to capture the next leg.

Strategy

• Entries: Trade hourly BTC zones from 1.8 ATR impulses and first retests, with the 4-hour EMA100, annual ATR percentiles 25–85, and 00:00–14:00 PT closes. • Exits: Stop 0.25 ATR beyond the zone, take profit at 2.5 times initial risk, or close on an opposite qualifying signal or after seven days. • Sizing: Risk 1% of allocated equity times leverage, capped by 3x times leverage, the gross ceiling and the venue cap; hold one BTC position.

Exposure

• Holds: BTC perp and USDC — Trades long or short BTC on Hyperliquid's main market and holds USDC when no signal qualifies. • Venue: Hyperliquid — Uses bounded resting entries, native reduce-only stops and targets, and exact-quantity discretionary closes; venue checks margin. • Leverage: 3x default ceiling — The leverage control ranges from 0.25 to 3; the separate gross ceiling defaults to 3x and exchange leverage stays unchanged. • Costs: Trading fees and funding — Pays Hyperliquid order fees and BTC funding while a position is open. • Data: Circuit — Uses closed hourly bars, 150 four-hour bars, annual hourly ATR history, quotes, funding and open interest as served without age gates. • On unwind: USDC — Terminal closes BTC into USDC after stopping; stopping alone leaves positions and orders in place.