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Orion Breakout
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Orion Breakout

The Early Bird

🌅 Day Trader 📅 36 years old (Born 1990)

"The opening range is a coiled spring. When it breaks, ride the explosion."

Intense man in his mid-30s, already on his third coffee by 9:35 AM. Multiple monitors, standing desk. Dark circles under eyes, but alert.

📊 View Performance: 1 Month 3 Months 6 Months YTD 1 Year 2 Years
Feb 14, 2025 Feb 14, 2026 (365 days)
🎯 Asset Class: 📈 Stocks 102 Crypto 12 🌐 All Assets 114

📊 Last Year Performance: Showing Orion Breakout's performance over the last year across 114 symbols. 🟢 LIVE

$10,893
Avg Value (per symbol)
Started at: $10,633 (+$260)
+2.44%
Last Year ROI
43.0%
Win Rate
8,920
Total Trades

Quick Performance Comparison

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-0.2%
1 Month
+0.4%
3 Months
+2.0%
6 Months
+0.5%
YTD
+2.4%
1 Year

Equity Curve (Last Year)

Combined P&L across all 114 symbols

💰 Trading Activity (Last Year)

Stock Volume
$79,472,388
7,620 trades
Stock Fees
$0
✓ Commission FREE
Crypto Volume
$16,793,498
1,300 trades
Crypto Fees
$41,984
0.25% of volume

⚙️ Trading Strategy

Opening range breakout with 0.5% confirmation

Marks the high and low of the first 30 minutes. When price breaks above (or below) with 0.5% confirmation, enters the trade.

🎯 Best Suited For

High-volume stocks with gap openings

"The first thirty minutes tell you everything. Everything else is noise."

📜 Why This Strategy Works

Institutions show their hand early. The first 30 minutes establishes what big players think the day's range should be.

Mathematical Formula

CODE VERIFIED — These formulas are extracted directly from the simulation engine and verified against the source code.
Source: scripts/run-*-simulation.php

📊 Entry Signal

📈 Entry Signal

Close > OR_HIGH × 1.005 (0.5% confirmation above opening range high)
→ BUY at current close price

📉 Exit Conditions

• TARGET: Price ≥ entry × 1.02 (+2% gain)
• STOP_LOSS: Price ≤ entry × 0.99 (-1% loss)
• END_OF_DAY: Force exit at last bar of day (day trade style as swing)

⚙️ Simulation Parameters

OR_BARS: 6
BREAKOUT_CONFIRM_PCT: 0.5%
TARGET_GAIN_PCT: 2%
STOP_LOSS_PCT: 1%
COOLDOWN_BARS: 78

📖 Historical Origin

Origin: Toby Crabel's "Day Trading with Short Term Price Patterns"

Toby Crabel's 1990 book became so valuable it was pulled from publication. Original copies sell for thousands.

🏆 Top 10 Performing Symbols (Last Year)

📉 Worst 5 Performing Symbols (Last Year)

📊 All Symbol Results

Click on any row to see detailed trade history with equity curve

📅 Last Year: Feb 14, 2025 Feb 14, 2026 (365 days)
Rank Symbol Return 1Y Start Final Value Trades Win Rate Fees Net Max DD Avg Hold Refunds Last Refund
1 SOXL +106.73% $9,001 $18,608 110 46% - +$9,607 -30.1% 1.9h -
2 RIOT +76.60% $8,530 $15,064 105 47% - +$6,534 -34.5% 1.2h -
3 XRPUSD +50.25% $14,123 $21,220 116 42% - +$7,097 -23.0% 2.5h -
4 SMCI +43.51% $8,452 $12,129 91 43% - +$3,677 -38.0% 1.5h -
5 SLV +37.08% $9,601 $13,161 87 59% - +$3,560 -17.4% 4.6h -
6 MRNA +34.42% $6,648 $8,937 104 44% - +$2,288 -44.7% 1.7h -
7 LINKUSD +33.77% $14,217 $19,017 117 40% - +$4,801 -22.6% 2.1h -
8 UNH +33.62% $8,621 $11,519 72 50% - +$2,898 -22.6% 4.4h -
9 MU +27.18% $14,616 $18,589 90 48% - +$3,973 -19.9% 3.4h -
10 PLTR +26.77% $12,336 $15,638 91 46% - +$3,302 -16.0% 2.9h -
11 GOOGL +26.20% $10,326 $13,032 73 49% - +$2,706 -13.9% 4.5h -
12 NET +26.19% $10,643 $13,431 89 52% - +$2,787 -15.2% 3.5h -
13 NIO +24.63% $8,052 $10,036 78 44% - +$1,983 -31.2% 1.8h -
14 AMD +23.53% $10,778 $13,314 85 44% - +$2,536 -18.5% 3.0h -
15 RBLX +23.19% $10,426 $12,844 83 39% - +$2,418 -23.7% 3.2h -
16 SPXU +22.04% $9,831 $11,998 62 52% - +$2,167 -19.5% 2.1h -
17 ABBV +19.79% $10,816 $12,956 66 52% - +$2,140 -8.1% 4.9h -
18 GLD +19.52% $8,995 $10,751 51 65% - +$1,756 -13.3% 5.3h -
19 COIN +17.64% $14,058 $16,537 90 41% - +$2,480 -13.9% 1.8h -
20 ISRG +15.79% $10,107 $11,703 72 47% - +$1,596 -16.4% 4.9h -
21 ORCL +14.49% $10,180 $11,655 87 45% - +$1,475 -24.5% 4.0h -
22 CMCSA +14.29% $9,727 $11,116 72 54% - +$1,390 -8.3% 4.7h -
23 MARA +11.79% $10,452 $11,684 101 39% - +$1,232 -14.8% 0.9h -
24 BLK +11.68% $9,121 $10,186 67 54% - +$1,065 -15.5% 4.9h -
25 C +11.26% $12,143 $13,510 91 54% - +$1,367 -12.2% 4.8h -
26 CRM +11.25% $9,121 $10,147 73 48% - +$1,026 -24.2% 4.7h -
27 LLY +10.77% $10,127 $11,218 76 49% - +$1,091 -11.6% 4.4h -
28 MS +10.42% $12,072 $13,329 80 55% - +$1,258 -14.4% 4.9h -
29 VZ +10.13% $11,522 $12,689 54 50% - +$1,167 -12.4% 5.2h -
30 MRK +10.03% $6,656 $7,324 62 48% - +$668 -38.3% 4.7h -
31 GILD +9.72% $8,738 $9,587 80 46% - +$849 -25.0% 4.6h -
32 BAC +9.71% $10,134 $11,118 66 61% - +$984 -19.0% 5.3h -
33 BMY +9.21% $12,532 $13,686 66 44% - +$1,154 -7.1% 4.5h -
34 JPM +8.99% $9,929 $10,822 63 52% - +$893 -13.9% 5.2h -
35 IWM +8.84% $10,825 $11,782 76 54% - +$957 -13.9% 5.0h -
36 PYPL +8.83% $11,280 $12,276 56 46% - +$996 -18.0% 4.3h -
37 WMT +8.33% $10,538 $11,416 75 48% - +$878 -8.0% 5.3h -
38 JNJ +7.96% $9,774 $10,552 55 53% - +$778 -17.3% 5.6h -
39 BIIB +7.50% $8,750 $9,406 82 41% - +$656 -16.8% 3.8h -
40 AMGN +6.80% $11,213 $11,975 69 49% - +$762 -10.0% 5.0h -
41 PFE +6.75% $9,092 $9,706 62 53% - +$614 -10.8% 4.5h -
42 ETHUSD +6.60% $8,482 $9,042 114 34% - +$560 -23.5% 2.8h -
43 PEP +6.43% $9,132 $9,719 53 47% - +$587 -14.7% 5.0h -
44 DIA +6.01% $10,339 $10,961 47 60% - +$621 -6.0% 5.8h -
45 LCID +5.39% $9,988 $10,526 88 38% - +$538 -16.8% 1.4h -
46 SPY +4.94% $10,555 $11,076 42 52% - +$521 -8.3% 5.7h -
47 ACN +4.71% $9,933 $10,401 69 42% - +$468 -9.3% 4.7h -
48 VTI +4.69% $11,107 $11,628 45 51% - +$521 -9.9% 5.6h -
49 VOO +3.96% $10,530 $10,947 42 50% - +$417 -8.6% 5.7h -
50 XLK +3.40% $10,919 $11,290 65 52% - +$371 -10.6% 5.2h -
51 KO +3.33% $11,236 $11,610 52 52% - +$374 -9.9% 5.7h -
52 META +2.91% $10,977 $11,296 60 43% - +$319 -12.8% 4.3h -
53 AMZN +2.04% $11,409 $11,641 71 41% - +$233 -13.9% 4.4h -
54 CVX +1.58% $9,573 $9,724 59 49% - +$151 -9.3% 5.1h -
55 WFC +1.42% $9,218 $9,349 88 50% - +$131 -25.4% 4.8h -
56 AXP +1.35% $9,556 $9,685 75 51% - +$129 -15.6% 4.8h -
57 INTC +1.18% $11,782 $11,921 88 39% - +$139 -21.7% 2.8h -
58 ARKK +0.89% $11,577 $11,680 89 42% - +$103 -14.6% 3.8h -
59 PM +0.42% $12,529 $12,581 81 56% - +$53 -11.5% 5.0h -
60 SOFI +0.40% $13,193 $13,246 104 38% - +$53 -17.7% 2.4h -
61 BTCUSD +0.00% $10,000 $10,000 NO ENTRY - - - -0.0% 0.0h -
62 RIVN -0.26% $7,504 $7,485 101 35% - -$20 -36.7% 1.6h -
63 MDT -0.31% $9,263 $9,234 47 47% - -$29 -17.8% 5.0h -
64 SCHW -1.29% $10,025 $9,895 70 43% - -$129 -13.8% 4.9h -
65 QQQ -1.54% $10,490 $10,328 57 49% - -$162 -12.6% 5.5h -
66 DOGEUSD -1.95% $18,642 $18,279 120 37% - -$364 -22.8% 2.1h -
67 MSFT -1.95% $11,248 $11,029 57 33% - -$219 -15.6% 5.2h -
68 GS -2.32% $11,403 $11,139 85 44% - -$265 -17.6% 4.7h -
69 HD -2.47% $9,678 $9,439 65 42% - -$239 -23.2% 4.9h -
70 CSCO -2.78% $9,541 $9,276 69 45% - -$265 -21.1% 5.2h -
71 DKNG -3.55% $11,212 $10,814 90 39% - -$398 -21.5% 2.9h -
72 XLF -4.12% $9,986 $9,574 48 48% - -$411 -7.7% 5.2h -
73 TMO -4.13% $10,265 $9,841 70 41% - -$424 -12.0% 4.6h -
74 MCD -4.87% $9,578 $9,112 50 46% - -$466 -14.4% 5.1h -
75 BRK-B -4.98% $11,456 $10,886 43 40% - -$571 -8.6% 5.4h -
76 ADBE -5.16% $8,622 $8,177 67 40% - -$445 -31.1% 4.5h -
77 VRTX -5.17% $10,345 $9,810 71 48% - -$535 -19.1% 4.9h -
78 TLT -6.06% $9,857 $9,260 38 47% - -$597 -7.9% 5.9h -
79 UNIUSD -6.48% $16,298 $15,242 116 30% - -$1,056 -29.3% 1.9h -
80 MA -6.52% $10,659 $9,964 57 40% - -$695 -10.5% 5.3h -
81 COST -6.72% $13,055 $12,178 57 37% - -$877 -7.8% 5.4h -
82 TSLA -7.05% $10,245 $9,523 91 36% - -$722 -21.5% 2.9h -
83 AAPL -7.16% $9,986 $9,271 59 49% - -$715 -27.0% 4.6h -
84 XOM -7.27% $9,883 $9,165 72 47% - -$719 -16.9% 5.3h -
85 SLB -7.52% $9,392 $8,686 82 44% - -$706 -27.5% 4.1h -
86 TQQQ -8.19% $13,902 $12,763 113 45% - -$1,139 -24.3% 3.4h -
87 PG -8.27% $10,079 $9,245 47 38% - -$834 -17.0% 5.5h -
88 V -9.74% $10,145 $9,157 49 35% - -$988 -13.0% 5.4h -
89 LTCUSD -11.46% $10,332 $9,148 116 39% - -$1,184 -32.7% 2.9h -
90 OXY -11.47% $9,188 $8,134 80 38% - -$1,054 -23.5% 4.3h -
91 VXX -13.27% $13,921 $12,074 104 32% - -$1,847 -16.1% 2.0h -
92 USO -14.25% $8,664 $7,429 92 40% - -$1,235 -31.7% 4.9h -
93 IBM -14.86% $11,067 $9,422 77 40% - -$1,645 -18.5% 5.0h -
94 NVDA -15.27% $17,706 $15,002 84 37% - -$2,704 -18.7% 3.5h -
95 HOOD -17.00% $11,511 $9,554 99 32% - -$1,957 -26.2% 2.3h -
96 DOTUSD -17.03% $12,268 $10,179 113 34% - -$2,089 -29.2% 2.3h -
97 PANW -17.73% $9,485 $7,804 81 41% - -$1,682 -31.4% 4.1h -
98 UVXY -18.25% $15,537 $12,702 113 31% - -$2,836 -23.6% 1.2h -
99 COP -20.26% $8,581 $6,842 83 41% - -$1,738 -36.1% 4.5h -
100 NFLX -20.34% $10,390 $8,276 71 41% - -$2,113 -23.3% 4.5h -
101 AMC -20.34% $10,418 $8,299 87 23% - -$2,119 -33.0% 1.6h -
102 XLE -21.34% $9,953 $7,829 74 41% - -$2,124 -24.9% 5.2h -
103 REGN -21.64% $8,715 $6,829 93 41% - -$1,886 -39.8% 4.1h -
104 SQQQ -21.81% $9,135 $7,142 103 32% - -$1,992 -48.5% 2.3h -
105 AVAXUSD -24.52% $10,278 $7,758 123 29% - -$2,520 -39.7% 2.1h -
106 GME -24.77% $11,135 $8,377 98 32% - -$2,758 -25.4% 2.1h -
107 SHIBUSD -24.98% $12,790 $9,595 122 34% - -$3,195 -33.4% 2.2h -
108 PEPEUSD -25.48% $6,121 $4,561 124 32% - -$1,560 -64.0% 1.4h -
109 SNOW -25.57% $6,791 $5,055 80 34% - -$1,736 -58.7% 3.4h -
110 ARM -25.99% $9,998 $7,400 80 31% - -$2,599 -44.2% 2.4h -
111 AVGO -27.23% $9,112 $6,630 87 39% - -$2,481 -45.0% 3.3h -
112 DIS -28.66% $10,453 $7,457 66 32% - -$2,996 -32.6% 5.0h -
113 CRWD -33.41% $17,534 $11,676 83 27% - -$5,858 -36.4% 3.5h -
114 SOLUSD -35.53% $12,216 $7,876 119 34% - -$4,340 -47.4% 1.9h -

👤 Personality

Intense morning energy that crashes by 11 AM. Believes the first 30 minutes contain all the information you need for the day.