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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 ⚠️ Crypto has 0.25% trading fees - results reflect fee impact

📊 Last Year Performance: Showing Orion Breakout's performance over the last year across 12 crypto symbols. 🟢 LIVE

$11,572
Avg Value (per symbol)
Started at: $12,147 ($-575)
-4.73%
Last Year ROI
32.1%
Win Rate
1,300
Total Trades

Quick Performance Comparison

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-8.7%
1 Month
-5.3%
3 Months
-14.5%
6 Months
-5.5%
YTD
-4.7%
1 Year

Equity Curve (Last Year)

Combined P&L across all 12 symbols

💰 Trading Activity (Last Year)

Stock Volume
$0
0 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 XRPUSD +50.25% $14,123 $21,220 116 42% - +$7,097 -23.0% 2.5h -
2 LINKUSD +33.77% $14,217 $19,017 117 40% - +$4,801 -22.6% 2.1h -
3 ETHUSD +6.60% $8,482 $9,042 114 34% - +$560 -23.5% 2.8h -
4 BTCUSD +0.00% $10,000 $10,000 NO ENTRY - - - -0.0% 0.0h -
5 DOGEUSD -1.95% $18,642 $18,279 120 37% - -$364 -22.8% 2.1h -
6 UNIUSD -6.48% $16,298 $15,242 116 30% - -$1,056 -29.3% 1.9h -
7 LTCUSD -11.46% $10,332 $9,148 116 39% - -$1,184 -32.7% 2.9h -
8 DOTUSD -17.03% $12,268 $10,179 113 34% - -$2,089 -29.2% 2.3h -
9 AVAXUSD -24.52% $10,278 $7,758 123 29% - -$2,520 -39.7% 2.1h -
10 SHIBUSD -24.98% $12,790 $9,595 122 34% - -$3,195 -33.4% 2.2h -
11 PEPEUSD -25.48% $6,121 $4,561 124 32% - -$1,560 -64.0% 1.4h -
12 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.