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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
Nov 14, 2025 Feb 14, 2026 (92 days)
🎯 Asset Class: 📈 Stocks 102 Crypto 12 🌐 All Assets 114

📊 Last 3 Months Performance: Showing Orion Breakout's performance over the last 3 months across 102 stock symbols. 🟢 LIVE

$10,781
Avg Value (per symbol)
Started at: $10,672 (+$109)
+1.02%
Last 3 Months ROI
45.5%
Win Rate
1,757
Total Trades

Quick Performance Comparison

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+0.8%
1 Month
+1.0%
3 Months
+3.9%
6 Months
+1.2%
YTD
+3.3%
1 Year

Equity Curve (Last 3 Months)

Combined P&L across all 102 symbols

⚙️ 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 3 Months)

📉 Worst 5 Performing Symbols (Last 3 Months)

📊 All Symbol Results

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

📅 Last 3 Months: Nov 14, 2025 Feb 14, 2026 (92 days)
Rank Symbol Return 3M Start Final Value Trades Win Rate Fees Net Max DD Avg Hold Refunds Last Refund
1 SOXL +29.02% $14,423 $18,608 26 46% - +$4,186 -30.1% 1.9h -
2 SQQQ +18.37% $6,034 $7,142 21 52% - +$1,108 -48.5% 2.3h -
3 BLK +15.95% $8,785 $10,186 16 63% - +$1,401 -15.5% 4.9h -
4 UNH +15.06% $10,012 $11,519 13 69% - +$1,508 -22.6% 4.4h -
5 SLV +14.71% $11,473 $13,161 31 48% - +$1,688 -17.4% 4.6h -
6 INTC +14.64% $10,398 $11,921 21 48% - +$1,522 -21.7% 2.8h -
7 MRNA +14.38% $7,813 $8,937 31 52% - +$1,124 -44.7% 1.7h -
8 GILD +13.54% $8,444 $9,587 19 58% - +$1,143 -25.0% 4.6h -
9 C +12.67% $11,991 $13,510 21 62% - +$1,519 -12.2% 4.8h -
10 WMT +10.62% $10,320 $11,416 23 57% - +$1,096 -8.0% 5.3h -
11 SLB +9.92% $7,902 $8,686 21 52% - +$784 -27.5% 4.1h -
12 BAC +9.34% $10,168 $11,118 15 67% - +$950 -19.0% 5.3h -
13 GLD +9.05% $9,859 $10,751 15 60% - +$892 -13.3% 5.3h -
14 HD +8.78% $8,678 $9,439 15 53% - +$762 -23.2% 4.9h -
15 CSCO +8.76% $8,528 $9,276 17 65% - +$747 -21.1% 5.2h -
16 IWM +8.47% $10,862 $11,782 21 67% - +$920 -13.9% 5.0h -
17 MDT +7.83% $8,564 $9,234 9 56% - +$671 -17.8% 5.0h -
18 LCID +7.72% $9,772 $10,526 24 46% - +$754 -16.8% 1.4h -
19 MRK +7.68% $6,802 $7,324 17 65% - +$522 -38.3% 4.7h -
20 AMZN +7.61% $10,818 $11,641 16 50% - +$823 -13.9% 4.4h -
21 MS +7.42% $12,409 $13,329 19 63% - +$921 -14.4% 4.9h -
22 JNJ +7.32% $9,832 $10,552 15 67% - +$720 -17.3% 5.6h -
23 PEP +6.99% $9,084 $9,719 14 64% - +$635 -14.7% 5.0h -
24 KO +6.86% $10,865 $11,610 11 82% - +$745 -9.9% 5.7h -
25 CRM +6.79% $9,502 $10,147 16 56% - +$645 -24.2% 4.7h -
26 JPM +5.77% $10,232 $10,822 16 63% - +$590 -13.9% 5.2h -
27 AAPL +5.71% $8,771 $9,271 10 60% - +$501 -27.0% 4.6h -
28 VRTX +5.12% $9,332 $9,810 16 50% - +$478 -19.1% 4.9h -
29 AMD +4.98% $12,683 $13,314 17 47% - +$632 -18.5% 3.0h -
30 SCHW +4.89% $9,434 $9,895 17 41% - +$461 -13.8% 4.9h -
31 ACN +4.30% $9,972 $10,401 18 44% - +$429 -9.3% 4.7h -
32 CMCSA +4.17% $10,671 $11,116 23 52% - +$445 -8.3% 4.7h -
33 BMY +4.14% $13,142 $13,686 15 40% - +$544 -7.1% 4.5h -
34 AXP +3.88% $9,323 $9,685 18 50% - +$362 -15.6% 4.8h -
35 VTI +3.75% $11,208 $11,628 8 75% - +$420 -9.9% 5.6h -
36 MU +3.70% $17,926 $18,589 18 50% - +$663 -19.9% 3.4h -
37 VOO +3.50% $10,576 $10,947 7 86% - +$370 -8.6% 5.7h -
38 SPY +3.47% $10,705 $11,076 7 86% - +$371 -8.3% 5.7h -
39 REGN +3.31% $6,610 $6,829 14 57% - +$219 -39.8% 4.1h -
40 ISRG +3.19% $11,341 $11,703 11 55% - +$362 -16.4% 4.9h -
41 VZ +2.79% $12,345 $12,689 14 36% - +$344 -12.4% 5.2h -
42 PM +2.64% $12,258 $12,581 24 54% - +$324 -11.5% 5.0h -
43 PG +2.59% $9,012 $9,245 11 64% - +$233 -17.0% 5.5h -
44 AMGN +2.34% $11,701 $11,975 14 36% - +$274 -10.0% 5.0h -
45 TMO +2.32% $9,618 $9,841 15 47% - +$223 -12.0% 4.6h -
46 GS +2.13% $10,906 $11,139 22 45% - +$232 -17.6% 4.7h -
47 WFC +1.83% $9,181 $9,349 21 43% - +$168 -25.4% 4.8h -
48 SMCI +1.81% $11,914 $12,129 22 36% - +$216 -38.0% 1.5h -
49 SNOW +1.67% $4,972 $5,055 17 53% - +$83 -58.7% 3.4h -
50 CVX +1.62% $9,569 $9,724 16 44% - +$155 -9.3% 5.1h -
51 PANW +1.27% $7,706 $7,804 15 47% - +$98 -31.4% 4.1h -
52 BRK-B +1.17% $10,760 $10,886 8 38% - +$126 -8.6% 5.4h -
53 ARKK +0.70% $11,599 $11,680 19 42% - +$81 -14.6% 3.8h -
54 DIA +0.51% $10,905 $10,961 13 62% - +$56 -6.0% 5.8h -
55 NIO +0.09% $10,026 $10,036 17 29% - +$9 -31.2% 1.8h -
56 QQQ -0.28% $10,357 $10,328 12 50% - -$29 -12.6% 5.5h -
57 OXY -0.39% $8,166 $8,134 19 37% - -$32 -23.5% 4.3h -
58 MCD -0.48% $9,156 $9,112 9 56% - -$44 -14.4% 5.1h -
59 XLE -0.76% $7,889 $7,829 16 38% - -$60 -24.9% 5.2h -
60 ABBV -1.42% $13,143 $12,956 15 47% - -$187 -8.1% 4.9h -
61 XLF -1.50% $9,720 $9,574 9 33% - -$146 -7.7% 5.2h -
62 TLT -1.53% $9,404 $9,260 5 40% - -$144 -7.9% 5.9h -
63 COP -1.62% $6,955 $6,842 22 41% - -$113 -36.1% 4.5h -
64 MSFT -1.77% $11,227 $11,029 15 33% - -$199 -15.6% 5.2h -
65 COST -1.87% $12,410 $12,178 16 31% - -$232 -7.8% 5.4h -
66 XOM -1.93% $9,345 $9,165 18 39% - -$180 -16.9% 5.3h -
67 PLTR -2.09% $15,972 $15,638 22 41% - -$334 -16.0% 2.9h -
68 DIS -2.09% $7,616 $7,457 17 35% - -$159 -32.6% 5.0h -
69 META -2.44% $11,578 $11,296 19 26% - -$283 -12.8% 4.3h -
70 MA -2.58% $10,227 $9,964 10 40% - -$264 -10.5% 5.3h -
71 RIOT -2.84% $15,504 $15,064 26 35% - -$440 -34.5% 1.2h -
72 PFE -2.99% $10,005 $9,706 20 50% - -$299 -10.8% 4.5h -
73 USO -3.28% $7,681 $7,429 20 35% - -$252 -31.7% 4.9h -
74 SPXU -3.63% $12,450 $11,998 19 53% - -$452 -19.5% 2.1h -
75 GOOGL -3.80% $13,547 $13,032 14 43% - -$515 -13.9% 4.5h -
76 V -3.96% $9,535 $9,157 10 30% - -$378 -13.0% 5.4h -
77 COIN -3.97% $17,221 $16,537 18 33% - -$684 -13.9% 1.8h -
78 TQQQ -4.18% $13,320 $12,763 26 46% - -$557 -24.3% 3.4h -
79 TSLA -4.21% $9,941 $9,523 20 40% - -$419 -21.5% 2.9h -
80 RIVN -4.32% $7,823 $7,485 24 29% - -$338 -36.7% 1.6h -
81 ADBE -4.51% $8,563 $8,177 14 29% - -$386 -31.1% 4.5h -
82 XLK -4.81% $11,861 $11,290 16 44% - -$571 -10.6% 5.2h -
83 LLY -4.90% $11,796 $11,218 15 40% - -$578 -11.6% 4.4h -
84 NFLX -5.06% $8,718 $8,276 10 30% - -$441 -23.3% 4.5h -
85 PYPL -5.33% $12,967 $12,276 8 13% - -$691 -18.0% 4.3h -
86 CRWD -6.22% $12,451 $11,676 17 29% - -$774 -36.4% 3.5h -
87 BIIB -6.85% $10,098 $9,406 22 36% - -$692 -16.8% 3.8h -
88 VXX -7.41% $13,040 $12,074 20 25% - -$966 -16.1% 2.0h -
89 ARM -7.81% $8,026 $7,400 11 27% - -$627 -44.2% 2.4h -
90 AMC -8.42% $9,062 $8,299 20 25% - -$763 -33.0% 1.6h -
91 UVXY -9.15% $13,981 $12,702 23 26% - -$1,279 -23.6% 1.2h -
92 SOFI -9.35% $14,612 $13,246 27 30% - -$1,366 -17.7% 2.4h -
93 NET -9.57% $14,852 $13,431 19 42% - -$1,421 -15.2% 3.5h -
94 AVGO -9.76% $7,348 $6,630 15 47% - -$717 -45.0% 3.3h -
95 DKNG -9.81% $11,990 $10,814 22 23% - -$1,176 -21.5% 2.9h -
96 GME -10.53% $9,362 $8,377 25 28% - -$986 -25.4% 2.1h -
97 IBM -11.18% $10,608 $9,422 18 33% - -$1,186 -18.5% 5.0h -
98 RBLX -12.65% $14,704 $12,844 23 22% - -$1,860 -23.7% 3.2h -
99 NVDA -13.01% $17,246 $15,002 16 25% - -$2,244 -18.7% 3.5h -
100 MARA -13.91% $13,572 $11,684 27 26% - -$1,888 -14.8% 0.9h -
101 HOOD -14.02% $11,112 $9,554 19 32% - -$1,558 -26.2% 2.3h -
102 ORCL -20.63% $14,685 $11,655 19 37% - -$3,029 -24.5% 4.0h -

👤 Personality

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