u/Chiaope ·
Reddit — r/algotrading
· July 24, 2026 at 06:48
· ⬆ 15 pts
· 💬 22 comments
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Summary
The author presents a simple EURUSD momentum/volatility breakout strategy using 1H ATR percentile and dual stop orders after sharp ATR spikes.
Backtest results are shown but not discussed in detail; the author admits the strategy is “too simple” and questions its viability.
The post is a request for peer review rather than a confident trade thesis; no specific position or directional bias is stated.
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I have been playing around with a new algo bot on MT5 and I am wondering what do you guys think. This strategy isnt really very complicated and I think it is a bit too simple to be honest but the results seems good for some reason, not sure if I am missing anything.
How the strategy works:
* EURUSD trading on 1 hour time frame
* Mainly trading low volatility areas
* Look at the current ATR and check whether it is in the lower percentile of the past 500 ATR
* When the ATR is in the lower percentile range, it will wait for a sharp increase in ATR
* If ATR is in lower percentile and sharp increase in ATR is detected, both buy and sell stop order is placed (cant seem to find signal for choosing directions)
* The buy and sell stop order will be placed 0.2 ATR away and setting a stop loss 1 ATR away and take profit 2 ATR away
Below is my back test results:
https://preview.redd.it/yi9vxc2he4fh1.png?width=860&format=png&auto=webp&s=a3c573e9be36e7cd892765b51d44276922683ec2
https://preview.redd.it/hszpfoy7f4fh1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=1f6763d966f7ecb0fc0f7aa5c5b7b24d4f1d6616
https://preview.redd.it/bmgngw3pf4fh1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=d6d00b749d6d907ec97dfd5f2457e9be7329184a
https://preview.redd.it/k9c8w40sf4fh1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=e2d9864f6e1ec6c45284cab9309a1799683a9a8f