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Nvidia ADX-Gated Trend

Trend

An EMA cross that only fires when ADX confirms a real trend is underway.

What this strategy does

Nvidia ADX-Gated Trend is a trend strategy that trades NVDA on 1-hour bars. An EMA cross that only fires when ADX confirms a real trend is underway.

How it performed

Backtested on real NVDA market data from 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30 (3.0 years), this run returned +189.6%, or +42.6% annualized. It closed 64 trades with a 44% win rate. Risk-adjusted, that is a Sharpe ratio of 1.44, a Sortino ratio of 2.15 and a maximum drawdown of 27.4%.

Key results
SymbolNVDA
Bar size1-hour
Strategy typeTrend
Backtest period2023-07-01 → 2026-06-30
Total return+189.6%
Annualized return+42.6%
Sharpe ratio1.44
Sortino ratio2.15
Max drawdown27.4%
Win rate44%
Closed trades64

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