Breakout bots
Our original WiseTrader strategy on five charts, from 5-minute to 4-hour. They buy strong stocks in a weekly up-trend after a confirmed breakout, and can hold overnight.
Chapter IV · The bots
No single strategy works in every market. So instead of one bot, we run a team of them, each built for a different kind of move. Every bot moves through the same three stages: built and backtested in development, proven with real orders in SIM, and only then trusted with real money.
Our original WiseTrader strategy on five charts, from 5-minute to 4-hour. They buy strong stocks in a weekly up-trend after a confirmed breakout, and can hold overnight.
The 9-EMA crosses above the 20-EMA with price above VWAP while SPY trends up during the day. Flat before the close.
A stock that opened weak reclaims yesterday's close above VWAP on strong volume, early in the day. Flat before the close.
A stock holding VWAP closes above its high of the day with a strong bar while SPY is green. Flat before the close.
A whole-market scan for stocks already up 10% or more on heavy volume, bought on a 15-minute close above the opening range. Flat before the close.
Holds the S&P 500 while it is above its 200-day average and steps aside to cash below it. On a sharp short-term washout inside an up-trend, it leans in for a few days, then steps back.
A fair value gap setup built around a 1% breakout move. In research and backtesting.
Our first auto-trader, being reworked. It scores S&P 500 stocks on 21 criteria and asks a machine-learning model how confident it is, aiming for 1% per trade.
Strategy 1 · Breakout bots · The signal
A stock must prove itself three times before it earns a Buy signal.
The stock closes above its recent high while in a weekly up-trend.
It holds above the breakout level instead of falling back.
It pushes past the pause high. That confirmed bar is the Buy signal.
Every signal also carries a risk count (warning signs such as a weak market) and a trend phase: Early, Established or Mature. An early, strong breakout is labeled Thrust.
Strategy 2 · Intraday trend bots
Three newer bots built on the same order engine, each trading one daytime setup drawn from professional trading playbooks. We turned the strongest ideas into rules, tested them on two years of history across hundreds of stocks, and kept the three that held up best. None of them holds a position overnight.
Backtests are simulated results chosen with hindsight. Live results will differ and are usually lower.
Strategy 3 · ORB Breakout 15m · In SIM
Our newest SIM bot scans the whole market rather than a fixed list. It is built from the one slice of our runner research that held up: liquid stocks already moving hard on heavy volume, bought only on a clean break of the opening range.
In development
These bots are being built and backtested. None of them trades yet, in SIM or live.
Leveraged ETFs can move sharply and lose value over time. A 1% target is a rule a bot follows, not a promise of results. Backtests are simulated and chosen with hindsight.
The rules · Every bot
The five breakout bots run the same WiseTrader signal, so a Buy means the same thing on every chart; what differs is how each one trades it. The three intraday trend bots each trade a different daytime setup on the same engine, with targets and stops sized to each stock's own volatility (ATR), and they are always flat before the close. The ORB Breakout scans the whole market for the day's strongest movers, and the development bots are still being tuned. Every bot has its own take profit, stop, entry filter, volume floor and market rule, each chosen by testing.
| Bot | Strategy | Take profit | Stop | Entry filter | Volume floor | Market rule |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live · 5 bots | ||||||
| TWS 5m | Breakout | 2.5% | 10% | Thrust + risk 0–4 | 250K shares traded today | SPY below 20-day avg: Thrust only |
| TWS 15m | Breakout | 1% | 7.5% | Thrust + risk 0–2 | 1.5M shares traded today | None |
| TWS 30m | Breakout | 1% | 7.5% | Thrust + risk 0–4 | 3M shares traded today | None |
| TWS 1h | Breakout | 1% | 7.5% | Thrust + risk 0–1 | 1M shares traded today | SPY below 20-day avg: no new buys |
| TWS 4h | Breakout | 1.5% | 10% | Thrust + risk 0–3 | No minimum | SPY below 20-day avg: no new buys |
| SIM · 4 bots | ||||||
| TWS EMAX 15m | Intraday trend | 0.75 × ATR (about 0.9%), at a bar close | 10-bar low, capped at 3 × ATR | 9-EMA crosses above 20-EMA, close above VWAP, 11:00–14:00 ET | 1M shares and $50M a day avg; bar volume at least normal | SPY above its VWAP with 9-EMA above 20-EMA |
| TWS R2G 30m | Intraday trend | 0.75 × ATR (about 1.9%), at a bar close | Low of the day, capped at 3 × ATR | Weak open, then first close back above yesterday's close and VWAP, 10:00–12:30 ET | 1M shares and $100M a day avg; bar volume 1.3× normal | SPY green on the day |
| TWS HOD 30m | Intraday trend | 0.5 × ATR (about 1.3%); stop moves to break-even after half the risk is earned | 10-bar low, capped at 3 × ATR | Holds VWAP and closes above the high of the day, 11:00–14:30 ET | 1M shares and $100M a day avg; bar volume 1.3× normal | SPY green on the day |
| TWS ORB Breakout 15m | Opening-range breakout | None; flat at 15:45 | Opening-range low, never more than 8% | Up 10%+ on 5× relative volume by 11:00–11:45 ET; first 15m close above the 9:30–9:45 high and VWAP | 1M shares a day avg; $5–$500 | Whole-market scan |
| In development · 3 bots | ||||||
| SPY Washout | Index trend and washout | Steps back on the first close above the 5-day average, or after 10 sessions | Cash when SPY closes below its 200-day average | SPY above its 200-day average; a sharp short-term washout (RSI 2 below 10) | Index ETFs only | SPY's own trend; one decision a day near the close |
| FVG Breakout | Fair value gap | In development | In development | Fair value gap with a 1% breakout move | In development | In development |
| WiseTrader ML | ML AutoTrader | 1% | In development | 21-criteria score + ML confidence | In development | S&P 500 universe |
Next · Chapter V