Trend Following Strategy with KNN at a glance
| Kind of rule | Joining a move (trend following) |
|---|---|
| Buys or sells | It can buy, and it can bet on falling prices. |
| Built on | SMA |
| Where it was published | TradingView, by its author, as a Pine Script strategy |
| Tested on | 52 cells: 13 coins on 4 chart speeds (30m, 1h, 4h, 1D), October 2021 to June 2026 |
| Fee in the test | 0.12 percent per side, buys only |
| Middle result after fees, every cell | −24.4% |
| Cells above zero | 20 of 52 |
| Cells that cleared the quality check | 10 of 52 |
| Middle drawdown, every cell | 26.1% |
| Page updated | 2026-11-08 |
Trend Following Strategy with KNN backtest results, every cell
Every cell is in the picture, not only the strongest. To the right of the black line is above zero. The orange line, when you see one, is the middle.
How Trend Following Strategy with KNN works
Rules in this group usually work like this. It waits until price is already moving, then joins that move. It is wrong in small ways many times, and right in a large way a few times. The hard part is the stretch where price chops around and every entry is a fake. The next paragraph is this particular rule, which can be narrower than the group.
It can buy, and it can bet on falling prices. It acts only when several checks agree at once. It leans on SMA; those names are explained on their own pages, further down. The exact line is in the list below, in the author's names, and you can skip that list.
Each trade uses a fixed 100 of the quote coin. It holds one trade at a time.
The exact condition, from the code
Same rule, translated from the code, in the author's names. You can skip this list if the paragraph above was enough.
- Enters long when the bar index is at or above (Window Size (20) − 1) and average change is above 0 and the close is above the 50-period SMA of the close.
- Enters short when the bar index is at or above (Window Size (20) − 1) and not (average change is above 0 and the close is above the 50-period SMA of the close) and average change is below 0 and the close is below the 50-period SMA of the close.
| Buys or sells | It can buy, and it can bet on falling prices. |
|---|---|
| Tools it calculates | SMA |
| A second chart speed | No. It uses one chart speed only. |
| Only at certain hours | No. |
| Adding to a trade | It holds one trade at a time. |
| How much it trades | Each trade uses a fixed 100 of the quote coin. |
| Cost the author assumed | The author assumed a trading cost of 0.03 percent per side. |
Default settings
The test used the defaults in the middle column. Nothing was turned to help a coin.
| Setting | Default | Group |
|---|---|---|
| K (Number of Neighbors) | 5 | |
| Window Size | 20 | |
| MA Length | 50 |
How the backtest was run
Every strategy was tried the same way, on the settings the author published.
The years are October 2021 to June 2026. The prices are from Bybit, for 13 widely traded coins, mostly on hourly, 4-hour and daily charts, with some faster charts. That was 47,242 tries. The window stored in the files is 2021-09..2026-06.
599 rules produced a finished try. A rule that finished above zero on at least 12 cells, before any fee, was tried again with a fee of 0.12 percent per side. Only buys are counted in that second try. 273 rules got it.
The method, the aggregate results and a downloadable table are on the study page. What the desk does with the results beyond these pages is its own.
This is the second pass. A fee of 0.12 percent per side is taken on the buy and again on the sell. Only buys are counted. If the rule also bets on falling prices, those trades are not in these numbers.
After fees, 20 of 52 cells finished above zero (38.5%). The median of every cell was −24.4%.
10 of the cells cleared a quality check: at least 50 trades, gains that are not one lucky trade, and a drawdown that is real without taking the whole account.
Finished above zero by chart speed: daily chart, 1D 11 of 13; hourly chart, 1h 0 of 13; 30-minute chart, 30m 0 of 13; 4-hour chart, 4h 9 of 13.
| Cells tried after the fee | 52 |
|---|---|
| Finished above zero | 20 (38.5%) |
| Middle result, the median of every cell | −24.4% |
| Middle drawdown, every cell | 26.1% |
| Cells that cleared the quality check | 10 |
| Middle result, over the cells that cleared the quality check | +6.8% |
| Extra, Calmar on the checked rows. Result divided by the deepest fall | 0.81 |
| Extra, Sharpe on the checked rows. Result divided by how bumpy the path was | 0.05 |
| Middle drawdown, the checked rows | 9.2% |
| Deepest fall, the checked rows | 15.9% |
| Middle number of trades, the checked rows | 311 |
Label: backtest · old prices, buys only, a fee of 0.12 percent per side, every cell · Oct 2021 – Jun 2026. Hypothetical results; see the risk disclosure.
How to read the result
How to read the number
The median of every cell is the result of the rule. The author's settings were not changed to help any coin. The weakest and the strongest cells are not a result on their own.
What the number leaves out
The table also shows +6.8%, taken only over the cells that cleared the quality check. Cells that finished down are left out of that figure, which is why it stands away from the median of every cell. It describes those rows only.
10 of 52 cells cleared a quality check: at least 50 trades, a profit factor that is not one lucky trade, and a drawdown that is real without taking the whole account. Profit factor means the gains divided by the losses. Clearing the check describes this sample. It says nothing about the next set of years.
The count above is also split by chart speed. A speed that finished higher, in these years, is one slice of the same rule. It is not a separate strategy.
What this does not show
The useful question, for a rule that joins a move already underway, is what it gave back in the choppy months when there was no trend to join.
Nothing on this page was fit to the cell that finished highest. One coin, one chart speed, or one strong stretch is a single row. It is not the rule. Other years, another exchange, or another fee would be a different measurement.
Questions about Trend Following Strategy with KNN
What is Trend Following Strategy with KNN?
Trend Following Strategy with KNN is a trend following trading strategy published on TradingView as a Pine Script. In plain terms it is a rule of the kind this site calls joining a move. It can buy, and it can bet on falling prices. It is built on SMA. This page reads the rules from the code and reports what they did on old crypto prices.
How does Trend Following Strategy with KNN work?
It can buy, and it can bet on falling prices. It acts only when several checks agree at once. It leans on SMA; those names are explained on their own pages, further down. The exact line is in the list below, in the author's names, and you can skip that list.
Is Trend Following Strategy with KNN profitable in a backtest?
In this backtest, more cells lost than gained. After a fee of 0.12 percent per side, 20 of 52 cells finished above zero and the median of every cell was −24.4%. A backtest is a replay on old prices, so it describes these coins and these years, not a future result.
What was the drawdown of Trend Following Strategy with KNN?
The median drawdown across every cell was 26.1%, and the deepest fall in any cell was 98.3%. Drawdown is the deepest fall from a high point along the way, as a percent of the account at that high.
Which timeframe suited Trend Following Strategy with KNN?
Counted by cells above zero: 30-minute (30m) 0 of 13; hourly (1h) 0 of 13; 4-hour (4h) 9 of 13; daily (1D) 11 of 13. The daily chart had the largest share above zero in these years. A chart speed that did better here is one slice of the same rule, not a separate strategy.
Where can I find the Trend Following Strategy with KNN script?
It is published on TradingView by its author. Search TradingView for the title to find the original script. This page is an independent reading and is not affiliated with the author.
What does backtest mean on this page?
Backtest means the rule was replayed on old prices from Bybit. No real money moved. Every number on this page carries that label, and old prices do not promise anything about new ones.
Words used on this page
- Backtest
- The rule was tried on old prices. No real money moved.
- Cell
- One coin on one chart speed. Bitcoin every 4 hours is one cell. Bitcoin once a day is another.
- Chart speed
- How often a new price bar is drawn. 15m means every 15 minutes, 1h means hourly, 4h means every 4 hours, 1D means once a day.
- Fee, per side
- A cost taken each time the rule trades. Per side means once on the way in and once on the way out.
- Median
- Line the cells up from the biggest loss to the biggest gain. The median is the middle one. Half the cells did better and half did worse.
- Drawdown
- The deepest fall from a high point along the way, as a percent of the account at that high.
- Above zero
- The account finished with more than it started.
The indicators Trend Following Strategy with KNN uses
Each has its own page: what it measures, how it is read, where it misleads.
"Trend Following Strategy with KNN" was published on TradingView by its author, under the author's own license. This page is an independent reading of those rules and of what they did on these old prices. It is not written with the author, and it is not a recommendation. Not every detail survives the translation onto this page, so read the original before you rely on it.