Williams R Zone Scalper v1.0[BullByte] at a glance
| Kind of rule | Many small trades (scalping) |
|---|---|
| Buys or sells | It can buy, and it can bet on falling prices. |
| Built on | ADX / DMI, ATR, EMA, Hull MA, SMA, Standard deviation, Supertrend, WMA, RMA, Williams %R |
| Where it was published | TradingView, by its author, as a Pine Script strategy |
| Tested on | 65 cells: 13 coins on 5 chart speeds (15m, 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 | −19.9% |
| Cells above zero | 23 of 65 |
| Cells that cleared the quality check | 14 of 65 |
| Middle drawdown, every cell | 49.2% |
| Page updated | 2026-11-08 |
Williams R Zone Scalper v1.0[BullByte] 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 Williams R Zone Scalper v1.0[BullByte] works
Rules in this group usually work like this. It takes a lot of small trades on fast charts and needs a tiny gain on each one. The trading cost is the whole story. With no fee, almost every rule of this kind looks fine. With a real fee, many do not. A test on one-minute bars also assumes every order was filled, which is generous. 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 ATR, EMA, Hull MA, RMA; 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. When it enters, it also sets a stop or a target, so a trade can close without a new signal.
Each trade uses 30 percent of the account. 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 Williams %R of Williams %R Length (14) crosses above −80 and filter long.
- Enters short when the Williams %R of Williams %R Length (14) crosses below −20 and filter short.
- Places a stop at (last entry price − (the 14-period ATR × SL ATR Multiplier (1.5))), a target at (last entry price + (the 14-period ATR × TP ATR Multiplier (2))) when the Williams %R of Williams %R Length (14) crosses above −80 and filter long and Enable SL/TP (off).
- Places a stop at (last entry price − (the 14-period ATR × SL ATR Multiplier (1.5))), a target at (last entry price + (the 14-period ATR × TP ATR Multiplier (2))) when the Williams %R of Williams %R Length (14) crosses below −20 and filter short and Enable SL/TP (off).
| Buys or sells | It can buy, and it can bet on falling prices. |
|---|---|
| Tools it calculates | ADX / DMI, ATR, EMA, Hull MA, SMA, Standard deviation, Supertrend, WMA, RMA, Williams %R |
| 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 30 percent of the account. |
| Cost the author assumed | The author assumed a trading cost of 0.01 percent per side. |
Default settings
The test used the defaults in the middle column. Nothing was turned to help a coin.
| Setting | Default | Group |
|---|---|---|
| Williams %R Length | 14 | MA & Oscillator |
| MA Length | 20 | MA & Oscillator |
| MA Type | EMA | MA & Oscillator |
| Enable MA Filter | off | MA & Oscillator |
| Show MA on Chart | off | MA & Oscillator |
| Enable Choppiness | off | |
| Choppiness Length | 12 | |
| Choppiness Threshold | 38.2 | |
| Enable ADX Filter | off | |
| ADX Length | 14 | |
| ADX Threshold | 25 | |
| DI Length | 14 | |
| Enable Volume Filter | off | |
| Volume MA Length | 50 | |
| Enable BB Width Filter | off | |
| BB Length | 20 | |
| BB Multiplier | 2 | |
| BBW MA Length | 50 | |
| Enable Supertrend Filter | on | |
| ST ATR Length | 10 | |
| ST Factor | 3 | |
| Enable SL/TP | off | SL/TP |
| SL/TP ATR Length | 14 | SL/TP |
| SL ATR Multiplier | 1.5 | SL/TP |
and 4 more settings, left at the author's defaults.
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, 23 of 65 cells finished above zero (35.4%). The median of every cell was −19.9%.
14 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: 15-minute chart, 15m 0 of 13; daily chart, 1D 7 of 13; hourly chart, 1h 5 of 13; 30-minute chart, 30m 2 of 13; 4-hour chart, 4h 9 of 13.
| Cells tried after the fee | 65 |
|---|---|
| Finished above zero | 23 (35.4%) |
| Middle result, the median of every cell | −19.9% |
| Middle drawdown, every cell | 49.2% |
| Cells that cleared the quality check | 14 |
| Middle result, over the cells that cleared the quality check | +23.2% |
| Extra, Calmar on the checked rows. Result divided by the deepest fall | 0.60 |
| Extra, Sharpe on the checked rows. Result divided by how bumpy the path was | 0.05 |
| Middle drawdown, the checked rows | 53.1% |
| Deepest fall, the checked rows | 97.9% |
| Middle number of trades, the checked rows | 129 |
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 +23.2%, 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.
14 of 65 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 is the result after a real fee. With no fee, almost every fast rule looks fine.
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 Williams R Zone Scalper v1.0[BullByte]
What is Williams R Zone Scalper v1.0[BullByte]?
Williams R Zone Scalper v1.0[BullByte] is a scalping trading strategy published on TradingView as a Pine Script. In plain terms it is a rule of the kind this site calls many small trades. It can buy, and it can bet on falling prices. It is built on ADX / DMI, ATR, EMA, Hull MA, SMA, Standard deviation, Supertrend, WMA, RMA, Williams %R. This page reads the rules from the code and reports what they did on old crypto prices.
How does Williams R Zone Scalper v1.0[BullByte] work?
It can buy, and it can bet on falling prices. It acts only when several checks agree at once. It leans on ATR, EMA, Hull MA, RMA; 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. When it enters, it also sets a stop or a target, so a trade can close without a new signal.
Is Williams R Zone Scalper v1.0[BullByte] profitable in a backtest?
In this backtest, more cells lost than gained. After a fee of 0.12 percent per side, 23 of 65 cells finished above zero and the median of every cell was −19.9%. 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 Williams R Zone Scalper v1.0[BullByte]?
The median drawdown across every cell was 49.2%, and the deepest fall in any cell was 100.4%. Drawdown is the deepest fall from a high point along the way, as a percent of the account at that high. A figure above 100 means the table scaled the fall up, because the open-trade fall went deeper than the closed-trade one; read it as a fall that took the whole account.
Which timeframe suited Williams R Zone Scalper v1.0[BullByte]?
Counted by cells above zero: 15-minute (15m) 0 of 13; 30-minute (30m) 2 of 13; hourly (1h) 5 of 13; 4-hour (4h) 9 of 13; daily (1D) 7 of 13. The 4-hour 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 Williams R Zone Scalper v1.0[BullByte] 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 Williams R Zone Scalper v1.0[BullByte] uses
Each has its own page: what it measures, how it is read, where it misleads.
- ADX and the directional movement index: how strong the trend is, not which way
- ATR (average true range): the volatility number behind most stops
- Exponential moving average (EMA): what it measures and where it misleads
- Hull moving average (HMA): how it removes lag, and what it costs
- Simple moving average (SMA): the plainest average, and why it still runs half the strategies
- Standard deviation in trading: the volatility measure inside Bollinger Bands and z-scores
- Supertrend: an ATR trailing line that flips with the trend
- Weighted moving average (WMA): linear weights, less lag, and the price of it
- Wilder's smoothing (RMA): the average inside RSI, ATR and ADX
- Williams %R: the stochastic turned upside down
"Williams R Zone Scalper v1.0[BullByte]" 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.