Approaches
Same entries and stop for every card — the only thing that differs is what happens once price is in the trade. R totals shown are gross; net is after real Bybit fees (Strategy A = 0.055% taker per side, Strategy B = 0.020% maker per side). Use the toggle to switch every card between target multiples; both approaches are tested against the same 331 screener-passed events.
Fixed Target Exit
Target held at a fixed R multiple above/below entry for the life of the trade. Stop stays at the initial-period POC throughout — no dynamic management. This is the baseline approach used everywhere else in the analysis.
Breakeven-after-1R Exit Tested, underperforms
Identical entries and initial stop, but the stop moves to breakeven the moment price first touches +1R, keeping the same fixed target above that. MAE/MFE data showed ~45% of eventual losers had already touched +1R before reversing — this rule was built to test whether protecting that profit early would help. It doesn't: crypto breakouts retrace through entry constantly en route to bigger moves, so this clips winners before they reach the 2R–3R zone more often than it rescues true reversals.