Bruno Breakout

The Explorer

🚀 Swing Trader 📅 62 years old (Born 1964)

"New highs are not the ceiling—they're the floor for what comes next."

Weathered face with laugh lines earned in a hundred different markets. Wears cargo pants with too many pockets (each one has a chart in it).

📊 View Performance: 1 Month 3 Months 6 Months YTD 1 Year 2 Years

Feb 14, 2024 → Feb 14, 2026 (731 days)

🎯 Asset Class: 📈 Stocks 102 ₿ Crypto 12 🌐 All Assets 114

📊 2 Years Performance: We gave Bruno Breakout $10,000 and let him trade 114 symbols from Jan 2, 2024 to today. 🟢 LIVE

$11,190

Avg Value (per symbol)

Started at: $10,000 (+$1,190)

+11.90%

2-Year ROI

41.6%

Win Rate

1,817

Total Trades

Quick Performance Comparison

Click any period to view detailed stats

Equity Curve (2 Years)

Combined P&L across all 114 symbols

💰 Trading Activity (2 Years)

Stock Volume

$16,535,970

1,508 trades

Stock Fees

✓ Commission FREE

Crypto Volume

$2,802,954

309 trades

Crypto Fees

$7,007

0.25% of volume

⚠️ Important Note: This simulation tests each symbol with its own $10K account (not pooled). Crypto symbols can show 40-75%+ fee drag due to high trade frequency.

Stocks are FREE on Alpaca, so the ~100 stock symbols have zero fee impact.

⚙️ Trading Strategy

20-day high breakout with 2% confirmation

Waits for price to break above the 20-day high with at least 2% confirmation. Volume should spike on the breakout. Rides the trend until it breaks.

🎯 Best Suited For

Growth stocks breaking out of bases

"Every all-time high was once considered "too expensive.""

📜 Why This Strategy Works

When a stock breaks to new highs, there's no one "trapped" overhead wanting to sell. All the bagholders are gone. The path of least resistance is up.

Mathematical Formula

CODE VERIFIED — These formulas are extracted directly from the simulation engine and verified against the source code.
Source: scripts/run-*-simulation.php

📊 Entry Signal

📈 Entry Signal

                        Close price is 2%+ above 20-day high AND cooldown expired                    

→ BUY at current close price

📉 Exit Rules

                        • TARGET: Price ≥ entry × 1.15 (+15% gain)                    

                        • STOP_LOSS: Price ≤ entry × 0.95 (-5% loss)                    

                        • MAX_HOLD: Hold time ≥ 45 days                    

⚙️ Simulation Parameters

                        BREAKOUT_LOOKBACK:
                        20
                    

                        BREAKOUT_CONFIRM_PCT:
                        2%
                    

                        TARGET_GAIN_PCT:
                        15%
                    

                        STOP_LOSS_PCT:
                        5%
                    

                        MAX_HOLD_DAYS:
                        45
                    

📖 Historical Origin

Origin: William O'Neil's CANSLIM system

William O'Neil started as a stockbroker in 1958, but his system crystallized in the early 1960s. He studied every big winner for decades and found a pattern: the best stocks broke out to new highs before their biggest moves.

🏆 Top 10 Performing Symbols (2 Years)

📉 Worst 5 Performing Symbols (2 Years)

📊 All Symbol Results

Click on any row to see detailed trade history with equity curve

📅 2 Years: Feb 14, 2024 → Feb 14, 2026 (731 days)

Rank	Symbol	Return	Start	Final Value	Trades	Win Rate	Fees	Net	Max DD	Avg Hold	Refunds	Last Refund
1	HOOD	+212.32%	$10,000	$31,232	41	44%	-	+$21,232	-29.9%	5.8d	✓	-
2	SOFI	+140.12%	$10,000	$24,012	31	45%	-	+$14,012	-32.2%	7.6d	✓	-
3	TQQQ	+130.19%	$10,000	$23,019	24	46%	-	+$13,019	-23.2%	16.7d	✓	-
4	MU	+123.28%	$10,000	$22,328	36	42%	-	+$12,328	-54.6%	10.6d	✓	-
5	NVDA	+116.47%	$10,000	$21,647	24	46%	-	+$11,647	-22.9%	15.1d	✓	-
6	PLTR	+95.61%	$10,000	$19,561	29	45%	-	+$9,561	-30.7%	7.4d	✓	-
7	NET	+94.58%	$10,000	$19,458	19	42%	-	+$9,458	-27.6%	14.3d	✓	-
8	GOOGL	+59.52%	$10,000	$15,952	9	67%	-	+$5,952	-10.1%	33.1d	✓	-
9	RBLX	+52.83%	$10,000	$15,283	18	44%	-	+$5,283	-35.7%	13.7d	✓	-
10	DIS	+52.81%	$10,000	$15,281	5	80%	-	+$5,281	-5.4%	22.9d	✓	-
11	PM	+49.66%	$10,000	$14,966	6	83%	-	+$4,966	-5.2%	32.9d	✓	-
12	ISRG	+46.78%	$10,000	$14,678	8	63%	-	+$4,678	-11.2%	30.9d	✓	-
13	LINKUSD ₿	+42.88%	$10,000	$14,288	17	41%	$942	+$4,288	-16.3%	3.9d	✓	-
14	PANW	+41.19%	$10,000	$14,119	10	40%	-	+$4,119	-14.4%	21.6d	✓	-
15	CRWD	+40.31%	$10,000	$14,031	15	33%	-	+$4,031	-15.3%	12.1d	✓	-
16	BAC	+38.71%	$10,000	$13,871	9	67%	-	+$3,871	-9.8%	32.0d	✓	-
17	GME	+36.05%	$10,000	$13,605	29	34%	-	+$3,605	-45.0%	7.7d	✓	-
18	TSLA	+33.28%	$10,000	$13,328	34	32%	-	+$3,328	-27.4%	9.7d	✓	-
19	SMCI	+32.63%	$10,000	$13,263	52	33%	-	+$3,263	-44.1%	3.7d	✓	-
20	AXP	+31.61%	$10,000	$13,161	5	80%	-	+$3,161	-5.5%	36.9d	✓	-
21	SOXL	+31.03%	$10,000	$13,103	73	32%	-	+$3,103	-44.8%	4.8d	✓	-
22	SLV	+30.92%	$10,000	$13,092	20	40%	-	+$3,092	-22.5%	18.9d	✓	-
23	WMT	+30.64%	$10,000	$13,064	5	80%	-	+$3,064	-0.2%	45.6d	✓	-
24	CSCO	+29.94%	$10,000	$12,994	6	83%	-	+$2,994	-5.2%	30.4d	✓	-
25	AVGO	+28.92%	$10,000	$12,892	24	38%	-	+$2,892	-31.0%	14.5d	✓	-
26	GILD	+28.82%	$10,000	$12,882	7	57%	-	+$2,882	-9.8%	26.1d	✓	-
27	MS	+25.78%	$10,000	$12,578	7	57%	-	+$2,578	-10.4%	29.0d	✓	-
28	AMZN	+25.56%	$10,000	$12,556	7	57%	-	+$2,556	-10.1%	29.7d	✓	-
29	SOLUSD ₿	+25.25%	$10,000	$12,525	8	50%	$508	+$2,525	-11.2%	1.3d	✓	-
30	ARM	+24.94%	$10,000	$12,494	30	23%	-	+$2,494	-31.5%	7.8d	✓	-
31	NFLX	+21.15%	$10,000	$12,115	7	29%	-	+$2,115	-15.0%	15.6d	✓	-
32	BTCUSD ₿	+20.08%	$10,000	$12,008	4	50%	$229	+$2,008	-5.7%	15.7d	✓	-
33	XLK	+19.64%	$10,000	$11,964	6	67%	-	+$1,964	-10.4%	26.7d	✓	-
34	LCID	+19.37%	$10,000	$11,937	43	26%	-	+$1,937	-50.3%	4.7d	✓	-
35	GLD	+19.05%	$10,000	$11,905	4	75%	-	+$1,905	-5.9%	19.1d	✓	-
36	ORCL	+16.77%	$10,000	$11,677	19	32%	-	+$1,677	-40.5%	14.1d	✓	-
37	WFC	+16.39%	$10,000	$11,639	9	56%	-	+$1,639	-13.4%	27.2d	✓	-
38	AMD	+16.11%	$10,000	$11,611	28	32%	-	+$1,611	-41.7%	11.3d	✓	-
39	LLY	+15.89%	$10,000	$11,589	14	43%	-	+$1,589	-19.2%	19.3d	✓	-
40	QQQ	+14.51%	$10,000	$11,451	1	100%	-	+$1,451	-0.0%	41.1d	✓	-
41	XLE	+13.37%	$10,000	$11,337	4	75%	-	+$1,337	-5.0%	42.3d	✓	-
42	BMY	+13.16%	$10,000	$11,316	7	57%	-	+$1,316	-10.3%	31.8d	✓	-
43	UNH	+12.58%	$10,000	$11,258	9	56%	-	+$1,258	-28.0%	26.4d	✓	-
44	SNOW	+12.47%	$10,000	$11,247	19	32%	-	+$1,247	-25.7%	9.2d	✓	-
45	MARA	+11.74%	$10,000	$11,174	53	32%	-	+$1,174	-43.8%	2.9d	✓	-
46	XOM	+11.18%	$10,000	$11,118	6	50%	-	+$1,118	-9.3%	30.7d	✓	-
47	VOO	+11.09%	$10,000	$11,109	2	100%	-	+$1,109	-0.0%	47.0d	✓	-
48	SPY	+10.82%	$10,000	$11,082	2	100%	-	+$1,082	-0.0%	47.0d	✓	-
49	VTI	+10.76%	$10,000	$11,076	2	100%	-	+$1,076	-0.0%	47.0d	✓	-
50	JPM	+10.66%	$10,000	$11,066	4	50%	-	+$1,066	-5.5%	20.1d	✓	-
51	MA	+10.28%	$10,000	$11,028	6	67%	-	+$1,028	-8.5%	35.5d	✓	-
52	MDT	+9.22%	$10,000	$10,922	3	67%	-	+$922	-5.4%	43.3d	✓	-
53	PG	+8.88%	$10,000	$10,888	4	75%	-	+$888	-5.1%	28.1d	✓	-
54	VZ	+7.88%	$10,000	$10,788	5	60%	-	+$788	-8.6%	29.9d	✓	-
55	KO	+7.76%	$10,000	$10,776	3	67%	-	+$776	-2.1%	47.3d	✓	-
56	JNJ	+7.57%	$10,000	$10,757	4	50%	-	+$757	-6.3%	36.8d	✓	-
57	META	+7.10%	$10,000	$10,710	12	33%	-	+$710	-15.0%	16.0d	✓	-
58	AMGN	+6.76%	$10,000	$10,676	4	75%	-	+$676	-5.0%	25.6d	✓	-
59	IWM	+6.47%	$10,000	$10,647	6	50%	-	+$647	-14.6%	37.7d	✓	-
60	GS	+5.64%	$10,000	$10,564	9	44%	-	+$564	-10.8%	27.3d	✓	-
61	SLB	+5.56%	$10,000	$10,556	8	38%	-	+$556	-16.7%	30.8d	✓	-
62	ACN	+5.11%	$10,000	$10,511	6	67%	-	+$511	-7.6%	42.0d	✓	-
63	IBM	+4.67%	$10,000	$10,467	7	57%	-	+$467	-9.8%	29.2d	✓	-
64	ARKK	+4.61%	$10,000	$10,461	21	33%	-	+$461	-27.0%	14.1d	✓	-
65	LTCUSD ₿	+3.98%	$10,000	$10,398	16	31%	$923	+$398	-25.0%	2.8d	✓	-
66	C	+1.05%	$10,000	$10,105	8	38%	-	+$105	-19.1%	16.1d	✓	-
67	XRPUSD ₿	+0.84%	$10,000	$10,084	25	32%	$1,395	+$84	-23.7%	2.5d	✓	-
68	ABBV	+0.69%	$10,000	$10,069	6	50%	-	+$69	-14.6%	21.5d	✓	-
69	CRM	+0.54%	$10,000	$10,054	10	40%	-	+$54	-27.5%	27.6d	✓	-
70	ADBE	+0.02%	$10,000	$10,002	7	43%	-	+$2	-11.3%	29.2d	✓	-
71	MCD	-0.11%	$10,000	$9,989	3	67%	-	-$11	-5.0%	34.4d	✓	-
72	DIA	-0.37%	$10,000	$9,963	3	33%	-	-$37	-6.6%	31.4d	✓	-
73	AAPL	-0.46%	$10,000	$9,954	7	29%	-	-$46	-20.7%	20.9d	✓	-
74	TMO	-1.04%	$10,000	$9,896	10	30%	-	-$104	-26.9%	11.7d	✓	-
75	CMCSA	-2.01%	$10,000	$9,799	5	40%	-	-$201	-7.6%	42.8d	✓	-
76	VRTX	-3.40%	$10,000	$9,660	3	33%	-	-$340	-6.5%	37.0d	✓	-
77	BIIB	-3.67%	$10,000	$9,633	7	29%	-	-$367	-16.3%	11.3d	✓	-
78	V	-3.80%	$10,000	$9,620	3	33%	-	-$380	-5.2%	32.7d	✓	-
79	COIN	-3.93%	$10,000	$9,607	44	27%	-	-$393	-46.8%	4.7d	✓	-
80	CVX	-3.95%	$10,000	$9,605	5	40%	-	-$395	-9.6%	22.7d	✓	-
81	COST	-4.75%	$10,000	$9,525	1	0%	-	-$475	-4.8%	41.0d	✓	-
82	SCHW	-4.93%	$10,000	$9,507	8	25%	-	-$493	-20.1%	31.4d	✓	-
83	TLT	-4.99%	$10,000	$9,501	1	0%	-	-$499	-5.0%	28.2d	✓	-
84	PFE	-5.50%	$10,000	$9,450	6	33%	-	-$550	-6.5%	42.2d	✓	-
85	MSFT	-6.79%	$10,000	$9,321	5	20%	-	-$679	-10.0%	6.7d	✓	-
86	XLF	-7.15%	$10,000	$9,285	2	0%	-	-$715	-7.2%	23.6d	✓	-
87	BLK	-7.91%	$10,000	$9,209	5	20%	-	-$791	-9.8%	30.7d	✓	-
88	PEP	-8.09%	$10,000	$9,191	7	29%	-	-$809	-15.8%	23.0d	✓	-
89	PEPEUSD ₿	-8.27%	$10,000	$9,173	99	32%	$4,207	-$827	-57.8%	24.0h	✓	-
90	USO	-8.69%	$10,000	$9,131	11	27%	-	-$869	-27.2%	21.9d	✓	-
91	COP	-10.90%	$10,000	$8,910	7	29%	-	-$1,090	-22.7%	25.4d	✓	-
92	BRK-B	-11.43%	$10,000	$8,857	3	0%	-	-$1,143	-11.4%	30.0d	✓	-
93	OXY	-12.33%	$10,000	$8,767	10	30%	-	-$1,233	-19.0%	17.7d	✓	-
94	HD	-14.05%	$10,000	$8,595	7	29%	-	-$1,405	-14.1%	29.9d	✓	-
95	ETHUSD ₿	-14.50%	$10,000	$8,550	9	22%	$448	-$1,450	-25.3%	9.7d	✓	-
96	MRK	-15.01%	$10,000	$8,499	7	14%	-	-$1,501	-21.4%	24.4d	✓	-
97	DOGEUSD ₿	-15.84%	$10,000	$8,416	37	30%	$1,749	-$1,584	-55.1%	2.5d	✓	-
98	RIOT	-16.61%	$10,000	$8,339	56	29%	-	-$1,661	-53.8%	4.1d	✓	-
99	DKNG	-21.06%	$10,000	$7,894	25	24%	-	-$2,106	-38.1%	9.0d	✓	-
100	DOTUSD ₿	-21.34%	$10,000	$7,866	7	14%	$288	-$2,134	-31.4%	3.3d	✓	-
101	PYPL	-22.76%	$10,000	$7,724	11	27%	-	-$2,276	-24.4%	21.1d	✓	-
102	REGN	-23.58%	$10,000	$7,642	7	14%	-	-$2,358	-30.1%	9.8d	✓	-
103	UNIUSD ₿	-27.54%	$10,000	$7,246	38	24%	$2,005	-$2,754	-46.2%	2.2d	✓	-
104	NIO	-29.83%	$10,000	$7,017	40	25%	-	-$2,983	-48.2%	5.8d	✓	-
105	INTC	-35.23%	$10,000	$6,477	35	23%	-	-$3,523	-54.0%	6.0d	✓	-
106	MRNA	-35.65%	$10,000	$6,435	40	25%	-	-$3,565	-64.5%	4.7d	✓	-
107	SQQQ	-36.20%	$10,000	$6,380	28	21%	-	-$3,620	-44.1%	5.6d	✓	-
108	UVXY	-39.64%	$10,000	$6,036	44	25%	-	-$3,964	-60.1%	2.8d	✓	-
109	AVAXUSD ₿	-40.77%	$10,000	$5,923	12	8%	$450	-$4,077	-40.8%	2.8d	✓	-
110	RIVN	-40.84%	$10,000	$5,916	28	21%	-	-$4,084	-60.5%	5.0d	✓	-
111	SPXU	-51.57%	$10,000	$4,843	18	11%	-	-$5,157	-59.3%	7.6d	✓	-
112	VXX	-54.09%	$10,000	$4,591	31	19%	-	-$5,409	-56.0%	4.3d	✓	-
113	SHIBUSD ₿	-55.53%	$10,000	$4,447	37	22%	$1,413	-$5,553	-66.0%	2.0d	✓	-
114	AMC	-60.78%	$10,000	$3,922	24	8%	-	-$6,078	-64.2%	5.2d	✓	-

👤 Personality

Adventurous, optimistic, curious. Believes new highs mean new possibilities. Hates when people say "it's too high to buy."