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Bruno Breakout
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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).

ℹ️ Character descriptions are creative personas representing trading strategy styles. They are not financial advice, promises, or guarantees of performance.

Apr 26, 2026 May 26, 2026 (30d)

📊 Last Month Performance: Showing Bruno Breakout's performance over the last month across 102 stock symbols. 🟢 LIVE

$12,040
Avg Value (per symbol)
Started at: $11,613 (+$426)
+3.67%
Last Month ROI
34.0%
Win Rate
76
Total Trades

Quick Performance Comparison

Click any period to view detailed stats

+3.7%
1 Month
+6.4%
3 Months
+10.7%
6 Months
+9.6%
YTD
+14.1%
1 Year

Equity Curve (Last Month)

Combined P&L across all 102 symbols

⚙️ 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 (Last Month)

📉 Worst 5 Performing Symbols (Last Month)

📊 All Symbol Results

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

📅 Last Month: Apr 26, 2026 May 26, 2026 (30 days)
📖 Understanding Score & Momentum columns
📊 Score — Lifetime Quality Score
Measures how well this strategy+symbol combination has performed across the entire simulation history. Based on return, win rate, drawdown control, profit factor, and trade count. Higher is better.
75+ Elite   60+ Good   40+ Fair   <40 Weak
⚡ Mom — 30-Day Momentum Score
Measures performance over the last 30 days only. Same quality model but calibrated for short-term activity. Captures recent regime shifts that the lifetime score may miss.
75+ Hot   60+ Active   40+ Moderate   <40 Quiet
Spread Indicators — Comparing Mom vs Score reveals regime sensitivity:
🔥 Heating Up — Mom is 20+ points above Score. This symbol is performing significantly better recently than its lifetime average. Could indicate a favorable regime shift.
🧊 Cooling Off — Mom is 20+ points below Score. This symbol is underperforming recently despite a strong lifetime track record. Could indicate an unfavorable regime shift.
No icon = Steady — Scores within ±20 points. Consistent performance.
⚠️ Scores are calculated from simulated backtest data and are for informational purposes only. They do not constitute financial advice or predict future performance. Full methodology →
Rank Symbol Score Mom Return 1M Start Final Value Trades Win Rate Fees Net Max DD Avg Hold Refunds Last Refund Action
1 SOXL 44 65🔥 +61.22% $19,390 $31,260 5 80% - +$11,870 -44.8% 4.8d -
2 CRWD 27 +32.11% $12,453 $16,452 2 100% - +$3,999 -15.3% 12.1d -
3 NET 34 +32.08% $17,539 $23,166 2 100% - +$5,627 -27.6% 14.3d -
4 MU 39 33 +21.41% $27,478 $33,361 3 67% - +$5,883 -54.6% 10.6d -
5 SLV 21 +16.74% $12,727 $14,857 1 100% - +$2,130 -22.5% 18.9d -
6 GOOGL 50 +16.43% $15,953 $18,574 1 100% - +$2,621 -10.1% 33.1d -
7 SNOW 12 +15.58% $10,139 $11,719 1 100% - +$1,580 -25.7% 9.2d -
8 SMCI 17 +15.28% $11,030 $12,715 1 100% - +$1,685 -44.1% 3.7d -
9 NVDA 39 +15.26% $21,646 $24,949 1 100% - +$3,303 -22.9% 15.1d -
10 TQQQ 49 +15.17% $25,608 $29,493 1 100% - +$3,885 -23.2% 16.7d -
11 ORCL 13 +15.11% $10,498 $12,084 1 100% - +$1,586 -40.5% 14.1d -
12 PANW 38 +15.05% $16,260 $18,707 1 100% - +$2,447 -14.4% 21.6d -
13 LLY 18 +15.01% $10,973 $12,620 1 100% - +$1,647 -19.2% 19.3d -
14 XLK +14.97% $11,965 $13,756 1 100% - +$1,791 -10.4% 26.7d -
15 MS +14.94% $12,579 $14,458 1 100% - +$1,879 -10.4% 29.0d -
16 QQQ +14.43% $11,451 $13,103 1 100% - +$1,652 -0.0% 41.1d -
17 RIOT 4 +14.43% $8,711 $9,968 2 50% - +$1,257 -53.8% 4.1d -
18 AAPL +13.69% $9,954 $11,317 1 100% - +$1,363 -20.7% 20.9d -
19 BAC 39 +10.90% $13,871 $15,383 1 100% - +$1,512 -9.8% 32.0d -
20 SPY +10.63% $11,082 $12,260 1 100% - +$1,178 -0.0% 47.0d -
21 GS +10.55% $10,564 $11,678 1 100% - +$1,114 -10.8% 27.3d -
22 VTI +10.45% $11,075 $12,233 1 100% - +$1,157 -0.0% 47.0d -
23 VOO +10.35% $11,109 $12,259 1 100% - +$1,150 -0.0% 47.0d -
24 BLK +10.32% $9,209 $10,159 1 100% - +$950 -9.8% 30.7d -
25 IWM +10.05% $10,648 $11,718 1 100% - +$1,070 -14.6% 37.7d -
26 MARA 20 +9.84% $12,891 $14,160 2 50% - +$1,268 -43.8% 2.9d -
27 MSFT +8.20% $9,321 $10,086 1 100% - +$764 -10.0% 6.7d -
28 JPM +6.84% $11,066 $11,823 1 100% - +$757 -5.5% 20.1d -
29 AXP +6.66% $13,161 $14,037 1 100% - +$877 -5.5% 36.9d -
30 DIA +5.79% $9,963 $10,540 1 100% - +$577 -6.6% 31.4d -
31 V +5.68% $9,620 $10,167 1 100% - +$546 -5.2% 32.7d -
32 DIS +4.93% $15,281 $16,035 1 100% - +$753 -5.4% 22.9d -
33 ARM 20 +4.27% $14,031 $14,630 2 50% - +$599 -31.5% 7.8d -
34 INTC 3 9 +3.47% $8,225 $8,511 3 33% - +$285 -54.0% 6.0d -
35 GLD +3.31% $11,906 $12,300 1 100% - +$394 -5.9% 19.1d -
36 USO 18 +2.19% $13,371 $13,664 3 33% - +$293 -27.2% 21.9d -
37 XLF +1.52% $9,285 $9,426 1 100% - +$141 -7.2% 23.6d -
38 WFC 20 +1.51% $11,638 $11,814 1 100% - +$176 -13.4% 27.2d -
39 VRTX +0.00% $9,164 $9,164 NO ENTRY - - - -6.5% 37.0d -
40 BIIB +0.00% $9,633 $9,633 NO ENTRY - - - -16.3% 11.3d -
41 AMGN +0.00% $10,676 $10,676 NO ENTRY - - - -5.0% 25.6d -
42 PEP +0.00% $9,191 $9,191 NO ENTRY - - - -15.8% 23.0d -
43 META 12 +0.00% $11,679 $11,679 NO ENTRY - - - -15.0% 16.0d -
44 C 9 +0.00% $11,202 $11,202 NO ENTRY - - - -19.1% 16.1d -
45 XOM +0.00% $10,553 $10,553 NO ENTRY - - - -9.3% 30.7d -
46 BRK-B +0.00% $8,857 $8,857 NO ENTRY - - - -11.4% 30.0d -
47 PFE +0.00% $9,450 $9,450 NO ENTRY - - - -6.5% 42.2d -
48 TMO 2 +0.00% $9,407 $9,407 NO ENTRY - - - -26.9% 11.7d -
49 WMT +0.00% $13,064 $13,064 NO ENTRY - - - -0.2% 45.6d -
50 IBM +0.00% $10,467 $10,467 NO ENTRY - - - -9.8% 29.2d -
51 PM +0.00% $14,966 $14,966 NO ENTRY - - - -5.2% 32.9d -
52 JNJ +0.00% $10,757 $10,757 NO ENTRY - - - -6.3% 36.8d -
53 ADBE +0.00% $9,402 $9,402 NO ENTRY - - - -11.3% 29.2d -
54 GILD +0.00% $12,882 $12,882 NO ENTRY - - - -9.8% 26.1d -
55 XLE +0.00% $11,107 $11,107 NO ENTRY - - - -5.0% 42.3d -
56 VZ +0.00% $10,788 $10,788 NO ENTRY - - - -8.6% 29.9d -
57 MCD +0.00% $9,989 $9,989 NO ENTRY - - - -5.0% 34.4d -
58 MDT +0.00% $10,922 $10,922 NO ENTRY - - - -5.4% 43.3d -
59 CMCSA +0.00% $9,307 $9,307 NO ENTRY - - - -7.6% 42.8d -
60 SLB +0.00% $10,556 $10,556 NO ENTRY - - - -16.7% 30.8d -
61 HOOD 37 +0.00% $27,325 $27,325 NO ENTRY - - - -29.9% 5.8d -
62 PYPL 2 +0.00% $7,929 $7,929 NO ENTRY - - - -24.4% 21.1d -
63 AVGO 14 +0.00% $13,312 $13,312 NO ENTRY - - - -31.0% 14.5d -
64 ACN +0.00% $9,759 $9,759 NO ENTRY - - - -7.6% 42.0d -
65 OXY 2 +0.00% $9,242 $9,242 NO ENTRY - - - -19.0% 17.7d -
66 CVX +0.00% $9,032 $9,032 NO ENTRY - - - -9.6% 22.7d -
67 CSCO +0.00% $12,994 $12,994 NO ENTRY - - - -5.2% 30.4d -
68 KO +0.00% $10,776 $10,776 NO ENTRY - - - -2.1% 47.3d -
69 MRK +0.00% $8,499 $8,499 NO ENTRY - - - -21.4% 24.4d -
70 UNH 19 +0.00% $12,965 $12,965 NO ENTRY - - - -28.0% 26.4d -
71 SCHW +0.00% $9,507 $9,507 NO ENTRY - - - -20.1% 31.4d -
72 REGN +0.00% $7,642 $7,642 NO ENTRY - - - -30.1% 9.8d -
73 TSLA 14 +0.00% $12,659 $12,659 NO ENTRY - - - -27.4% 9.7d -
74 COP +0.00% $7,873 $7,873 NO ENTRY - - - -22.7% 25.4d -
75 BMY +0.00% $11,316 $11,316 NO ENTRY - - - -10.3% 31.8d -
76 RBLX 17 +0.00% $13,735 $13,735 NO ENTRY - - - -35.7% 13.7d -
77 SOFI 33 +0.00% $24,836 $24,836 NO ENTRY - - - -32.2% 7.6d -
78 ARKK 3 +0.00% $9,919 $9,919 NO ENTRY - - - -27.0% 14.1d -
79 COST +0.00% $9,525 $9,525 NO ENTRY - - - -4.8% 41.0d -
80 SPXU 1 +0.00% $4,886 $4,886 NO ENTRY - - - -59.3% 7.6d -
81 RIVN 2 +0.00% $5,818 $5,818 NO ENTRY - - - -60.5% 5.0d -
82 LCID 3 +0.00% $9,324 $9,324 NO ENTRY - - - -50.3% 4.7d -
83 TLT +0.00% $9,501 $9,501 NO ENTRY - - - -5.0% 28.2d -
84 GME +0.00% $13,605 $13,605 NO ENTRY - - - -45.0% 7.7d -
85 NFLX +0.00% $13,211 $13,211 NO ENTRY - - - -15.0% 15.6d -
86 HD -4.92% $8,161 $7,759 1 0% - -$402 -14.1% 29.9d -
87 ABBV -4.93% $10,069 $9,572 1 0% - -$496 -14.6% 21.5d -
88 PG -4.97% $10,888 $10,347 1 0% - -$541 -5.1% 28.1d -
89 AMZN -4.98% $14,443 $13,723 1 0% - -$719 -10.1% 29.7d -
90 PLTR 24 -5.00% $18,207 $17,297 1 0% - -$910 -30.7% 7.4d -
91 MA -5.01% $11,028 $10,475 1 0% - -$552 -8.5% 35.5d -
92 ISRG -5.12% $14,679 $13,927 1 0% - -$752 -11.2% 30.9d -
93 DKNG 2 -5.15% $7,106 $6,740 1 0% - -$366 -38.1% 9.0d -
94 VXX 2 -5.27% $5,473 $5,184 1 0% - -$288 -56.0% 4.3d -
95 AMC 2 -5.45% $5,595 $5,290 1 0% - -$305 -64.2% 5.2d -
96 UVXY 3 -5.57% $8,433 $7,963 1 0% - -$470 -60.1% 2.8d -
97 COIN 11 -6.96% $11,680 $10,867 1 0% - -$813 -46.8% 4.7d -
98 NIO 3 -10.63% $7,900 $7,060 2 0% - -$840 -48.2% 5.8d -
99 CRM 2 -10.66% $9,525 $8,509 2 0% - -$1,015 -27.5% 27.6d -
100 AMD 16 -10.66% $14,840 $13,258 2 0% - -$1,582 -41.7% 11.3d -
101 SQQQ 2 -11.23% $6,992 $6,207 2 0% - -$785 -44.1% 5.6d -
102 MRNA 3 0 -15.31% $6,663 $5,643 3 0% - -$1,020 -64.5% 4.7d -

👤 Personality

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