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Micron Squeeze Breakout

Volatility

Waits for volatility to compress, then rides the expansion with an ATR trailing stop.

What this strategy does

Micron Squeeze Breakout is a volatility strategy that trades MU on 30-minute bars. Waits for volatility to compress, then rides the expansion with an ATR trailing stop.

How it performed

Backtested on real MU market data from 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30 (3.0 years), this run returned +180.3%, or +41.0% annualized. It closed 70 trades with a 43% win rate. Risk-adjusted, that is a Sharpe ratio of 1.51, a Sortino ratio of 2.77 and a maximum drawdown of 28.8%.

Key results
SymbolMU
Bar size30-minute
Strategy typeVolatility
Backtest period2023-07-01 → 2026-06-30
Total return+180.3%
Annualized return+41.0%
Sharpe ratio1.51
Sortino ratio2.77
Max drawdown28.8%
Win rate43%
Closed trades70

Evidence

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