ZEC Swing Channel Breakout (BTC-Gated) is an official Trigr strategy by 0x7216…0007. It trades ZEC on the 4h timeframe, long and short. Version 10 was published on 2026-10-09.
Joins ZEC breakouts to fresh extremes, buying new strength and selling new weakness, taking signals only when BTC confirms the move and the trend is strong enough to trade. Position size is a fixed stake per trade, and every trade is time-boxed so positions never overstay. Signed net-friction backtest: return +1647.7%, Sharpe 0.94, profit factor 1.8316, max drawdown −93.0%, 139 trades. Includes the 1 bps builder fee, 10 bps slippage, point-in-time funding, next-bar fills, and a 40% venue-placeable Hyperliquid stop. Historical results are hypothetical, selection-conditioned, and not a guarantee of live returns.
Backtest of the published version on the Trigr engine over point-in-time market data, from 2020-02-05 to 2026-10-08: net return +110.8%, Sharpe 0.98, max drawdown −16.1%, win rate 58%, 144 trades.
Costs. Trading fees and a builder fee of 1 bps per side are included. Slippage: not applied. Funding: not applied.
Forward paper track from 2026-07-23 to 2026-10-15 (84 days): return +0.8%, fees included. Paper fills are simulated on live market prices; this is not a funded account.
Past performance, backtested or paper, does not guarantee future results. Nothing here is investment advice.