After a sharp run-up, prices often give part of it back. Rally Short keeps BTC borrowed on a cross margin account and sells it once the 4-hour RSI reaches 75 and the price stands 5% above its 21-candle average. It buys back when the RSI cools to 50 or the price is back at the average, or at a loss if BTC rises 5% above the sale. After a buy back it waits four hours before selling again.
What it costs
This strategy is open on every plan. What it trades is fixed by its design, so every plan runs the same scope; Standard is free.
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How it works
The strategy keeps the asset you pick borrowed, up to your amount, and every round reads its 4-hour RSI over 14 candles and its average over 21 four-hour candles. Once the RSI reaches your entry level and the price stands your distance above the average, it sells. It buys the asset back when the RSI falls to your exit level or the price is back at the average, whichever comes first, or at once, at a loss, if the price rises your stop above the sale. The loan stays open while it runs. At your margin level floor it cancels its sale orders, borrows no more and buys back what it sold.
Key Features
Strategy profile
A snapshot of how this strategy behaves and who it suits, not a forecast of returns.
These are our assessments of strategy character, not user-specific performance figures.
Shorting a rally means standing against momentum, and strong trends can stay stretched far longer than an RSI suggests. A short has no ceiling on its loss; the stop limits it, but a fast jump can buy back above the stop. The asset stays borrowed while the strategy runs, so interest is charged even while it waits for a rally. A rising price also pushes the margin level toward the floor, where it buys back at a loss.
All figures on this page are simulated or historical backtest results, shown for information and education only. They are not real customer results, they do not include your specific fees and slippage, and past performance does not guarantee future returns. Your capital is at risk.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick glossary
Definitions for the trading terms used on this page.
- Backtest
- A simulation of how a strategy would have performed on historical price data. Past results never guarantee future returns - markets change.
- Slippage
- The difference between the price you expect and the price you actually get when an order fills. Worse on illiquid pairs and during fast markets.
- Spread
- The gap between the best buy price (bid) and the best sell price (ask). Tight spreads = liquid market, wider spreads = more cost per round trip.
- Stop-loss
- An automatic exit order that closes a losing position when price hits a chosen threshold. Caps how much one bad trade can hurt you.
- Take-profit
- An automatic exit order that closes a winning position once price reaches a chosen target. Locks in gains without relying on you to watch the chart.
- Volatility
- How sharply price moves. High volatility = bigger swings in both directions, which means more opportunity but also more drawdown risk.
Think the rally went too far?
Every new Margin Rally Short starts in paper trading: its orders are kept on paper and listed on the strategy page, and a paper run stops by itself after an hour.
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