Supported vs unsupported strategies
What the engine can and cannot execute, and how to rephrase edge cases.
Updated 2026-05-29·2 min read
This article lists the 11 supported strategy categories and the 7 categories the engine cannot execute, plus guidance on grey-area patterns like partial exits and grid trading.
What strategies are supported?
| Category | Examples |
|---|---|
| Momentum | RSI, MACD, EMA crossover, breakouts |
| Trend following | Moving average stacks, Supertrend, Ichimoku |
| Mean reversion | Bollinger Band squeeze, oversold bounces |
| Volatility | ATR-based exits, Keltner Channel |
| Volume-confirmation | OBV divergence, volume spikes |
| Multi-market scan | Top-N coins by volume / momentum |
| Time-based exits | Close after N hours, end-of-day |
| Multi-timeframe | Different indicators on different intervals |
| Baskets | Diversified multi-coin strategies |
| TradingView signals | Webhook-triggered entries/exits |
| DCA | Recurring buys at fixed interval or dip trigger |
What strategies are not supported?
| Category | Reason |
|---|---|
| Cross-exchange arbitrage | Requires simultaneous read/write on multiple exchanges |
| Market making | Requires streaming orderbook depth and sub-second execution |
| HFT / scalping below 1m | Sub-minute candle data is not available |
| Custom data sources | The engine can only use the data it subscribes to internally |
| Options and futures with manual settlement | Only perpetuals with automatic close are supported |
| Social sentiment / news signals | No external data feed integration (TradingView webhook is the bridge) |
| On-chain / DeFi signals | Not available directly; use a TradingView webhook to bridge them |
What are the grey areas?
"Buy when news is positive"
Not directly supported. Use a TradingView alert to POST to your Coinrule webhook when your sentiment indicator fires.
"Sell 50% when RSI > 70, close rest on trailing stop"
Partial exits are supported for perpetuals with scale_out plans. For spot, the engine can only place full-size exits. Work around this by running two separate agents with different capital allocations.
"Scan for the top 3 coins and rebalance daily"
This maps to the Basket feature. See What are baskets?.
"Grid trading"
Grid strategies are available as a strategy template. See the template library for the grid pattern.