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Volume-Profile Value Reclaim Backtest in Crypto: Fees, Slippage and Break-Even Costs

A value reclaim rule buys when price falls below the prior session's value area low and then closes back inside. It assumes acceptance inside value pulls price across it.

By ChartsPod Editorial Team · Reviewed by ChartsPod Research
Published · Updated · 5 min read

Short answer

A volume-profile value-reclaim rule uses the prior session's value area (often 70% of volume): when price trades below value area low and then closes back above it, the rule enters long, targeting the POC or value area high. Results depend on the session definition, the value-area percentage, row size and how 'reclaim' is defined (close vs time spent). Use completed sessions only, next-bar fills and compute break-even cost.

Break-even cost

ItemValue (illustrative)
Trades105
Gross avg per trade+0.57%
Fees (2 × 0.05%)−0.10%
Slippage (2 × 0.04%)−0.07%
Net avg per trade+0.40%
Break-even round-trip cost0.57%
Value-Area Reclaim: edge vs cost per trade (%)Value-Area Reclaim: edge vs cost per trade (%): Gross edge 0.57 %; Fees 0.10 %; Fees + slippage 0.17 %.VALUE-AREA RECLAIM: EDGE VS COST PER TRADE (%)Gross edge0.57 %Fees0.10 %Fees + slippage0.17 %
Edge per trade versus cost per trade. Original ChartsPod editorial graphic.

Reclaim definitions

Reclaim ruleTradesNet avg (illustrative)
1 close back inside160+0.21%
2 consecutive closes105+0.42%
30 min inside90+0.45%
Illustrative net avg (%)Illustrative net avg (%): 1 close +0.21 %; 2 closes +0.42 %; 30 min +0.45 %.ILLUSTRATIVE NET AVG (%)1 close+0.21 %2 closes+0.42 %30 min+0.45 %
Stricter acceptance, better trades. Original ChartsPod editorial graphic.

Conclusion

Related: Volume-Profile POC Retest Backtest in Crypto: Fees, Slippage and Break-Even Costs, ChartsPod Session Volume Profile: Settings to Check Before Your First Analysis.

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Use completed sessions only, next-bar fills and compute break-even cost.

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Questions readers ask

What is a value-area reclaim?

Price returning inside the prior value area.

Which session?

Fix one, e.g. UTC day.

Why completed sessions?

Developing profiles change.

Sources and methodology

Backtest cost logic follows TradingView's Pine Script strategy documentation; indicator definitions are standard. All performance numbers are illustrative examples of the method, not results of real tests.

  1. TradingView Pine Script: Strategies — simulated fills and assumptions.
  2. TradingView Pine Script: Repainting — live vs historical calculation.
  3. ChartsPod documentation — guides for order flow, derivatives, alerts, backtests, journal and workspaces.
  4. TradingView: Volume profile indicators, basic concepts — POC, value area, profile types.

This article explains research tools and workflows. It is not financial advice, does not recommend buying or selling any asset and does not predict prices. Crypto derivatives carry a risk of rapid and total loss of margin.

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