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Cloud Pilot

Q: What is the Ichimoku cloud?

A charting method made by Goichi Hosoda (pen name Ichimoku Sanjin), head of the markets desk at the Miyako Shimbun, over seven years with the help of 2,000 people (published as a book in 1969). The 'cloud' is a band of mid-prices pushed forward in time.

Q: Why 10 · 30 · 60 instead of 9 · 26 · 52?

The original settings date from a six-day trading week. Crypto trades seven days a week, so daily crypto charts use 10 · 30 · 60.

Q: What is the weak point?

About half of the trades win (15 of 31). In sideways markets small losses (−9% on average) come several times, and one big trend (wins average +84%) makes up for them.

Q: Do signals change or disappear later?

No. They appear after the daily close is final and never repaint. The indicator places no orders.

Q: Can I use it on stocks?

You can add it to any daily chart, but the rule is tuned for coins such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. Results on stocks can be very different.

Q: Can I edit or share the code?

You can edit it for personal use. Sharing, redistribution and resale rights are not included.

Buy above the cloud, sell below, see 30 days ahead

The Ichimoku cloud, built in Japan in 1935 over seven years with the help of 2,000 people, re-tuned by ChartArmory for seven-day crypto markets (10 · 30 · 60).

$99.60One-time payment · Perpetual personal use

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One payment includes (yours to keep)

Full Pine Script v6 source code
8-language flight-forecast panel and install guide
Personal use and editing rights (no redistribution or resale)
30 days of bug-fix support after purchase
Copy button and TXT right after payment

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CLOUD PILOT / HISTORICAL CASE

Bitcoin: take-off above the cloud at $11,296, landing at $49,151

BTC-USD · 1D · 2020.10 → 2021.05+334.2%

Bought on the day it closed above the cloud, sold on the day it closed below. Held for 214 days while the cloud held it up.

90 days after the sale: −39.4%
Holding period: 214 days (about 7 months)

On 10 October 2020 the take-off signal was confirmed at the close of $11,296.36. 214 days later, on 12 May 2021, the close fell below the cloud and it landed at $49,150.54. Within 70 days Bitcoin dropped to $29,807.

01 / ✈ Buy above the cloud2020.10.10$11,296.36✈ close > cloud
02 / Sell below the cloud2021.05.12$49,150.54⛈ close < cloud
03 / Lowest close within 90 days of the sale2021.07.20$29,807.35−39.4%

This trade+334.2%2020.10.10 → 2021.05.12

BTC-USD · 1W · 2020.06.05 → 2021.12.31

Hover the chart to read the date and priceRedrawn from the recorded trade’s closing prices. Average lines are recomputed as a visual guide.

Signal and fill at that day's close, 0.1% cost per buy and sell · a replay of the same rule as the TradingView indicator (Yahoo BTC-USD daily closes; may differ slightly from exchange charts)

Download the calculation record (JSON) ↓

Same chart. One indicator makes the difference.

Drag the handle to compare the chart with and without Cloud Pilot.

Compare the BTC daily chart with and without Cloud Pilot · Before indicator — Calculated from historical data. Future returns are not guaranteed.BTCUSD · 1D · 2020.06–2021.07Chart: TradingView

Compare the BTC daily chart with and without Cloud Pilot · After indicator — Calculated from historical data. Future returns are not guaranteed.BTCUSD · 1D · 2020.06–2021.07Chart: TradingView

PROBLEM → FIX

The three hardest parts of trading daily crypto charts

ProblemYou don't know where to sell, so the gains slip away
FixThe bottom of the cloud is the sell line. The panel shows its price for the next 30 days in advance
ProblemIntraday swings make you chase prices
FixSignals come only from the finished daily close, and buy and sell alerts tell you the day
ProblemYou're unsure whether six-day-week settings fit 24/7 crypto
FixThe default is a 10 · 30 · 60 cloud tuned for seven-day crypto markets

01 / WHAT IT DOES

Board above the cloud, get off below it

Take off above, land below

When a day closes above the cloud and above the close 30 days earlier, ✈ buy; when a day closes below the cloud, sell; inside the cloud, keep the current state. Set on the daily close, so it never repaints.

A 30-day flight forecast you can see now

The cloud is drawn 30 days ahead. The panel splits the next 30 days into five 6-day tiles, each with the weather (☀ rising cloud / ⛈ falling cloud) and that day's sell-line price.

A flight log at a glance

Mint and sky-blue candles while you hold, grey while in cash. At each sell a box covers the whole trade, and wins are marked with a mint box and a big number. Alerts for buy and sell.

02 / EVIDENCE

US$1,000 by start year: just holding vs Cloud Pilot

Bitcoin or cash only, no leverage, recorded to 24 October 2026.

Yahoo Finance Bitcoin daily data, filled at the next day's open, 0.1% cost per trade. Past results; they do not guarantee future returns.
Start	Just holding	Cloud Pilot	Worst drop (hold → pilot)
2015	$256,000256×	$469,480469×	−83.4%−68.5%14.9%pavoided
2018	$5,8905.9×	$20,16020.2×	−81.5%−65.0%16.5%pavoided
2020	$11,17011.2×	$20,98021.0×	−76.6%−33.2%43.4%pavoided
2022	$1,6901.7×	$3,4403.4×	−66.9%−30.9%36.0%pavoided
2024	$1,8201.8×	$2,2002.2×	−53.1%−30.9%22.2%pavoided

On TradingView's Bitstamp chart the result from 2020 is +2,075% (holding +1,021%). Numbers differ slightly by data source.
For Ethereum, US$1,000 from 2018 became US$13,450 (holding US$3,060).

Trading without the indicator

Stay on board below the cloud and you take the whole fall

Big Bitcoin declines, just holding vs the Cloud Pilot rule (0.1% cost per trade).

Without it−76.6%

With the indicator −33.2%

2021.11–2022.11 bear market — holding −76.6%. The rule had sold below the cloud and was in cash.

Without it−53.1%

With the indicator −14.9%

2025.10–2026.6 decline — holding −53.1%. It got off below the cloud and waited in cash.

Without it−51.3%

With the indicator −20.7%

2020.2–3 COVID crash — holding −51.3%.

03 / INSTALL

Installed in 3 steps right after payment

No monthly fee: one payment and the full Pine Script v6 source is yours to keep and edit.

01Press the copy button on the screen after payment, or download the TXT
02Paste it into TradingView's Pine Editor, save, and add it to a daily crypto chart
03Pick the panel language and turn on the ✈ buy · sell alerts

Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Built independently by ChartArmory from the public Ichimoku Kinko Hyo idea; not affiliated with or endorsed by the Hosoda family or Keizai Hendo Soken.

NO REPAINT · NO FUTURE DATA

3 reasons you can trust it

Past signals stay put
A signal on a closed bar never changes; only today’s unfinished bar can move.
No future data
Other symbols and higher timeframes use only data available at that moment, so no future values leak into past signals.
Open raw data
Past examples are calculated after trading costs (0.1% per side), and you can download the raw data as JSON.

Download raw JSON

INPUTS · PINE SCRIPT V6

Settings you can change

The exact names you see in TradingView’s settings (Inputs tab).8 languages supported

Conversion line (bars)
Base line (bars) = cloud shift
Leading span B (bars)
Lagging span check on take-off

A MORNING WITH CLOUD PILOT

A 5-minute daily routine

07:30
Open the flight state
Open the daily crypto chart and check the candle colour (mint/sky = holding, grey = cash) and where price sits against the cloud.
07:32
Check the 30-day forecast
In the panel at top right, see the distance to the sell line and the cloud weather for the next 30 days.
07:35
Rest, act on signal days
Most days you just look and move on; buy or sell only on the day a close above or below the cloud is confirmed.

WHO IT FITS

Who it fits — and who it doesn’t

Recommended for

Office workers who can’t watch charts all day
People who want to stick to set position sizes and stops
Anyone for whom one chart check a day is enough

Not a fit for

Scalpers trading by the second or minute
Anyone hunting for a 100%-accurate “magic arrow”
People who trade by gut feel rather than rules

BUILD VS BUY

What would it cost to build?

Hiring a developer usually costs $2,000–$5,000+ and weeks of building and testing. Here, one payment gets you tested Pine Script v6 source right away, yours to keep.

Outsourcing

$2,000–$5,000+ · weeks of building and testing

ChartArmory

One payment · tested source, instantly

PAIR RECIPE

Indicators that work well together

Cloud PilotKelly Meter

Let Cloud Pilot decide when to hold and when to wait in cash, and Kelly Meter how much to put in.

View indicator

Each indicator is sold separately; combined results have not been tested.

CLOUD PILOT / FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is the Ichimoku cloud?

A charting method made by Goichi Hosoda (pen name Ichimoku Sanjin), head of the markets desk at the Miyako Shimbun, over seven years with the help of 2,000 people (published as a book in 1969). The 'cloud' is a band of mid-prices pushed forward in time.

Why 10 · 30 · 60 instead of 9 · 26 · 52?

The original settings date from a six-day trading week. Crypto trades seven days a week, so daily crypto charts use 10 · 30 · 60.

What is the weak point?

About half of the trades win (15 of 31). In sideways markets small losses (−9% on average) come several times, and one big trend (wins average +84%) makes up for them.

Do signals change or disappear later?

No. They appear after the daily close is final and never repaint. The indicator places no orders.

Can I use it on stocks?

You can add it to any daily chart, but the rule is tuned for coins such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. Results on stocks can be very different.

Can I edit or share the code?

You can edit it for personal use. Sharing, redistribution and resale rights are not included.

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