Breakout RVOL Donchian
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Total Return
+3041.7%
CAGR
+71.9%
Sharpe
1.76
Max Drawdown
-34.9%
Annual Vol
34.0%
Win Rate
52.0%
Starting Capital
$50K
Fees
7bps RT
Trades
~550
Timeframe
Daily
Max Leverage
~1.0x
Robustness
3/5
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Strategy
20-day Donchian channel breakout requiring volume confirmation on entry and using the 20-day low as exit — volume-confirmed entries with a wide trailing stop.
Signal Construction
  • Entry: Price > 20-day rolling high AND RVOL > 1.3x (volume confirmation)
  • Exit: Price < 20-day rolling low (Donchian channel exit — wider than 10-day)
  • Ranking: Top 10 active positions by 10-day ROC
  • Volume filter eliminates low-conviction breakouts
Portfolio Construction
  • Positions: Up to 10 long positions
  • Weighting: Equal weight among active positions
  • Rebalance: Daily
Risk Management
  • Vol target: ~30% annualised (volatility-scaled)
  • Leverage range: Clipped between 0.1x and 3.0x
  • Regime filter: Goes flat when BTC is below its 200-day moving average
Universe
Binance Futures · Top 50 by 30d median vol · $15M+ · Spike ratio < 2.0 · 90d listed · Stablecoins & wrapped excluded · Deterministic tie-breaking · Equal-weight positions
Execution
Breakout · Long Only · 7bps RT fees · Daily rebalance · Vol-targeted leverage
Result
$50,000 → $1,570,844 over 6.4 years
Equity Curve — $50K start (2020 – 2026)

These results are based on historical backtesting and are hypothetical in nature. They do not represent actual trading results. Backtested performance does not account for real-world factors including slippage beyond fee assumptions, exchange downtime, liquidity constraints, market impact, and execution delays. Actual results may differ materially.

Drawdown
Robustness Checks — 3/5 passed
Sample Size
550 trades — statistically robust sample
Regime Testing
Profitable in 5/7 years tested; 2022 bear market: -22.1%
Decay Analysis
Performance decay detected — first half avg Sharpe 1.50, second half 0.52 (35% retention)
Monte Carlo
Not significant (p=0.437) — 43.7% of random timing strategies produced similar results. Returns may reflect market beta rather than timing skill
Walk-Forward OOS
IS Sharpe 1.43 (2020-2022), OOS Sharpe 1.36 (2023-2026) — 95% retention on unseen data
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Monthly Returns
Best & Worst Trades
Top 20 Trades
#CoinEntry → ExitReturn
1CHZ (LONG)2021-02-18 → 2021-03-22+1296.1%
2ZEC (LONG)2025-09-23 → 2025-11-30+781.5%
3AXS (LONG)2021-06-30 → 2021-08-02+769.3%
4DOGE (LONG)2021-01-28 → 2021-02-14+745.6%
5WIF (LONG)2024-02-26 → 2024-03-23+551.8%
61000PEPE (LONG)2024-02-26 → 2024-03-15+548.3%
7BNB (LONG)2021-02-01 → 2021-03-01+475.0%
8M (LONG)2025-08-28 → 2025-09-23+461.4%
9GALA (LONG)2021-11-15 → 2021-12-16+399.7%
10APT (LONG)2023-01-09 → 2023-02-04+319.4%
11FIL (LONG)2021-03-10 → 2021-04-06+294.6%
12XLM (LONG)2024-11-15 → 2024-12-03+286.3%
13FARTCOIN (LONG)2025-03-19 → 2025-04-24+285.0%
14FET (LONG)2024-02-12 → 2024-03-16+284.1%
151000SHIB (LONG)2021-09-16 → 2021-10-16+279.8%
16VIRTUAL (LONG)2025-04-22 → 2025-05-10+254.4%
17AAVE (LONG)2021-01-15 → 2021-02-13+236.1%
18SOL (LONG)2021-08-15 → 2021-09-17+234.4%
19OP (LONG)2022-07-18 → 2022-08-08+226.6%
20CRV (LONG)2021-01-15 → 2021-02-02+213.9%
Bottom 20 Trades
#CoinEntry → ExitReturn
1LINK (LONG)2020-03-06 → 2020-03-12-57.7%
2SNX (LONG)2025-10-14 → 2025-10-31-56.3%
3AXS (LONG)2026-01-24 → 2026-02-05-55.6%
4SPK (LONG)2025-07-24 → 2025-08-02-49.5%
5RESOLV (LONG)2025-11-17 → 2025-11-26-49.2%
6FARTCOIN (LONG)2025-01-20 → 2025-01-26-49.1%
7DOT (LONG)2021-05-15 → 2021-05-19-47.9%
8INJ (LONG)2022-11-05 → 2022-11-09-46.3%
9DASH (LONG)2025-11-05 → 2025-11-11-44.4%
10ZEC (LONG)2021-11-26 → 2021-12-09-44.4%
11CHZ (LONG)2022-11-08 → 2022-11-09-43.8%
12DOGE (LONG)2021-05-08 → 2021-05-12-43.5%
13GALA (LONG)2022-02-09 → 2022-03-06-43.3%
14ZEN (LONG)2021-02-19 → 2021-02-26-43.2%
15XPL (LONG)2025-09-28 → 2025-10-02-42.7%
16STRK (LONG)2025-11-20 → 2025-11-25-42.6%
17FIL (LONG)2025-11-08 → 2025-11-16-41.9%
18ETC (LONG)2021-05-19 → 2021-05-23-41.8%
19IP (LONG)2026-01-14 → 2026-01-21-40.3%
20CAKE (LONG)2025-10-08 → 2025-10-28-40.2%

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