Trend Anti-Trend Combo
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Total Return
+783.5%
CAGR
+40.8%
Sharpe
1.63
Max Drawdown
-29.1%
Annual Vol
22.5%
Win Rate
47.5%
Starting Capital
$50K
Fees
7bps RT
Trades
~600
Timeframe
Daily
Max Leverage
~0.7x
Robustness
3/5
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Strategy
Blends 60% Turtle breakout (catches trends) with 40% oversold-bounce in uptrend (catches dips) — diversified signal source for all market conditions.
Signal Construction
  • Breakout leg (60%): Turtle 20/10 — enter on 20-day high, exit on 10-day low
  • Mean-reversion leg (40%): Z-score < -1.5 below 20-day mean while above 50-day MA
  • Breakout ranking: 10-day ROC among active breakouts (top 5)
  • MR ranking: Most negative Z-score among oversold coins in uptrend (top 5)
Portfolio Construction
  • Positions: Up to 5 breakout longs (60% weight) + up to 5 dip-buy longs (40% weight)
  • Weighting: Equal weight within each leg
  • Rebalance: Daily
Risk Management
  • Vol target: ~20% 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
Hybrid · Long Only · 7bps RT fees · Daily rebalance · Vol-targeted leverage
Result
$50,000 → $441,727 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
600 trades — statistically robust sample
Regime Testing
Profitable in 5/7 years tested; 2022 bear market: -25.0%
Decay Analysis
Performance decay detected — first half avg Sharpe 1.50, second half 1.06 (71% retention)
Monte Carlo
Not significant (p=0.471) — 47.1% of random timing strategies produced similar results. Returns may reflect market beta rather than timing skill
Walk-Forward OOS
IS Sharpe 1.44 (2020-2022), OOS Sharpe 1.29 (2023-2026) — 90% retention on unseen data
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Monthly Returns
Best & Worst Trades
Top 20 Trades
#CoinEntry → ExitReturn
1CHZ (LONG)2021-02-19 → 2021-03-22+1173.2%
2DOGE (LONG)2021-01-28 → 2021-02-13+795.0%
31000PEPE (LONG)2024-02-26 → 2024-03-14+623.5%
4M (LONG)2025-08-29 → 2025-09-18+497.6%
5GALA (LONG)2021-11-15 → 2021-12-05+419.6%
6ZEC (LONG)2025-09-26 → 2025-10-21+382.3%
7WIF (LONG)2024-02-27 → 2024-03-16+373.8%
8BNB (LONG)2021-02-05 → 2021-03-01+355.7%
9APT (LONG)2023-01-09 → 2023-02-04+319.4%
101000SHIB (LONG)2021-09-22 → 2021-10-16+273.9%
11XLM (LONG)2024-11-16 → 2024-12-02+270.1%
12SOL (LONG)2021-08-15 → 2021-09-14+259.8%
13FIL (LONG)2021-03-14 → 2021-04-05+256.6%
14OP (LONG)2022-07-18 → 2022-08-08+226.6%
15AXS (LONG)2021-06-30 → 2021-07-20+224.3%
16WLD (LONG)2024-02-14 → 2024-02-28+186.5%
17AVAX (LONG)2021-01-08 → 2021-01-24+178.8%
18ETC (LONG)2021-04-30 → 2021-05-15+175.7%
19PENDLE (LONG)2024-01-09 → 2024-02-12+155.5%
20PENGU (LONG)2025-07-10 → 2025-07-25+154.8%
Bottom 20 Trades
#CoinEntry → ExitReturn
1SPK (LONG)2025-07-24 → 2025-08-01-47.9%
2SNX (LONG)2025-10-14 → 2025-10-22-44.3%
3CHZ (LONG)2022-11-08 → 2022-11-09-43.8%
4STRK (LONG)2025-11-20 → 2025-11-24-43.1%
5XPL (LONG)2025-09-28 → 2025-10-02-42.7%
6FIL (LONG)2025-11-08 → 2025-11-16-41.9%
7DASH (LONG)2025-11-05 → 2025-11-10-39.8%
8ICP (LONG)2025-11-09 → 2025-11-14-39.8%
9HBAR (LONG)2021-09-16 → 2021-09-21-39.5%
10CAKE (LONG)2025-10-08 → 2025-10-11-39.4%
11GIGGLE (LONG)2025-11-06 → 2025-11-07-39.1%
12BIO (LONG)2025-08-23 → 2025-08-31-38.7%
13FARTCOIN (LONG)2025-01-20 → 2025-01-25-38.4%
14ADA (LONG)2025-03-03 → 2025-03-22-38.2%
15DOGE (LONG)2022-11-02 → 2022-11-08-37.9%
16AXS (LONG)2026-01-24 → 2026-01-31-37.8%
17IP (LONG)2025-09-22 → 2025-09-25-37.8%
18RESOLV (LONG)2026-01-27 → 2026-01-29-36.9%
19AVAX (LONG)2021-11-23 → 2021-12-05-36.0%
20币安人生 (LONG)2026-01-15 → 2026-01-20-35.8%

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