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Bitcoin Cash backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Bitcoin Cash. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 19.6%, MDD -55.1%).

Data 2019-11-28 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,438 (6.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue BinanceMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.6%, drawdown -94.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 22.6%, MDD -69.8%, Sharpe 0.63, 51% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 23.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 24.4%p (CAGR 19.6%, MDD -55.1%, exposure 14%).

The alternative must retain 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR, improve drawdown by at least 20% and 5 percentage points, and stay below 95% exposure; the ranking weights return retention 60% and drawdown improvement 40%.

Strategy · parametersCAGRMDDSharpeCalmarTotalTradesExposure
Supertrend
period=5, mult=2.9
22.6%-69.8%0.630.323.9x4651%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=32, slow=109
19.4%-76.4%0.590.253.3x2645%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=8, threshold=40
19.6%-55.1%0.580.363.3x8014%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=34, k=2.9
19.8%-59.9%0.570.333.3x3017%
ROC 모멘텀
n=121, threshold=-0.11
16.1%-73.1%0.560.222.7x8859%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=8, exitN=24
12.3%-85.3%0.530.142.2x5775%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=18, slow=105
14.8%-76.5%0.530.192.5x2445%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.34
14.8%-66.9%0.520.222.5x15046%
MACD
fast=12, slow=22, signal=8
12.0%-80.7%0.490.152.1x20051%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=40, atrPeriod=18, mult=2.9
7.2%-75.0%0.390.101.6x3019%
Buy and hold-0.6%-94.2%0.47-0.011.0x1100%
1x 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -47% -71% -94% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -69.8% (2021-05-11 → 2023-01-10), recovered after 1,026 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

Method and caveats

Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Parameters were carried forward from the latest full optimization and replayed on this monthly dataset. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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