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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 Supertrend (CAGR 90.4%, MDD -49.0%).

Data 2017-08-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,269 (9.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue BithumbMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -9.0%, drawdown -98.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 90.4%, MDD -49.0%, Sharpe 1.14, 41% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 99.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 49.2%p (CAGR 90.4%, MDD -49.0%, exposure 41%).

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=12, mult=1.4
90.4%-49.0%1.141.84327.3x19041%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=17, k=1.7
61.6%-58.1%1.001.0674.9x14632%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.065, maxStep=0.12
63.4%-68.8%0.990.9282.7x35047%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=33, atrPeriod=25, mult=1.5
58.6%-52.7%0.971.1163.3x7028%
MACD
fast=12, slow=50, signal=6
60.2%-77.0%0.950.7869.1x23451%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=4, slow=12
59.2%-55.7%0.931.0665.5x23845%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=6, threshold=24
57.5%-66.8%0.920.8659.3x33442%
ROC 모멘텀
n=11, threshold=0.04
54.2%-82.0%0.890.6649.1x34435%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=2, slow=24
45.5%-64.7%0.840.7029.2x21845%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=33, exitN=11
37.4%-69.1%0.770.5417.4x6228%
Buy and hold-9.0%-98.3%0.42-0.090.4x1100%
1x 10x 100x 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -49% -74% -98% 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -49.0% (2020-02-13 → 2020-12-30), recovered after 367 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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