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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 63.6%, MDD -59.4%).

Data 2017-09-25 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,213 (8.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue UpbitMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -5.5%, drawdown -98.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 73.8%, MDD -61.4%, Sharpe 1.06, 41% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 79.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 36.9%p (CAGR 63.6%, MDD -59.4%, exposure 30%).

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=19, mult=1.2
73.8%-61.4%1.061.20132.7x21641%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=3, slow=18
66.3%-66.0%1.011.0089.9x20645%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=14, threshold=24
63.6%-59.4%1.001.0777.8x11630%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=15, k=0.4
63.7%-68.4%0.980.9378.4x27442%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.1
62.1%-59.8%0.971.0471.9x18044%
ROC 모멘텀
n=12, threshold=0.05
54.5%-73.0%0.910.7547.0x31433%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=31, exitN=15
50.7%-69.9%0.890.7337.7x4834%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=30, atrPeriod=10, mult=1.8
46.1%-64.7%0.850.7128.6x7225%
MACD
fast=12, slow=17, signal=8
44.6%-80.7%0.830.5526.1x27252%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=34
30.2%-78.0%0.700.3910.3x10842%
Buy and hold-5.5%-98.3%0.45-0.060.6x1100%
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 -61.4% (2020-04-08 → 2020-12-09), recovered after 317 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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