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American Bitcoin Corp. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of American Bitcoin Corp.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 18.3%, MDD -79.6%).

Data 2018-02-26 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,119 (8.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -72.5%, drawdown -100.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 24.1%, MDD -86.4%, Sharpe 0.52, 26% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 96.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 13.6%p (CAGR 18.3%, MDD -79.6%, exposure 3%).

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=27, mult=3.2
24.1%-86.4%0.520.286.2x3426%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=11, atrPeriod=13, mult=3.2
18.3%-79.6%0.430.234.1x143%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=20, k=3.3
14.0%-83.7%0.400.173.0x226%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=7, slow=46
2.9%-89.2%0.380.031.3x3631%
ROC 모멘텀
n=45, threshold=0.11
0.7%-89.6%0.350.011.1x6817%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=14, slow=23
-1.3%-92.1%0.34-0.010.9x4430%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=66, exitN=6
4.7%-84.6%0.320.061.5x226%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=17, threshold=23
-11.3%-97.3%0.25-0.120.4x6025%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.06, maxStep=0.14
-16.3%-98.1%0.25-0.170.2x24436%
MACD
fast=12, slow=45, signal=24
-39.9%-99.9%0.08-0.400.0x8953%
Buy and hold-72.5%-100.0%-0.27-0.720.0x1100%
0.0001 0.001 0.01 0.1 1x 10x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -75% -100% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -86.4% (2021-02-10 → 2025-04-30), recovered after 1,660 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 selected on the same full-history sample using sharpe over 40 trials per strategy, so results contain in-sample bias. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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