Historical rule simulator

Backtest: When Bitcoin Drops 3% in a Day

Simulates one mechanical rule โ€” buy when bitcoin drops 3% in a day, hold a fixed number of days, then exit โ€” using only this site's own historical occurrence data. Only one position is held at a time; signals that fire while already in a trade are skipped and shown below.

Rule results for Hyperliquid

20 historical signal(s) detected for Hyperliquid; 15 non-overlapping trade(s) taken at a 7-day hold (5 skipped because a position was already open).

Completed trades14
Win rate50.0%
Average return / trade+4.72%
Compounded total return+65.42%
Max drawdown-25.67%
Buy & hold, same period+108.31%

Hypothetical growth of $100

1 accepted trade(s) are still within their 7-day hold and are excluded from the stats and chart above.

Entry dateExit dateEntry priceExit priceTrade returnEquity after
2025-09-26 2025-10-03 $40.5301 $50.6559 +24.98% 124.98
2025-10-11 2025-10-18 $38.1168 $35.4686 -6.95% 116.30
2025-11-04 2025-11-11 $40.1118 $41.5397 +3.56% 120.44
2025-11-15 2025-11-22 $37.5015 $33.8616 -9.71% 108.75
2025-12-02 2025-12-09 $31.0863 $29.4728 -5.19% 103.11
2026-01-21 2026-01-28 $21.0921 $30.7818 +45.94% 150.47
2026-01-30 2026-02-06 $30.7396 $33.0075 +7.38% 161.57
2026-02-23 2026-03-02 $28.1139 $31.6166 +12.46% 181.70
2026-03-07 2026-03-14 $31.0734 $36.4742 +17.38% 213.29
2026-03-19 2026-03-26 $42.0760 $40.3247 -4.16% 204.41
2026-03-27 2026-04-03 $39.1758 $35.2393 -10.05% 183.87
2026-04-13 2026-04-20 $40.8652 $40.6048 -0.64% 182.70
2026-06-02 2026-06-09 $73.4982 $63.7809 -13.22% 158.54
2026-08-29 2026-09-05 $80.9152 $84.4271 +4.34% 165.42

How this backtest works

Every trade uses the same independent-episode detection and forward-return data as the full study page. A trade is entered on the day a signal triggers and exited exactly 7 days later at the historical close; a new signal is ignored while a trade is still open, so the trade count below is always less than or equal to the number of raw signals. Returns compound sequentially starting from a hypothetical $100.

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