Historical rule simulator

Backtest: When Bitcoin Drops 5% in a Day

Simulates one mechanical rule โ€” buy when bitcoin drops 5% 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 Chainlink

6 historical signal(s) detected for Chainlink; 5 non-overlapping trade(s) taken at a 7-day hold (1 skipped because a position was already open).

Completed trades5
Win rate40.0%
Average return / trade-4.52%
Compounded total return-25.41%
Max drawdown-30.23%
Buy & hold, same period-54.85%

Hypothetical growth of $100

Entry dateExit dateEntry priceExit priceTrade returnEquity after
2025-10-11 2025-10-18 $17.3508 $16.6196 -4.21% 95.79
2025-11-21 2025-11-28 $12.9302 $13.3436 +3.20% 98.85
2026-01-30 2026-02-06 $11.6356 $8.2126 -29.42% 69.77
2026-02-06 2026-02-13 $8.2126 $9.3755 +14.16% 79.65
2026-06-03 2026-06-10 $8.3646 $7.8339 -6.34% 74.59

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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