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 Rain

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

Completed trades5
Win rate60.0%
Average return / trade+22.80%
Compounded total return+113.76%
Max drawdown-8.34%
Buy & hold, same period+270.89%

Hypothetical growth of $100

Entry dateExit dateEntry priceExit priceTrade returnEquity after
2025-10-11 2025-10-18 $0.0034 $0.0036 +6.14% 106.14
2025-11-21 2025-11-28 $0.0034 $0.0072 +111.11% 224.07
2026-01-30 2026-02-06 $0.0095 $0.0088 -7.73% 206.75
2026-02-06 2026-02-13 $0.0088 $0.0099 +12.80% 233.22
2026-06-03 2026-06-10 $0.0138 $0.0127 -8.34% 213.76

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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