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 XRP

6 historical signal(s) detected for XRP; 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-3.78%
Compounded total return-24.09%
Max drawdown-33.18%
Buy & hold, same period-52.03%

Hypothetical growth of $100

Entry dateExit dateEntry priceExit priceTrade returnEquity after
2025-10-11 2025-10-18 $2.3701 $2.2959 -3.13% 96.87
2025-11-21 2025-11-28 $1.9994 $2.1997 +10.02% 106.58
2026-01-30 2026-02-06 $1.8159 $1.2133 -33.18% 71.21
2026-02-06 2026-02-13 $1.2133 $1.3769 +13.48% 80.81
2026-06-03 2026-06-10 $1.2102 $1.1369 -6.06% 75.91

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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