Historical rule simulator

Backtest: When Bitcoin Rises 5% in a Day

Simulates one mechanical rule โ€” buy when bitcoin rises 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 Stellar

7 historical signal(s) detected for Stellar; 7 non-overlapping trade(s) taken at a 7-day hold (0 skipped because a position was already open).

Completed trades7
Win rate28.6%
Average return / trade+0.64%
Compounded total return+3.07%
Max drawdown-10.17%
Buy & hold, same period-31.42%

Hypothetical growth of $100

Entry dateExit dateEntry priceExit priceTrade returnEquity after
2025-12-03 2025-12-10 $0.2547 $0.2534 -0.52% 99.48
2026-02-07 2026-02-14 $0.1784 $0.1646 -7.75% 91.77
2026-02-26 2026-03-05 $0.1627 $0.1596 -1.89% 90.03
2026-03-05 2026-03-12 $0.1596 $0.1592 -0.23% 89.83
2026-04-14 2026-04-21 $0.1563 $0.1738 +11.22% 99.90
2026-08-20 2026-08-27 $0.1701 $0.1854 +8.99% 108.88
2026-09-04 2026-09-11 $0.1845 $0.1747 -5.34% 103.07

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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