Historical rule simulator

Backtest: When Fear & Greed Falls Below 10

Simulates one mechanical rule โ€” buy when fear & greed falls below 10, 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 Avalanche

6 historical signal(s) detected for Avalanche; 6 non-overlapping trade(s) taken at a 7-day hold (0 skipped because a position was already open).

Completed trades6
Win rate33.3%
Average return / trade+0.23%
Compounded total return-0.56%
Max drawdown-12.12%
Buy & hold, same period-55.18%

Hypothetical growth of $100

Entry dateExit dateEntry priceExit priceTrade returnEquity after
2025-11-15 2025-11-22 $15.1362 $13.3013 -12.12% 87.88
2026-02-06 2026-02-13 $8.3277 $8.9723 +7.74% 94.68
2026-03-02 2026-03-09 $9.0794 $8.9202 -1.75% 93.02
2026-03-09 2026-03-16 $8.9202 $10.0498 +12.66% 104.80
2026-03-22 2026-03-29 $9.1963 $8.7560 -4.79% 99.78
2026-06-08 2026-06-15 $6.8075 $6.7841 -0.34% 99.44

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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