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 Rain

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

Completed trades6
Win rate50.0%
Average return / trade+2.96%
Compounded total return+17.70%
Max drawdown-5.88%
Buy & hold, same period+302.06%

Hypothetical growth of $100

Entry dateExit dateEntry priceExit priceTrade returnEquity after
2025-11-15 2025-11-22 $0.0033 $0.0036 +10.74% 110.74
2026-02-06 2026-02-13 $0.0088 $0.0099 +12.80% 124.92
2026-03-02 2026-03-09 $0.0091 $0.0089 -2.74% 121.50
2026-03-09 2026-03-16 $0.0089 $0.0091 +2.92% 125.06
2026-03-22 2026-03-29 $0.0083 $0.0081 -3.24% 121.01
2026-06-08 2026-06-15 $0.0134 $0.0131 -2.74% 117.70

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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