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 Stellar

6 historical signal(s) detected for Stellar; 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-1.34%
Compounded total return-9.66%
Max drawdown-18.62%
Buy & hold, same period-26.42%

Hypothetical growth of $100

Entry dateExit dateEntry priceExit priceTrade returnEquity after
2025-11-15 2025-11-22 $0.2594 $0.2316 -10.72% 89.28
2026-02-06 2026-02-13 $0.1649 $0.1566 -5.04% 84.78
2026-03-02 2026-03-09 $0.1544 $0.1482 -4.01% 81.38
2026-03-09 2026-03-16 $0.1482 $0.1694 +14.26% 92.99
2026-03-22 2026-03-29 $0.1606 $0.1681 +4.69% 97.35
2026-06-08 2026-06-15 $0.2057 $0.1909 -7.20% 90.34

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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