Historical rule simulator

Backtest: When Fear & Greed Falls Below 20

Simulates one mechanical rule โ€” buy when fear & greed falls below 20, 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 Hyperliquid

12 historical signal(s) detected for Hyperliquid; 9 non-overlapping trade(s) taken at a 7-day hold (3 skipped because a position was already open).

Completed trades9
Win rate22.2%
Average return / trade+1.40%
Compounded total return-3.74%
Max drawdown-27.63%
Buy & hold, same period+55.09%

Hypothetical growth of $100

Entry dateExit dateEntry priceExit priceTrade returnEquity after
2025-11-08 2025-11-15 $42.2226 $37.5015 -11.18% 88.82
2025-12-07 2025-12-14 $30.9477 $29.6418 -4.22% 85.07
2025-12-15 2025-12-22 $28.8767 $24.7543 -14.28% 72.93
2025-12-26 2026-01-02 $24.3823 $24.1971 -0.76% 72.37
2026-01-22 2026-01-29 $21.6214 $34.2792 +58.54% 114.74
2026-01-30 2026-02-06 $30.7396 $33.0075 +7.38% 123.21
2026-03-20 2026-03-27 $39.3042 $39.1758 -0.33% 122.80
2026-06-03 2026-06-10 $69.7334 $57.7598 -17.17% 101.72
2026-07-08 2026-07-15 $69.1959 $65.4834 -5.37% 96.26

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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