Historical rule simulator

Backtest: When Fear & Greed Falls Below 25

Simulates one mechanical rule โ€” buy when fear & greed falls below 25, 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 Monero

14 historical signal(s) detected for Monero; 11 non-overlapping trade(s) taken at a 7-day hold (3 skipped because a position was already open).

Completed trades11
Win rate81.8%
Average return / trade+3.51%
Compounded total return+24.88%
Max drawdown-40.98%
Buy & hold, same period+23.69%

Hypothetical growth of $100

Entry dateExit dateEntry priceExit priceTrade returnEquity after
2025-10-12 2025-10-19 $298.7460 $308.2084 +3.17% 103.17
2025-10-22 2025-10-29 $304.8768 $335.2302 +9.96% 113.44
2025-11-04 2025-11-11 $345.1926 $387.3602 +12.22% 127.30
2025-12-06 2025-12-13 $399.3680 $405.0283 +1.42% 129.10
2025-12-13 2025-12-20 $405.0283 $441.1812 +8.93% 140.62
2026-01-10 2026-01-17 $443.1627 $614.2002 +38.59% 194.90
2026-01-21 2026-01-28 $498.4438 $455.0858 -8.70% 177.94
2026-01-30 2026-02-06 $452.2150 $292.3172 -35.36% 115.02
2026-05-19 2026-05-26 $382.5622 $385.7068 +0.82% 115.97
2026-07-14 2026-07-21 $321.4254 $337.2827 +4.93% 121.69
2026-07-31 2026-08-07 $360.0848 $369.5125 +2.62% 124.88

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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