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Regime-Gated Capitulation Dip — Solana strategy backtest

Buys a close below the 2.5-sigma Bollinger band with RSI under 35, but only while the 50-day EMA is above the 200-day EMA; exits back at the middle band.

A curated strategy — a well-known mechanism with sensible risk management built in. Still not a recommendation — it's a mechanism you test yourself.

How this strategy works
  • • Buys when Close price is below Bollinger Band(20,2.5) lower and RSI(14) is below 35 — but only while Moving average (EMA)(50) is above Moving average (EMA)(200).
  • • Sells when Close price is above Bollinger Band(20,2.5) mid.
  • • Uses a 8% stop-loss.
  • • Exits after 20 bars if still open.
Run this exact strategy yourself — pick a window:
Solana · 2020-04-10 → 2026-10-30 (2395 bars) · costs & slippage on · vs buy & hold
Drawdown — how far underwater you'd have been
Lagged buy & hold
Total return
-32.0%
Buy & hold +9798.5%
vs Buy & Hold
-9831 pts
lagged the benchmark
Max drawdown
-38.9%
worst peak-to-trough
CAGR
-5.7%
Win rate
13%
Profit factor
0.29
Sharpe
-0.38
Trades
8
Time in market
2%
Best trade
+14.5%
Worst trade
-8.1%
Worst drawdowns · peak → troughDepthTo troughUnderwaterRecovered
2022-01-12 → 2026-10-30-38.9%1752d1752dstill underwater
2022-01-08 → 2022-01-10-4.6%2d4dyes
Monthly excess over buy & hold · in pp vs buy & hold, not the raw return
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Tap a month for the strategy return, the buy-&-hold return and the exact excess.

beat buy & holdlagged buy & hold0 = matched it· = no datahatched = partial edge

How this is computed → (closed-bar, costs on, vs buy & hold — the full method.)

Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. This is an educational, analytical tool — not investment advice, and not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. You make all decisions and execute on your own broker.

Hypothetical performance disclaimer (CFTC Rule 4.41)

HYPOTHETICAL OR SIMULATED PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS. UNLIKE AN ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RECORD, SIMULATED RESULTS DO NOT REPRESENT ACTUAL TRADING. ALSO, SINCE THE TRADES HAVE NOT BEEN EXECUTED, THE RESULTS MAY HAVE UNDER- OR OVER-COMPENSATED FOR THE IMPACT, IF ANY, OF CERTAIN MARKET FACTORS, SUCH AS LACK OF LIQUIDITY. SIMULATED TRADING PROGRAMS IN GENERAL ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE DESIGNED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THOSE SHOWN.

How this backtest works
Data
Yahoo Finance daily OHLC (crypto = aggregate USD reference), split-adjusted. Recomputed on each run.
Costs
A flat 0.05% per side on every entry and exit (costs & slippage). No leverage.
Execution
Signals act on the next open after a bar closes — never on a price you couldn't have known.
Look-ahead & survivorship
Indicators use closed bars only; the forming bar is dropped. Survivorship is labelled, not hidden.
Benchmark
Measured against buy & hold of the same asset over the same window.
What it isn't
Not advice, not a prediction, no profit claim. We hold no funds and place no orders.

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