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Bitcoin Cash backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Bitcoin Cash. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 17.2%, MDD -55.1%).

Data 2019-11-28 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 2,469 (6.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue BinanceMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 1.8%, drawdown -94.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 24.0%, MDD -69.8%, Sharpe 0.64, 51% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 22.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 24.4%p (CAGR 17.2%, MDD -55.1%, exposure 14%).

The alternative must retain 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR, improve drawdown by at least 20% and 5 percentage points, and stay below 95% exposure; the ranking weights return retention 60% and drawdown improvement 40%.

Strategy · parametersCAGRMDDSharpeCalmarTotalTradesExposure
Supertrend
period=5, mult=2.9
24.0%-69.8%0.640.344.3x4751%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=32, slow=109
19.1%-76.4%0.580.253.3x2644%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=8, exitN=24
14.9%-85.3%0.560.172.6x5775%
ROC 모멘텀
n=121, threshold=-0.11
15.9%-73.1%0.560.222.7x8859%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=8, threshold=40
17.2%-55.1%0.540.312.9x8114%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.34
15.5%-66.9%0.530.232.6x15346%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=18, slow=105
14.6%-76.5%0.530.192.5x2444%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=34, k=2.9
16.8%-59.9%0.530.282.8x3117%
MACD
fast=12, slow=22, signal=8
13.0%-80.7%0.510.162.3x20451%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=40, atrPeriod=18, mult=2.9
4.6%-75.0%0.350.061.4x3119%
Buy and hold1.8%-94.2%0.490.021.1x1100%
1x 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -47% -71% -94% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -69.8% (2021-05-11 → 2023-01-10), recovered after 1,026 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

Method and caveats

Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Parameters were carried forward from the latest full optimization and replayed on this monthly dataset. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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