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American Bitcoin Corp. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of American Bitcoin Corp.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 18.1%, MDD -79.6%).

Data 2018-02-26 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 2,140 (8.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -70.9%, drawdown -100.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 23.1%, MDD -86.4%, Sharpe 0.51, 26% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 93.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 13.6%p (CAGR 18.1%, MDD -79.6%, exposure 3%).

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=27, mult=3.2
23.1%-86.4%0.510.275.8x3526%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=11, atrPeriod=13, mult=3.2
18.1%-79.6%0.430.234.1x143%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=20, k=3.3
13.8%-83.7%0.400.173.0x226%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=7, slow=46
3.0%-89.2%0.380.031.3x3731%
ROC 모멘텀
n=45, threshold=0.11
0.7%-89.6%0.350.011.1x6816%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=14, slow=23
-1.9%-92.1%0.33-0.020.8x4530%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=66, exitN=6
4.6%-84.6%0.320.051.5x226%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.06, maxStep=0.14
-14.0%-98.1%0.27-0.140.3x24637%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=17, threshold=23
-13.3%-97.3%0.23-0.140.3x6425%
MACD
fast=12, slow=45, signal=24
-36.8%-99.9%0.11-0.370.0x8954%
Buy and hold-70.9%-100.0%-0.23-0.710.0x1100%
0.0001 0.001 0.01 0.1 1x 10x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -75% -100% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -86.4% (2021-02-10 → 2025-04-30), recovered after 1,660 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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