Strategy Analytics

Bitcoin — Moving Average & Risk Layers

The same sections as the Corn MA page, on Bitcoin (BTC-USD). Volatility ranges are calibrated to this market rather than copied from Corn.

Instrument
Bitcoin (BTC-USD)
History
2014-09-17 → 2026-07-30
Trading Days / Year
365 (trades every day)
Volatility Grid
30–110% (step 10)
How this market is calibrated. The volatility factor grid is 30–110%, derived from p10-p90 of annualized 20-day volatility, rounded to a nice step on this market's own history — not Corn's 20–60%, which would be meaningless here. Annualized 20-day volatility percentiles: p5 23.2%, p10 27.6%, p25 37.8%, p50 52.9%, p75 72.8%, p90 97.0%, p95 114.8%. Metrics annualize with 365 trading days per year.

1. Moving Average Optimization

SMA periods 30, 33, 36, 39, 42, 45, 48, 51, 54, 57, 60, 63, 66, 69, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 105, 110, 115, 120. Entry when the SMA turns up, exit when it turns down (System A flat, System B reverses short). Returns are percentages of capital on a compounding equity curve.

Total Return By SMA Period

System A (Long Only) vs System B (Long & Short, stop-and-reverse on the SMA slope). Percentage return on a compounding equity curve.

2. Risk Metrics — Base Systems

CAGR, total return, max drawdown, Sharpe and trade count for every base variant of both systems over 4,335 daily bars. System A = Long Only, System B = Long & Short (stop-and-reverse).

Donchian Breakout — Pure Channel

Lookback N grid 20–80 step 3, then 85, 90, 95, 100. Exit on the opposite N-period band break.

NA: CAGRA: Total ReturnA: Max DDA: SharpeA: SortinoA: CalmarA: TradesB: CAGRB: Total ReturnB: Max DDB: SharpeB: SortinoB: CalmarB: Trades
2055.4%18688.4%-61.5%1.151.780.904538.0%4495.1%-61.9%0.620.930.6190
2354.5%17398.8%-58.8%1.141.740.933732.8%2796.0%-78.1%0.530.780.4274
2644.1%7563.6%-65.1%0.921.390.683718.8%675.2%-82.1%0.310.450.2373
2942.3%6505.5%-65.4%0.871.310.653414.5%397.7%-86.8%0.230.330.1767
3243.0%6892.1%-65.4%0.881.320.663215.5%454.9%-88.1%0.250.360.1863
3539.8%5253.7%-65.4%0.811.220.613110.1%214.8%-90.0%0.160.230.1162
3836.5%3932.3%-67.2%0.761.130.54300.6%7.5%-93.3%0.010.010.0160
4144.8%8003.6%-70.7%0.911.370.632621.4%899.3%-80.6%0.350.500.2752
4439.1%4917.2%-77.0%0.791.180.512511.2%250.9%-84.0%0.180.260.1350
4738.6%4707.1%-80.0%0.771.150.482411.1%248.6%-84.5%0.180.250.1348
5049.9%12097.8%-80.0%0.991.490.622033.5%2980.3%-84.5%0.550.820.4041
5355.1%18294.3%-80.0%1.091.660.691843.9%7445.1%-84.5%0.721.090.5237
5663.2%33465.0%-70.9%1.251.920.891661.4%29399.7%-65.4%1.021.560.9433
5955.4%18653.1%-70.9%1.071.600.7816-100.0%-139.1%-101.2%-1.41-1.84-0.9933
6254.8%17810.4%-72.8%1.061.580.7514-100.0%-134.9%-100.8%-1.41-1.84-0.9929
6560.4%27259.2%-68.1%1.161.740.8912-100.0%-167.9%-100.9%-1.43-1.86-0.9925
6854.3%17087.3%-71.1%1.041.550.7612-100.0%-131.3%-100.7%-1.33-1.76-0.9925
7150.5%12721.5%-71.1%0.971.440.7112-100.0%-117.7%-100.5%-1.32-1.76-0.9925
7449.8%12024.8%-70.2%0.961.430.7112-100.0%-437.5%-111.4%-0.28-0.31-0.9025
7748.6%10955.2%-70.2%0.941.390.6912-100.0%-375.2%-110.0%-0.28-0.31-0.9125
8045.7%8643.4%-70.2%0.881.300.6512-100.0%-261.3%-109.1%-0.28-0.31-0.9225
8546.3%9061.9%-73.2%0.871.280.6311-100.0%-245.3%-108.8%-0.28-0.31-0.9223
9052.2%14519.5%-73.2%0.971.440.719-100.0%-526.3%-119.6%-0.28-0.31-0.8419
9554.9%17932.9%-73.5%1.021.520.758-100.0%-686.3%-119.1%-0.28-0.31-0.8417
10051.6%13882.8%-73.9%0.961.430.708-100.0%-455.3%-113.3%-0.28-0.31-0.8817

Moving Average — SMA Slope

SMA period grid 30→70 step 3, then 70→120 step 5. Exit/reverse when the SMA slope flips.

SMAA: CAGRA: Total ReturnA: Max DDA: SharpeA: SortinoA: CalmarA: TradesB: CAGRB: Total ReturnB: Max DDB: SharpeB: SortinoB: CalmarB: Trades
3070.6%56579.3%-63.5%1.512.381.1117065.8%40368.5%-63.7%1.111.701.03340
3373.8%70822.3%-69.2%1.542.431.0714574.9%76462.2%-64.6%1.251.941.16290
3670.4%55966.3%-59.4%1.462.291.1814066.0%40829.7%-63.9%1.111.701.03280
3966.9%43830.2%-58.0%1.402.181.1613362.1%30889.2%-56.0%1.041.601.11266
4265.1%38369.4%-67.9%1.342.070.9611758.3%23240.2%-69.2%0.971.470.84234
4551.5%13814.8%-76.3%1.051.600.6812031.8%2552.5%-77.9%0.520.770.41241
4862.7%32233.8%-68.0%1.291.980.9212153.7%16402.8%-66.1%0.891.350.81242
5160.7%27738.5%-74.6%1.231.890.8111549.0%11268.1%-79.6%0.811.230.62230
5455.8%19244.1%-68.0%1.121.720.8211040.5%5575.1%-76.6%0.661.010.53220
5762.2%31113.0%-66.9%1.251.900.939754.8%17762.1%-67.5%0.901.360.81194
6064.6%36987.7%-63.0%1.291.991.039262.9%32639.7%-63.1%1.051.621.00185
6356.1%19641.1%-75.2%1.111.690.759246.5%9238.1%-81.0%0.761.160.57185
6645.9%8786.5%-72.9%0.891.320.638416.3%498.2%-92.9%0.250.360.17169
6954.3%17170.9%-71.7%1.051.560.769131.0%2365.6%-93.3%0.480.680.33183
7056.7%20667.3%-63.2%1.101.650.908731.8%2556.2%-94.6%0.490.690.34175
7565.7%40244.2%-66.9%1.281.920.9868-100.0%-222.0%-103.8%-1.35-1.79-0.96137
8052.6%14964.6%-64.9%1.021.510.8181-100.0%-119.4%-100.7%-1.43-1.86-0.99163
8558.2%23177.9%-64.8%1.121.680.907622.8%1042.1%-100.1%0.070.070.23153
9058.1%22861.4%-64.9%1.111.670.8977-100.0%-150.0%-100.9%-1.42-1.86-0.99155
9556.7%20654.6%-70.3%1.091.620.816343.2%7032.1%-90.8%0.711.040.48127
10048.2%10539.4%-74.7%0.921.370.646426.3%1493.9%-92.9%0.430.620.28129
10547.9%10303.1%-75.4%0.911.350.637925.5%1385.9%-94.0%0.410.590.27159
11054.5%17464.4%-65.1%1.031.540.847337.7%4347.0%-85.5%0.610.880.44147
11561.2%28888.8%-64.3%1.181.810.956649.6%11861.8%-80.2%0.811.220.62133
12065.5%39400.0%-69.0%1.261.940.956655.0%18117.5%-70.5%0.881.350.78133

3. Equity Curve Explorer

Pick a period, direction and ATR profit target (or Base) to see its month-end cumulative return, starting at 0%.

Every ATR profit target is overlaid against the base system.

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4. Profit Factor Sweep

An ATR profit target swept 1.5 → 10.0 (step 0.5) for every variant. Target = entry ± PF × ATR₂₀, frozen at entry.

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5. Volatility-Adjusted Profit Target (Dynamic)

The same sweep as section 4, but the target is recomputed each day from the current ATR instead of frozen at entry, so it breathes with volatility while staying anchored to the entry price.

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6. Stop Loss Sweep

A protective ATR stop swept 1.5 → 10.0 (step 0.5). Stop = entry ∓ SL × ATR₂₀, no take-profit; the position still reverses on the opposite SMA-slope signal if the stop is not hit first.

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7. ATR Trailing Stop Sweep

A trailing ATR stop, distinct from section 6: stop = best price reached since entry ∓ f × ATR₂₀, recomputed daily. It ratchets in the trade's favour and retreats when volatility rises. Swept 1.0 → 10.0 (step 0.5).

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8. Stop Loss + Time Stop — Equity Curves

The full strategy: SMA entry, ATR stop loss, and a time stop that exits a trade still not in profit 5/10/15/20/30/40 days after entry. Split into one file per SMA period so this loads in a fraction of the Corn page's payload.

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9. Time Stop Only — Equity Curves

The time stop judged on its own, with no ATR stop, against the plain SMA baseline. Each line exits a trade still underwater 5/10/15/20/30/40 days after entry.

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10. Volatility Filter Sweep

Volatility is the annualized standard deviation of daily returns — the standard deviation of the last 20 daily returns × √365. The factor is a maximum: a new position opens only on a day at or below it, so the strategy stands aside in turbulence. An open trade is never closed by the filter.

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11. Volatility Filter + ATR Trailing Stop

The first combined risk layer: the section-10 filter and the section-7 trailing stop in one strategy, swept together across every combination. The last column is section 7 on its own, so you can read left to right whether adding the filter helps.

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12. Volatility Regime Switch

The same threshold as section 10, but acting as a regime switch: above it the open position is closed at that day's close, nothing opens while volatility stays high, and the position re-opens on the first calm day the SMA slope still points the right way — no fresh signal required.

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13. Reset / No Reset

Section 7's trailing stop with the client's 2026-08-04 question on top: after a stop-out, does re-entering beat staying out? No Reset shuts that side until the SMA slope has flipped away and back, so a market that keeps falling leaves the saved profit saved. Reset waits for a new high — the side re-opens when the market closes back above the stopped-out trade's highest high, at a worse price than the exit, so that a reversal is not missed. Immediate is what section 7 itself does, since its entry signal is a state and not an event: the next bar re-enters while the slope still points the same way. Both directions are swept, so System A only resets long and System B resets whichever side was stopped out.

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Source: Yahoo Finance daily OHLC, full available history. Generated 2026-07-30 08:46:34 UTC.