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BTC Trend Overlay

A long-or-cash trend rule on Bitcoin: hold while price is above its 200-day average and momentum is positive, otherwise sit in cash. Built to sidestep bear markets.

Backtest +143.3% total (2021–26) · — · −21.1%·Live −0.41% · 0.13 · −10.98%·Read paper →·Dashboard →

Methodology

A long-or-cash trend rule on Bitcoin: hold while price is above its 200-day average and momentum is positive, otherwise sit in cash. Built to sidestep bear markets.

  • — Bitcoin only
  • — Trend: price > 200-day average and 60-day return > 0
  • — Long or cash only
  • — Daily

Universe

Bitcoin.

Rebalancing & Costs

Daily.

Backtest includes trading costs. Live fills are paper.

Risk

Backtest +143% versus +115% for buy-and-hold, with −21% max drawdown versus −77%. Flat through the 2022 and 2026 downturns.

Equity curve vs S&P 500

indexed to 100
Equity curves for 1 sleeve(s) vs S&P 500, indexed to 100.

Drawdown

from peak · same window
Drawdown from peak for 1 sleeve(s) vs S&P 500.

Monthly returns

heat map
Monthly returns heat map by account.
SleeveAug 26Sep 26Oct 26*TotalPositive
BTC Trend Overlay
+1.1
+6.5
-7.2
-0.1%67%

* Current month is partial.

-5%+5%

Daily performance

today · MTD · MoM · YTD · YoY + history

Today, month-to-date, last month, year-to-date and year-over-year returns by sleeve, with day-by-day history.

Absolute returns
SleeveTodayPrev dayMTDLast moYTDYoY
BTC Trend Overlay+0.18%+0.70%−7.19%+6.48%——
S&P 500—−1.79%−0.87%−0.59%——

Today is live vs the prior close; weekends show — until the next session. MTD/YTD anchor on the prior month/year-end close; YoY needs ~1y of history. The vs S&P 500 view subtracts the benchmark's same-period return.

BTC Trend Overlay

Equityvs S&P 500
2026-10-31live$9,991.59+0.18%—
2026-10-30$9,973.94+0.70%+2.49pp
2026-10-29$9,904.94−3.81%−3.45pp
2026-10-28$10,297.34−1.25%−1.58pp
2026-10-27$10,427.44+1.06%+0.48pp
2026-10-26$10,317.89−1.04%−1.75pp
2026-10-23$10,425.99−0.52%+0.03pp
2026-10-22$10,479.98−2.44%−1.27pp
2026-10-21$10,742.54+0.45%−0.07pp
2026-10-20$10,694.38+1.67%+1.35pp

Holdings

top positions by value
SymbolQtyValue%P&LP&L %
BTCUSD0.126$9,754.4697.6%+$16.10+0.2%
Shown (1)—$9,754.4697.6%+$16.10+0.2%
Cash—$237.132.4%——

% of equity · P&L unrealized · positions + cash = 100%

Exposure

gross market value · click a slice to drill in

Concentration

Largest holdings of BTC Trend Overlay by gross market value, with the rest grouped as Other.

1 position · top 5 = 100% · effective N = 1.0

Sector

Sector exposure of BTC Trend Overlay by gross market value. Expand a sector for its holdings.

Gross market value, so both legs of a hedge count. Cash is excluded; P&L in the drill-down is unrealized.

Trade history

all 4 fills · newest first
Win rate
0.0%
0W / 1L · 1 closed
Avg win / loss
— / −$0.02
per closed sell w/ cost
Profit factor
0.00×
gross profit / gross loss
Realized P&L
−$0.02
FIFO, in-window buys only

Realized P&L by symbol

  • ETH/USD−$0.02

Closed-trade P&L distribution

  • ≤ −5%0
  • −5–0%1
  • 0–5%0
  • ≥ +5%0
Time (ET)SymbolSideQtyFillValueP&L %P&L $
Aug 22, 12:31 PMBTC/USDbuy0.1264$77,246.98$9,762.76——
Aug 19, 11:40 AMETH/USDsell0.0096$2,081.90$19.95−0.09%−$0.02
Aug 19, 11:40 AMETH/USDbuy0.0048$2,083.58$10.00——
Aug 19, 11:38 AMETH/USDbuy0.0048$2,083.99$10.01——

Live stats

same window as chart
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Live CAGR

−0.41%
Backtest +143.3% total (2021–26)
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Live Sharpe

0.13
Backtest —
·

Live MaxDD

−10.98%
Backtest −21.1%

Live stats are annualized from daily equity; short windows are noisy. Backtest numbers are from the paper’s full window.

All trading described is paper (simulated). Not investment advice. Live vs backtest divergence is expected; costs, slippage, and regime changes matter.

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