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Indicators, backtested. No cherry-picking.

Every strategy is tested on a full year of Binance data across BTC, ETH and SOL, with trading fees included — and we publish the results even when they're ugly.

Bollinger Bands Won 68.2% of Trades — and Lost on Every Coin backtest chart

Bollinger Bands Won 68.2% of Trades — and Lost on Every Coin

We backtested Bollinger Bands (20, 2) mean reversion on BTC, ETH and SOL with fees. Win rates up to 68.2%, yet all six runs lost money.

EMA 9/21 Crossover Lost 65.2% on ETH. 0 of 6 Tests Won backtest chart

EMA 9/21 Crossover Lost 65.2% on ETH. 0 of 6 Tests Won

We backtested the EMA 9/21 crossover on BTC, ETH and SOL with fees. All six runs lost money, and four did worse than simply holding.

MACD + 200 EMA Made 37.7% While SOL Fell 47.7%. One Catch backtest chart

MACD + 200 EMA Made 37.7% While SOL Fell 47.7%. One Catch

We backtested the MACD + 200 EMA strategy on BTC, ETH and SOL with fees. It lost money in 4 of 6 runs, though it beat a falling buy-and-hold.

RSI Won 69.8% of Its Trades and Still Lost 27.6% backtest chart

RSI Won 69.8% of Its Trades and Still Lost 27.6%

We backtested RSI 30/70 on BTC, ETH and SOL with fees. Win rates hit 60-69.8%, yet all six runs lost money. Here's why.

Supertrend Did Worse Than Just Holding in 5 of 6 Tests backtest chart

Supertrend Did Worse Than Just Holding in 5 of 6 Tests

We backtested Supertrend (10, 3) on BTC, ETH and SOL, 1h and 4h, fees included. Every run lost money and 5 of 6 did worse than buy and hold.

UT Bot Alerts Lost Up to 55.9% in Our Backtest. Here's Why backtest chart

UT Bot Alerts Lost Up to 55.9% in Our Backtest. Here's Why

We backtested UT Bot Alerts (key 1, ATR 10) on BTC, ETH and SOL with fees. All 6 runs lost money and 5 of 6 trailed buy and hold.

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