Buy and Hold (benchmark)
Buy on the first valid bar, never sell. Benchmark for all crypto bots.
What it's watching
How far each pair is from the next action, as of the last closed 4H bar.
Price and trades
The last ~300 4H bars (Coinbase prices) with this strategy's buys and sells marked on the signal bar. Times are in your time zone.
Equity
Return on $1,000 since this rules version started, as simulated with Kraken costs.
Results by cost profile
The same trades re-priced under each exchange's fees and spread. Win rate and profit factor are over closed trades at that profile.
Open positions 0
Closed trades 0
Newest first. Bars are the bar-open times of the signal bars. Fill prices include the simulated spread, and P&L is after fees. Tap a row to see the indicator values behind the entry and exit.
What the backtest said BENCHMARK
Our own backtest of these exact rules, 2022-01-01 to 2026-09-27, $1,000 per pair with 100% of equity per trade, filled at the bar close. Averaged over the pairs: +7% at Kraken costs, +8% at CoinQuant's 0.1% fee.
| Pair | At Kraken costs | At CoinQuant 0.1% | Gross | Buy-and-hold | vs B&H | Trades | Win rate | PF (Kraken) | Max DD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BTC-USD | +79.0% | +81.1% | +81.3% | +78.4% | — | 1 | 100% | ∞ | −68% |
| ETH-USD | -28.6% | -27.4% | -27.2% | -28.4% | — | 1 | 0% | 0.00 | −77% |
| SOL-USD | -29.7% | -28.5% | -28.3% | -29.5% | — | 1 | 0% | 0.00 | −96% |
Buy-and-hold and vs B&H are at Kraken costs over the same window. Gate: pooled profit factor of at least 1.1 at Kraken costs and 20+ trades on every pair. Simulated results don't predict live ones.
Activity
Entries, exits, rule changes and halts.
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Rules and source
Rules
Buy on the first valid bar, never sell. Benchmark for all crypto bots.
- Timeframe: 4H bars. The bot acts only on a closed bar, at market, long only, no leverage.
- Pairs: BTC-USD, ETH-USD, SOL-USD. The $1,000 account is split evenly across open slots.
- Rules version 1. A rule change restarts the scoreboard.
Buys BTC, ETH and SOL on the first bar and never sells. Every strategy is measured against it.
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