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Updated 2026-07-09 · refreshed monthly

Bollinger Reversion vs Fair Value Gap (SMC)

Both strategies backtested with default parameters on the same 50 coins, daily bars since 2021, $10,000 and standard fees — then compared per coin and on unseen data. No cherry-picking: every shared coin counts.

Fair Value Gap (SMC) wins this matchup 48–2 across 50 shared coins. That's a description of one past period with default parameters — regimes move this scoreboard, which is why it refreshes monthly.

Bollinger Reversion

Coins won (full-period return)
2
Median out-of-sample Sharpe
-0.17
Coins where OOS Sharpe stayed positive
19
Median return
-4.6%
Median max drawdown
-9.9%

About Bollinger Reversion

Fair Value Gap (SMC)🏆

Coins won (full-period return)
48
Median out-of-sample Sharpe
0.43
Coins where OOS Sharpe stayed positive
41
Median return
+370.1%
Median max drawdown
-35.3%

About Fair Value Gap (SMC)

Coin by coin

CoinBollinger ReversionFair Value Gap (SMC)Winner
AAVE-5.2%+1942.1%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ADA-8.1%+508.0%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ALGO+0.3%+431.7%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
APT+1.6%+269.0%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ARB-0.8%+115.9%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ATOM-5.7%+24.0%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
AVAX-10.6%+2251.9%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
AXS-10.1%+121.7%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
BNB+3.4%+271.4%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
BTC-6.7%-60.0%Bollinger Reversion
DOGE+7.7%+2096.4%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
DOT-2.0%+106.0%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
EGLD-9.8%+171.0%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ETC-10.4%+245.1%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ETH-6.0%+56.2%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
FET-6.4%+9307.1%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
FIL+3.3%+67.7%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
FLOW-5.5%+267.3%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
GRT-16.4%+505.1%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
HBAR-15.8%+165.9%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ICP+3.8%+697.5%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
IMX-5.0%+1445.5%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
INJ+5.1%+684.1%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
JUP-2.6%+17.0%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
LDO+4.3%+485.4%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
LINK+5.7%-1.8%Bollinger Reversion
LTC-6.4%+67.9%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
MANA-1.1%+5395.0%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
MATIC-13.8%+342.7%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
MKR-10.0%+407.9%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
NEAR-4.1%+4882.5%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
OP-13.0%+594.5%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
PEPE+2.2%+1633.3%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
RENDER-5.3%+202.4%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
RUNE+2.7%+706.6%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
SAND+0.1%+3982.3%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
SEI+3.0%+398.1%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
SHIB-1.1%+1191.3%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
SOL-0.1%+104.7%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
SUI-3.6%+117.3%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
THETA-5.8%+388.7%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
TIA+2.1%+183.5%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
TON-7.2%+9.1%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
TRX-7.3%+41.6%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
UNI+1.1%+924.2%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
VET-10.6%+1058.6%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
WIF-5.8%+221.2%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
XLM+2.7%+868.5%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
XRP+16.1%+728.5%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
XTZ-13.1%+351.5%Fair Value Gap (SMC)

Returns are full-period (since 2021), default parameters, $10,000 starting balance. Click a ticker for the full per-coin breakdown.

Settle it on your own terms

Default parameters on daily bars is one arena. Test either strategy on your coin, your timeframe and your risk rules — free, with the same out-of-sample honesty check.

Auto-generated from real backtests of the stated past period with default parameters. Hypothetical results, not financial advice; past performance does not guarantee future results.