Updated 2026-10-01 · refreshed monthly
Bollinger Reversion vs RSI Mean Reversion
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.
Bollinger Reversion wins this matchup 41–9 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)
- 41
- Median out-of-sample Sharpe
- -0.08
- Coins where OOS Sharpe stayed positive
- 17
- Median return
- -3.4%
- Median max drawdown
- -10.1%
RSI Mean Reversion
- Coins won (full-period return)
- 9
- Median out-of-sample Sharpe
- -0.25
- Coins where OOS Sharpe stayed positive
- 15
- Median return
- -19.0%
- Median max drawdown
- -30.9%
Coin by coin
| Coin | Bollinger Reversion | RSI Mean Reversion | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAVE | -5.2% | -19.9% | Bollinger Reversion |
| ADA | -8.1% | -22.6% | Bollinger Reversion |
| ALGO | +0.3% | -5.0% | Bollinger Reversion |
| APT | +5.5% | -32.9% | Bollinger Reversion |
| ARB | +0.0% | -33.0% | Bollinger Reversion |
| ATOM | -5.0% | -0.7% | RSI Mean Reversion |
| AVAX | -8.4% | -12.3% | Bollinger Reversion |
| AXS | -12.0% | -39.3% | Bollinger Reversion |
| BNB | +3.4% | -17.4% | Bollinger Reversion |
| BTC | -6.7% | +32.8% | RSI Mean Reversion |
| DOGE | +9.8% | +17.0% | RSI Mean Reversion |
| DOT | -2.0% | +14.9% | RSI Mean Reversion |
| EGLD | -9.8% | -19.9% | Bollinger Reversion |
| ETC | -11.3% | -27.4% | Bollinger Reversion |
| ETH | -6.0% | -12.0% | Bollinger Reversion |
| FET | -2.7% | -31.6% | Bollinger Reversion |
| FIL | +1.1% | +24.3% | RSI Mean Reversion |
| FLOW | -4.4% | -11.1% | Bollinger Reversion |
| GRT | -17.3% | -31.8% | Bollinger Reversion |
| HBAR | -15.8% | -28.5% | Bollinger Reversion |
| ICP | +2.6% | -18.5% | Bollinger Reversion |
| IMX | -4.1% | -42.2% | Bollinger Reversion |
| INJ | +4.0% | -13.5% | Bollinger Reversion |
| JUP | -3.7% | +5.0% | RSI Mean Reversion |
| LDO | +6.8% | -31.5% | Bollinger Reversion |
| LINK | +5.7% | -28.6% | Bollinger Reversion |
| LTC | -6.4% | -23.8% | Bollinger Reversion |
| MANA | -3.1% | -27.6% | Bollinger Reversion |
| MATIC | -13.8% | -8.1% | RSI Mean Reversion |
| MKR | -10.0% | -16.1% | Bollinger Reversion |
| NEAR | -2.3% | -34.0% | Bollinger Reversion |
| OP | -13.8% | -35.1% | Bollinger Reversion |
| PEPE | +4.0% | -1.7% | Bollinger Reversion |
| RENDER | -6.4% | -17.3% | Bollinger Reversion |
| RUNE | +3.0% | -7.8% | Bollinger Reversion |
| SAND | -0.0% | -28.4% | Bollinger Reversion |
| SEI | +2.1% | -24.8% | Bollinger Reversion |
| SHIB | -0.6% | -26.6% | Bollinger Reversion |
| SOL | +1.8% | -31.8% | Bollinger Reversion |
| SUI | -1.8% | -21.3% | Bollinger Reversion |
| THETA | -4.0% | -22.3% | Bollinger Reversion |
| TIA | +1.0% | -9.0% | Bollinger Reversion |
| TON | -7.2% | -10.7% | Bollinger Reversion |
| TRX | -5.5% | +15.1% | RSI Mean Reversion |
| UNI | -0.0% | -33.3% | Bollinger Reversion |
| VET | -10.6% | -9.1% | RSI Mean Reversion |
| WIF | -6.8% | -19.6% | Bollinger Reversion |
| XLM | +1.6% | -4.7% | Bollinger Reversion |
| XRP | +18.4% | -13.5% | Bollinger Reversion |
| XTZ | -14.1% | -17.5% | Bollinger Reversion |
Returns are full-period (since 2021), default parameters, $10,000 starting balance. Click a ticker for the full per-coin breakdown.
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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.