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Updated 2026-07-09 · refreshed monthly

SMA Breakout 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.

SMA Breakout

Coins won (full-period return)
2
Median out-of-sample Sharpe
-0.46
Coins where OOS Sharpe stayed positive
12
Median return
-24.0%
Median max drawdown
-44.3%

About SMA Breakout

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

CoinSMA BreakoutFair Value Gap (SMC)Winner
AAVE-34.2%+1942.1%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ADA-19.8%+508.0%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ALGO-61.5%+431.7%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
APT+2.9%+269.0%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ARB-30.4%+115.9%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ATOM-41.7%+24.0%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
AVAX-23.9%+2251.9%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
AXS+345.8%+121.7%SMA Breakout
BNB-25.8%+271.4%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
BTC-40.6%-60.0%SMA Breakout
DOGE+203.2%+2096.4%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
DOT-40.3%+106.0%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
EGLD+28.4%+171.0%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ETC-36.2%+245.1%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ETH-54.8%+56.2%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
FET+192.6%+9307.1%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
FIL-60.5%+67.7%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
FLOW-54.0%+267.3%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
GRT-58.0%+505.1%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
HBAR-26.3%+165.9%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ICP+18.7%+697.5%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
IMX+101.4%+1445.5%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
INJ+175.1%+684.1%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
JUP-2.0%+17.0%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
LDO+21.6%+485.4%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
LINK-45.5%-1.8%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
LTC-41.7%+67.9%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
MANA-52.4%+5395.0%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
MATIC-30.0%+342.7%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
MKR-16.6%+407.9%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
NEAR-12.7%+4882.5%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
OP+134.8%+594.5%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
PEPE+27.7%+1633.3%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
RENDER-16.6%+202.4%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
RUNE+86.2%+706.6%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
SAND-35.9%+3982.3%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
SEI+0.5%+398.1%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
SHIB-39.9%+1191.3%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
SOL-45.8%+104.7%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
SUI+69.1%+117.3%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
THETA-31.1%+388.7%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
TIA-24.1%+183.5%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
TON-23.2%+9.1%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
TRX-2.4%+41.6%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
UNI-43.0%+924.2%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
VET-69.3%+1058.6%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
WIF-6.3%+221.2%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
XLM-11.3%+868.5%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
XRP-29.7%+728.5%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
XTZ+24.3%+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.