Noon Barbari

Updated 2026-07-09 · refreshed monthly

SMA Breakout vs Order Block (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.

Order Block (SMC) wins this matchup 39–10 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)
10
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

Order Block (SMC)🏆

Coins won (full-period return)
39
Median out-of-sample Sharpe
-0.06
Coins where OOS Sharpe stayed positive
22
Median return
+16.0%
Median max drawdown
-19.8%

About Order Block (SMC)

1 coins were ties (return gap under 0.5 points).

Coin by coin

CoinSMA BreakoutOrder Block (SMC)Winner
AAVE-34.2%+90.2%Order Block (SMC)
ADA-19.8%-6.2%Order Block (SMC)
ALGO-61.5%+8.0%Order Block (SMC)
APT+2.9%+16.7%Order Block (SMC)
ARB-30.4%+17.4%Order Block (SMC)
ATOM-41.7%+27.6%Order Block (SMC)
AVAX-23.9%+21.2%Order Block (SMC)
AXS+345.8%+190.3%SMA Breakout
BNB-25.8%-20.4%Order Block (SMC)
BTC-40.6%-1.6%Order Block (SMC)
DOGE+203.2%+84.1%SMA Breakout
DOT-40.3%+10.4%Order Block (SMC)
EGLD+28.4%-4.9%SMA Breakout
ETC-36.2%+31.5%Order Block (SMC)
ETH-54.8%+60.5%Order Block (SMC)
FET+192.6%-40.0%SMA Breakout
FIL-60.5%-7.9%Order Block (SMC)
FLOW-54.0%+54.1%Order Block (SMC)
GRT-58.0%+55.2%Order Block (SMC)
HBAR-26.3%+52.5%Order Block (SMC)
ICP+18.7%+24.8%Order Block (SMC)
IMX+101.4%+15.4%SMA Breakout
INJ+175.1%+71.1%SMA Breakout
JUP-2.0%+62.1%Order Block (SMC)
LDO+21.6%-2.9%SMA Breakout
LINK-45.5%+60.9%Order Block (SMC)
LTC-41.7%-6.2%Order Block (SMC)
MANA-52.4%-3.6%Order Block (SMC)
MATIC-30.0%-13.5%Order Block (SMC)
MKR-16.6%+7.3%Order Block (SMC)
NEAR-12.7%+31.1%Order Block (SMC)
OP+134.8%-10.9%SMA Breakout
PEPE+27.7%+28.0%
RENDER-16.6%+5.6%Order Block (SMC)
RUNE+86.2%-42.4%SMA Breakout
SAND-35.9%+75.3%Order Block (SMC)
SEI+0.5%+13.7%Order Block (SMC)
SHIB-39.9%+77.9%Order Block (SMC)
SOL-45.8%+15.5%Order Block (SMC)
SUI+69.1%+47.5%SMA Breakout
THETA-31.1%+3.0%Order Block (SMC)
TIA-24.1%-0.6%Order Block (SMC)
TON-23.2%+15.4%Order Block (SMC)
TRX-2.4%+24.6%Order Block (SMC)
UNI-43.0%+9.8%Order Block (SMC)
VET-69.3%-27.0%Order Block (SMC)
WIF-6.3%-4.3%Order Block (SMC)
XLM-11.3%+16.6%Order Block (SMC)
XRP-29.7%+39.0%Order Block (SMC)
XTZ+24.3%+120.2%Order Block (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.