Updated 2026-10-01 · refreshed monthly
EMA Crossover 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.
EMA Crossover wins this matchup 43–7 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.
EMA Crossover🏆
- Coins won (full-period return)
- 43
- Median out-of-sample Sharpe
- 0.14
- Coins where OOS Sharpe stayed positive
- 27
- Median return
- +19.7%
- Median max drawdown
- -17.0%
RSI Mean Reversion
- Coins won (full-period return)
- 7
- 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 | EMA Crossover | RSI Mean Reversion | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAVE | +67.6% | -19.9% | EMA Crossover |
| ADA | +8.0% | -22.6% | EMA Crossover |
| ALGO | +48.1% | -5.0% | EMA Crossover |
| APT | +6.1% | -32.9% | EMA Crossover |
| ARB | +26.9% | -33.0% | EMA Crossover |
| ATOM | +3.3% | -0.7% | EMA Crossover |
| AVAX | +19.4% | -12.3% | EMA Crossover |
| AXS | +70.4% | -39.3% | EMA Crossover |
| BNB | -2.7% | -17.4% | EMA Crossover |
| BTC | +3.3% | +32.8% | RSI Mean Reversion |
| DOGE | +72.2% | +17.0% | EMA Crossover |
| DOT | -14.7% | +14.9% | RSI Mean Reversion |
| EGLD | +7.2% | -19.9% | EMA Crossover |
| ETC | +28.9% | -27.4% | EMA Crossover |
| ETH | -25.1% | -12.0% | RSI Mean Reversion |
| FET | +203.8% | -31.6% | EMA Crossover |
| FIL | +12.6% | +24.3% | RSI Mean Reversion |
| FLOW | -29.6% | -11.1% | RSI Mean Reversion |
| GRT | +33.0% | -31.8% | EMA Crossover |
| HBAR | +52.9% | -28.5% | EMA Crossover |
| ICP | +38.3% | -18.5% | EMA Crossover |
| IMX | +42.4% | -42.2% | EMA Crossover |
| INJ | +20.3% | -13.5% | EMA Crossover |
| JUP | -1.3% | +5.0% | RSI Mean Reversion |
| LDO | +3.6% | -31.5% | EMA Crossover |
| LINK | +34.8% | -28.6% | EMA Crossover |
| LTC | +0.1% | -23.8% | EMA Crossover |
| MANA | +20.6% | -27.6% | EMA Crossover |
| MATIC | -26.5% | -8.1% | RSI Mean Reversion |
| MKR | +20.1% | -16.1% | EMA Crossover |
| NEAR | +54.3% | -34.0% | EMA Crossover |
| OP | +5.8% | -35.1% | EMA Crossover |
| PEPE | +30.7% | -1.7% | EMA Crossover |
| RENDER | +28.5% | -17.3% | EMA Crossover |
| RUNE | +27.7% | -7.8% | EMA Crossover |
| SAND | -9.9% | -28.4% | EMA Crossover |
| SEI | -1.7% | -24.8% | EMA Crossover |
| SHIB | +1.4% | -26.6% | EMA Crossover |
| SOL | +42.7% | -31.8% | EMA Crossover |
| SUI | +64.9% | -21.3% | EMA Crossover |
| THETA | +5.1% | -22.3% | EMA Crossover |
| TIA | +6.3% | -9.0% | EMA Crossover |
| TON | -4.4% | -10.7% | EMA Crossover |
| TRX | +27.2% | +15.1% | EMA Crossover |
| UNI | -7.3% | -33.3% | EMA Crossover |
| VET | +42.7% | -9.1% | EMA Crossover |
| WIF | +67.3% | -19.6% | EMA Crossover |
| XLM | +37.4% | -4.7% | EMA Crossover |
| XRP | -9.6% | -13.5% | EMA Crossover |
| XTZ | -11.1% | -17.5% | EMA Crossover |
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.