Noon Barbari

Updated 2026-07-09 · refreshed monthly

Fair Value Gap (SMC) vs MACD Trend

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.

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)

MACD Trend

Coins won (full-period return)
2
Median out-of-sample Sharpe
-0.39
Coins where OOS Sharpe stayed positive
17
Median return
-7.1%
Median max drawdown
-42.7%

About MACD Trend

Coin by coin

CoinFair Value Gap (SMC)MACD TrendWinner
AAVE+1942.1%-40.0%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ADA+508.0%+11.3%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ALGO+431.7%-25.5%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
APT+269.0%-6.6%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ARB+115.9%-41.7%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ATOM+24.0%-31.5%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
AVAX+2251.9%+4.4%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
AXS+121.7%+66.5%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
BNB+271.4%+8.3%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
BTC-60.0%-39.1%MACD Trend
DOGE+2096.4%+3.1%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
DOT+106.0%-7.4%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
EGLD+171.0%-6.2%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ETC+245.1%+2.6%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ETH+56.2%-38.4%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
FET+9307.1%-4.3%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
FIL+67.7%-28.7%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
FLOW+267.3%-30.5%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
GRT+505.1%-16.9%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
HBAR+165.9%+15.7%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ICP+697.5%+34.3%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
IMX+1445.5%-10.2%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
INJ+684.1%-12.9%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
JUP+17.0%+37.1%MACD Trend
LDO+485.4%-27.4%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
LINK-1.8%-28.4%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
LTC+67.9%-31.6%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
MANA+5395.0%-45.1%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
MATIC+342.7%+94.6%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
MKR+407.9%+37.5%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
NEAR+4882.5%+91.1%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
OP+594.5%+10.9%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
PEPE+1633.3%+10.0%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
RENDER+202.4%-25.4%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
RUNE+706.6%+108.7%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
SAND+3982.3%-60.5%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
SEI+398.1%-47.3%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
SHIB+1191.3%-16.5%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
SOL+104.7%+13.0%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
SUI+117.3%-47.2%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
THETA+388.7%-50.8%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
TIA+183.5%+21.1%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
TON+9.1%-6.8%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
TRX+41.6%+11.2%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
UNI+924.2%+1.4%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
VET+1058.6%+24.4%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
WIF+221.2%+82.0%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
XLM+868.5%-22.3%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
XRP+728.5%-18.7%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
XTZ+351.5%-18.7%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.