Noon Barbari

Updated 2026-08-01 · refreshed monthly

Fair Value Gap (SMC) 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.

Fair Value Gap (SMC) wins this matchup 49–1 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)
49
Median out-of-sample Sharpe
0.26
Coins where OOS Sharpe stayed positive
38
Median return
+377.2%
Median max drawdown
-35.3%

About Fair Value Gap (SMC)

RSI Mean Reversion

Coins won (full-period return)
1
Median out-of-sample Sharpe
-0.24
Coins where OOS Sharpe stayed positive
12
Median return
-19.7%
Median max drawdown
-30.9%

About RSI Mean Reversion

Coin by coin

CoinFair Value Gap (SMC)RSI Mean ReversionWinner
AAVE+1909.5%-19.9%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ADA+489.3%-22.6%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ALGO+435.4%-5.0%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
APT+271.5%-32.9%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ARB+131.5%-33.0%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ATOM+28.4%-1.8%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
AVAX+2181.9%-12.3%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
AXS+120.6%-42.2%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
BNB+268.6%-17.4%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
BTC-62.5%+32.8%RSI Mean Reversion
DOGE+2058.0%+17.0%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
DOT+96.2%+14.9%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
EGLD+203.7%-19.9%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ETC+229.4%-30.7%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ETH+55.3%-12.0%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
FET+9397.1%-29.3%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
FIL+70.7%+24.3%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
FLOW+266.4%-11.1%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
GRT+496.3%-27.4%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
HBAR+156.9%-28.5%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ICP+689.2%-18.5%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
IMX+1487.5%-43.0%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
INJ+654.2%-13.5%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
JUP+16.8%+0.1%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
LDO+505.3%-31.5%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
LINK-6.1%-28.6%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
LTC+66.5%-23.8%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
MANA+5394.2%-27.6%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
MATIC+342.7%-8.1%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
MKR+407.9%-16.1%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
NEAR+4830.9%-34.0%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
OP+579.9%-35.1%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
PEPE+1604.3%-1.7%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
RENDER+194.0%-21.2%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
RUNE+704.3%-7.8%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
SAND+3895.5%-32.3%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
SEI+404.8%-27.0%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
SHIB+1161.2%-26.6%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
SOL+96.5%-31.8%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
SUI+112.2%-21.3%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
THETA+391.4%-22.3%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
TIA+173.6%-9.0%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
TON+9.1%-10.7%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
TRX+41.7%+11.7%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
UNI+910.4%-33.3%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
VET+1051.1%-9.1%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
WIF+210.8%-19.6%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
XLM+810.6%-9.1%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
XRP+699.6%-13.5%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
XTZ+362.9%-17.5%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.