Noon Barbari

Updated 2026-07-09 · refreshed monthly

Fair Value Gap (SMC) vs Trend Magic

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 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.

Fair Value Gap (SMC)🏆

Coins won (full-period return)
43
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)

Trend Magic

Coins won (full-period return)
7
Median out-of-sample Sharpe
0.30
Coins where OOS Sharpe stayed positive
30
Median return
+115.9%
Median max drawdown
-35.4%

About Trend Magic

Coin by coin

CoinFair Value Gap (SMC)Trend MagicWinner
AAVE+1942.1%+699.9%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ADA+508.0%+59.1%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ALGO+431.7%+40.1%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
APT+269.0%-22.2%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ARB+115.9%-25.0%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ATOM+24.0%+187.7%Trend Magic
AVAX+2251.9%+90.7%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
AXS+121.7%-3.3%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
BNB+271.4%-49.9%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
BTC-60.0%-65.5%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
DOGE+2096.4%+26.6%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
DOT+106.0%-35.0%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
EGLD+171.0%+159.1%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ETC+245.1%+176.8%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ETH+56.2%+4.6%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
FET+9307.1%+1138.9%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
FIL+67.7%-3.9%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
FLOW+267.3%+81.0%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
GRT+505.1%+317.1%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
HBAR+165.9%+87.4%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
ICP+697.5%+75.2%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
IMX+1445.5%+598.2%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
INJ+684.1%+198.5%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
JUP+17.0%+59.5%Trend Magic
LDO+485.4%+232.1%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
LINK-1.8%+117.7%Trend Magic
LTC+67.9%+20.4%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
MANA+5395.0%+544.6%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
MATIC+342.7%+244.6%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
MKR+407.9%+213.2%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
NEAR+4882.5%+300.5%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
OP+594.5%+165.8%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
PEPE+1633.3%+60.4%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
RENDER+202.4%+42.2%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
RUNE+706.6%+193.0%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
SAND+3982.3%+673.8%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
SEI+398.1%+43.8%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
SHIB+1191.3%+110.8%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
SOL+104.7%+14.5%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
SUI+117.3%+153.7%Trend Magic
THETA+388.7%+483.3%Trend Magic
TIA+183.5%+203.8%Trend Magic
TON+9.1%-5.4%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
TRX+41.6%+114.1%Trend Magic
UNI+924.2%+188.3%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
VET+1058.6%+270.4%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
WIF+221.2%+189.9%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
XLM+868.5%+136.5%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
XRP+728.5%+182.4%Fair Value Gap (SMC)
XTZ+351.5%+11.0%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.