Updated 2026-10-01 · refreshed monthly
MACD Trend vs SuperTrend
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.
SuperTrend wins this matchup 44–6 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.
MACD Trend
- Coins won (full-period return)
- 6
- Median out-of-sample Sharpe
- -0.23
- Coins where OOS Sharpe stayed positive
- 18
- Median return
- -2.6%
- Median max drawdown
- -43.0%
SuperTrend🏆
- Coins won (full-period return)
- 44
- Median out-of-sample Sharpe
- 0.37
- Coins where OOS Sharpe stayed positive
- 36
- Median return
- +74.4%
- Median max drawdown
- -19.5%
Coin by coin
| Coin | MACD Trend | SuperTrend | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAVE | -41.2% | +224.3% | SuperTrend |
| ADA | +2.2% | +86.3% | SuperTrend |
| ALGO | -20.6% | +97.3% | SuperTrend |
| APT | -5.7% | +61.4% | SuperTrend |
| ARB | -33.6% | +18.5% | SuperTrend |
| ATOM | -33.5% | -27.1% | SuperTrend |
| AVAX | +33.9% | +69.2% | SuperTrend |
| AXS | +69.1% | +33.5% | MACD Trend |
| BNB | +16.8% | -1.9% | MACD Trend |
| BTC | -40.2% | +2.9% | SuperTrend |
| DOGE | +3.9% | +589.8% | SuperTrend |
| DOT | -2.5% | +24.3% | SuperTrend |
| EGLD | -10.7% | +42.2% | SuperTrend |
| ETC | -2.8% | +55.7% | SuperTrend |
| ETH | -35.7% | -3.3% | SuperTrend |
| FET | +0.8% | +115.5% | SuperTrend |
| FIL | -27.2% | +887.4% | SuperTrend |
| FLOW | -28.9% | +85.7% | SuperTrend |
| GRT | -23.6% | +269.7% | SuperTrend |
| HBAR | +25.2% | +295.1% | SuperTrend |
| ICP | +43.3% | +158.6% | SuperTrend |
| IMX | -0.9% | +94.2% | SuperTrend |
| INJ | +15.5% | +55.2% | SuperTrend |
| JUP | +34.7% | +57.0% | SuperTrend |
| LDO | -31.9% | +151.2% | SuperTrend |
| LINK | -34.2% | -38.6% | MACD Trend |
| LTC | -33.5% | -17.6% | SuperTrend |
| MANA | -44.9% | +157.7% | SuperTrend |
| MATIC | +94.6% | -11.5% | MACD Trend |
| MKR | +37.5% | +253.8% | SuperTrend |
| NEAR | +95.0% | +79.6% | MACD Trend |
| OP | +15.0% | +91.3% | SuperTrend |
| PEPE | +52.7% | +119.8% | SuperTrend |
| RENDER | -19.6% | +63.1% | SuperTrend |
| RUNE | +105.5% | +108.9% | SuperTrend |
| SAND | -59.7% | +167.4% | SuperTrend |
| SEI | -50.0% | +18.0% | SuperTrend |
| SHIB | 0.0% | +169.9% | SuperTrend |
| SOL | +11.6% | +228.0% | SuperTrend |
| SUI | -47.9% | +47.1% | SuperTrend |
| THETA | -50.5% | +59.4% | SuperTrend |
| TIA | +25.5% | +53.0% | SuperTrend |
| TON | -6.8% | +19.6% | SuperTrend |
| TRX | +9.7% | +27.1% | SuperTrend |
| UNI | +9.4% | +139.1% | SuperTrend |
| VET | +26.3% | +97.2% | SuperTrend |
| WIF | +94.1% | +64.4% | MACD Trend |
| XLM | -22.1% | +199.7% | SuperTrend |
| XRP | -2.9% | +130.5% | SuperTrend |
| XTZ | -18.9% | +52.0% | SuperTrend |
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
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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.