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Updated 2026-08-01 · refreshed monthly

Order Block (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.

Order Block (SMC) wins this matchup 42–8 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.

Order Block (SMC)🏆

Coins won (full-period return)
42
Median out-of-sample Sharpe
-0.12
Coins where OOS Sharpe stayed positive
19
Median return
+16.0%
Median max drawdown
-20.1%

About Order Block (SMC)

RSI Mean Reversion

Coins won (full-period return)
8
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

CoinOrder Block (SMC)RSI Mean ReversionWinner
AAVE+90.2%-19.9%Order Block (SMC)
ADA-6.2%-22.6%Order Block (SMC)
ALGO+8.0%-5.0%Order Block (SMC)
APT+16.7%-32.9%Order Block (SMC)
ARB+17.4%-33.0%Order Block (SMC)
ATOM+27.6%-1.8%Order Block (SMC)
AVAX+21.2%-12.3%Order Block (SMC)
AXS+190.3%-42.2%Order Block (SMC)
BNB-20.4%-17.4%RSI Mean Reversion
BTC-1.6%+32.8%RSI Mean Reversion
DOGE+83.4%+17.0%Order Block (SMC)
DOT+10.4%+14.9%RSI Mean Reversion
EGLD-7.6%-19.9%Order Block (SMC)
ETC+31.5%-30.7%Order Block (SMC)
ETH+63.4%-12.0%Order Block (SMC)
FET-39.6%-29.3%RSI Mean Reversion
FIL-7.9%+24.3%RSI Mean Reversion
FLOW+57.3%-11.1%Order Block (SMC)
GRT+55.2%-27.4%Order Block (SMC)
HBAR+52.5%-28.5%Order Block (SMC)
ICP+24.8%-18.5%Order Block (SMC)
IMX+15.4%-43.0%Order Block (SMC)
INJ+75.4%-13.5%Order Block (SMC)
JUP+62.1%+0.1%Order Block (SMC)
LDO-4.5%-31.5%Order Block (SMC)
LINK+63.5%-28.6%Order Block (SMC)
LTC-8.8%-23.8%Order Block (SMC)
MANA-3.6%-27.6%Order Block (SMC)
MATIC-13.5%-8.1%RSI Mean Reversion
MKR+7.3%-16.1%Order Block (SMC)
NEAR+31.1%-34.0%Order Block (SMC)
OP-13.0%-35.1%Order Block (SMC)
PEPE+28.0%-1.7%Order Block (SMC)
RENDER+2.0%-21.2%Order Block (SMC)
RUNE-43.1%-7.8%RSI Mean Reversion
SAND+75.3%-32.3%Order Block (SMC)
SEI+13.7%-27.0%Order Block (SMC)
SHIB+62.8%-26.6%Order Block (SMC)
SOL+12.6%-31.8%Order Block (SMC)
SUI+47.5%-21.3%Order Block (SMC)
THETA+3.0%-22.3%Order Block (SMC)
TIA-0.6%-9.0%Order Block (SMC)
TON+15.4%-10.7%Order Block (SMC)
TRX+24.6%+11.7%Order Block (SMC)
UNI+12.0%-33.3%Order Block (SMC)
VET-27.0%-9.1%RSI Mean Reversion
WIF-4.3%-19.6%Order Block (SMC)
XLM+16.6%-9.1%Order Block (SMC)
XRP+39.0%-13.5%Order Block (SMC)
XTZ+120.2%-17.5%Order Block (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.