Updated 2026-10-01 · 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 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.
Order Block (SMC)🏆
- Coins won (full-period return)
- 43
- Median out-of-sample Sharpe
- -0.15
- Coins where OOS Sharpe stayed positive
- 21
- Median return
- +15.7%
- Median max drawdown
- -21.3%
RSI Mean Reversion
- Coins won (full-period return)
- 7
- Median out-of-sample Sharpe
- -0.25
- Coins where OOS Sharpe stayed positive
- 15
- Median return
- -19.0%
- Median max drawdown
- -30.9%
Coin by coin
| Coin | Order Block (SMC) | RSI Mean Reversion | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAVE | +97.1% | -19.9% | Order Block (SMC) |
| ADA | -0.7% | -22.6% | Order Block (SMC) |
| ALGO | +8.0% | -5.0% | Order Block (SMC) |
| APT | +15.5% | -32.9% | Order Block (SMC) |
| ARB | +9.2% | -33.0% | Order Block (SMC) |
| ATOM | +24.5% | -0.7% | Order Block (SMC) |
| AVAX | +24.1% | -12.3% | Order Block (SMC) |
| AXS | +190.3% | -39.3% | Order Block (SMC) |
| BNB | -19.6% | -17.4% | RSI Mean Reversion |
| BTC | -8.9% | +32.8% | RSI Mean Reversion |
| DOGE | +53.8% | +17.0% | Order Block (SMC) |
| DOT | +18.5% | +14.9% | Order Block (SMC) |
| EGLD | +8.5% | -19.9% | Order Block (SMC) |
| ETC | +20.2% | -27.4% | Order Block (SMC) |
| ETH | +63.4% | -12.0% | Order Block (SMC) |
| FET | -38.4% | -31.6% | RSI Mean Reversion |
| FIL | -9.1% | +24.3% | RSI Mean Reversion |
| FLOW | +53.7% | -11.1% | Order Block (SMC) |
| GRT | +83.8% | -31.8% | Order Block (SMC) |
| HBAR | +52.8% | -28.5% | Order Block (SMC) |
| ICP | +35.2% | -18.5% | Order Block (SMC) |
| IMX | +15.8% | -42.2% | Order Block (SMC) |
| INJ | +88.3% | -13.5% | Order Block (SMC) |
| JUP | +55.9% | +5.0% | Order Block (SMC) |
| LDO | -4.2% | -31.5% | Order Block (SMC) |
| LINK | +57.7% | -28.6% | Order Block (SMC) |
| LTC | -8.9% | -23.8% | Order Block (SMC) |
| MANA | -9.7% | -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 | -10.8% | -35.1% | Order Block (SMC) |
| PEPE | +25.8% | -1.7% | Order Block (SMC) |
| RENDER | -1.5% | -17.3% | Order Block (SMC) |
| RUNE | -43.1% | -7.8% | RSI Mean Reversion |
| SAND | +76.6% | -28.4% | Order Block (SMC) |
| SEI | +13.7% | -24.8% | Order Block (SMC) |
| SHIB | +62.8% | -26.6% | Order Block (SMC) |
| SOL | +10.1% | -31.8% | Order Block (SMC) |
| SUI | +48.8% | -21.3% | Order Block (SMC) |
| THETA | +3.0% | -22.3% | Order Block (SMC) |
| TIA | +0.9% | -9.0% | Order Block (SMC) |
| TON | +15.4% | -10.7% | Order Block (SMC) |
| TRX | +26.4% | +15.1% | Order Block (SMC) |
| UNI | +17.2% | -33.3% | Order Block (SMC) |
| VET | -27.9% | -9.1% | RSI Mean Reversion |
| WIF | -5.4% | -19.6% | Order Block (SMC) |
| XLM | +8.7% | -4.7% | Order Block (SMC) |
| XRP | +37.5% | -13.5% | Order Block (SMC) |
| XTZ | +99.7% | -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.
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