[Famous-PA] Darvas box breakout
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@djgambhirBTCUSDT · 12h · 2021-12-30 → 2026-08-31 · 3,412 bars in 1.4ms
Underperformed the market. Holding BTCUSDT returned +65.39% over the same period, against this strategy’s +21.51%.
Net P&L
+21.51%
$2,151.36
Max drawdown
-11.45%
Max run-up
+36.26%
Trades
42
31.0% win rate
Profit factor
1.64
2021-12-30drawdown · worst -11.45%2026-08-31
TrainingValidationOut-of-sample
| Segment | Period | Return | Max drawdown | Trades | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Training | 2022-01-01 → 2024-10-19 | +15.33% | -11.45% | 25 | 32% |
| Validation | 2024-10-19 → 2025-09-24 | +3.35% | -7.26% | 11 | 27% |
| Out-of-sample | 2025-09-24 → 2026-08-31 | +1.94% | -4.33% | 6 | 33% |
Risk-adjusted
- Sharpe
- 0.65
- Sortino
- 0.98
- Calmar
- 0.37
- Return ÷ max drawdown
- 1.88
- CAGR
- +4.26%
- Exposure
- 31.5%
Per trade
- Expectancy
- $51.22 · +2.05%
- Average win / loss
- $424.04 / −$115.90
- Payoff ratio
- 3.66
- Largest win / loss
- $1,125.90 / −$240.83
- Longest losing streak(winning: 2)
- 8 trades
Drawdown over time
- Max drawdown
- -11.45%
- Longest time under water(still going at the end)
- 648 days
- Worst drawdown recovered in
- 621 days
Costs and mechanics
- Fees paid
- −$114.77
- Funding
- −$429.10
- Liquidations
- 0
- Warmup bars(loaded before the start date)
- 19
- Benchmark(buy and hold)
- +65.39%
Monte Carlo
1,000 alternative histories, each 42 trades drawn at random from this run’s own. The bands hold the middle 50% and 90% of them; the solid line is what actually happened.
this runmedian of the historiesmiddle 50% · 90%
| Unlucky (5%) | Typical | Lucky (95%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return | -11.90% | +18.20% | +65.57% |
| Max drawdown | -20.08% | -10.88% | -5.76% |
18% of histories lost money, and 44% had a deeper drawdown than this run’s -11.45%. Assumes trades are independent; real losing streaks cluster, so the true spread is usually wider.
Settings
- hh20 length
- 20
- ll10 length
- 10
- volsma length
- 20
- atr14 length
- 14
- Long entry: volume > ▢ × volsma
- 1.5
- Stop loss (× atr14)
- 2
- Leverage (×)
- 1
- Position size (% of equity)
- 25
BTCUSDT with every trade
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▲ long opened▼ short opened● closed at a profit● closed at a loss
Trades
42 trades
| # | Side | Entry | Exit | Held | P&L | Return | Closed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | long | 2026-08-20 00:00 @ 69,323.96 | 2026-08-31 12:00 @ 78,533.89 | 11d 12h | $377.60 | +12.83% | end of data |
| 41 | long | 2026-07-07 00:00 @ 64,036.30 | 2026-07-28 12:00 @ 63,418.01 | 21d 12h | −$41.77 | -1.41% | signal |
| 40 | long | 2026-04-08 00:00 @ 71,904.58 | 2026-04-28 12:00 @ 76,183.66 | 20d 12h | $176.59 | +6.07% | signal |
| 39 | long | 2026-01-14 00:00 @ 95,394.28 | 2026-01-19 12:00 @ 93,118.17 | 5d 12h | −$74.45 | -2.54% | signal |
| 38 | long | 2026-01-05 12:00 @ 93,111.92 | 2026-01-08 00:00 @ 89,941.48 | 2d 12h | −$104.96 | -3.55% | stop loss |
| 37 | long | 2025-10-01 12:00 @ 116,760.15 | 2025-10-10 12:00 @ 113,158.84 | 9d | −$101.18 | -3.40% | stop loss |
| 36 | long | 2025-09-11 00:00 @ 113,919.58 | 2025-09-22 12:00 @ 112,791.44 | 11d 12h | −$37.01 | -1.24% | signal |
| 35 | long | 2025-08-11 12:00 @ 120,569.11 | 2025-08-18 00:00 @ 116,667.83 | 6d 12h | −$105.02 | -3.48% | stop loss |
| 34 | long | 2025-07-03 00:00 @ 108,821.76 | 2025-08-01 00:00 @ 115,674.16 | 29d | $161.45 | +5.43% | signal |
| 33 | long | 2025-06-10 00:00 @ 110,250.05 | 2025-06-12 12:00 @ 106,251.64 | 2d 12h | −$113.57 | -3.78% | stop loss |
| 32 | long | 2025-04-21 12:00 @ 86,953.89 | 2025-05-30 00:00 @ 105,518.79 | 38d 12h | $593.16 | +20.78% | signal |
| 31 | long | 2025-03-20 00:00 @ 86,827.16 | 2025-03-29 00:00 @ 84,363.92 | 9d | −$85.54 | -2.97% | signal |
| 30 | long | 2025-01-20 12:00 @ 108,289.25 | 2025-01-20 12:00 @ 100,543.92 | 0m | −$212.65 | -7.26% | stop loss |
| 29 | long | 2025-01-07 00:00 @ 102,200.94 | 2025-01-07 12:00 @ 97,741.46 | 12h | −$132.97 | -4.49% | stop loss |
| 28 | long | 2024-12-05 12:00 @ 102,688.73 | 2024-12-05 12:00 @ 95,601.18 | 0m | −$212.42 | -7.04% | stop loss |
| 27 | long | 2024-11-06 12:00 @ 74,306.56 | 2024-11-26 00:00 @ 93,045.39 | 19d 12h | $684.35 | +24.06% | signal |
| 26 | long | 2024-10-29 00:00 @ 69,953.89 | 2024-11-03 12:00 @ 68,331.73 | 5d 12h | −$74.15 | -2.59% | signal |
| 25 | long | 2024-10-14 12:00 @ 64,912.48 | 2024-10-23 12:00 @ 66,392.82 | 9d | $54.21 | +1.90% | signal |
| 24 | long | 2024-09-14 00:00 @ 60,468.29 | 2024-10-02 00:00 @ 60,764.54 | 18d | $4.12 | +0.14% | signal |
| 23 | long | 2024-08-24 00:00 @ 64,032.80 | 2024-08-27 12:00 @ 60,075.59 | 3d 12h | −$182.35 | -6.30% | stop loss |
| 22 | long | 2024-07-20 00:00 @ 66,641.23 | 2024-07-25 12:00 @ 64,069.78 | 5d 12h | −$117.99 | -4.04% | signal |
| 21 | long | 2024-05-16 00:00 @ 66,188.64 | 2024-06-11 12:00 @ 66,906.22 | 26d 12h | $6.45 | +0.22% | signal |
| 20 | long | 2024-02-08 00:00 @ 44,335.17 | 2024-03-17 00:00 @ 65,337.93 | 38d | $1,125.90 | +42.63% | signal |
| 19 | long | 2024-01-09 00:00 @ 46,981.99 | 2024-01-10 12:00 @ 44,341.32 | 1d 12h | −$154.79 | -5.78% | stop loss |
| 18 | long | 2024-01-02 12:00 @ 45,495.90 | 2024-01-03 12:00 @ 43,329.52 | 1d | −$134.54 | -4.96% | stop loss |
| 17 | long | 2023-10-17 00:00 @ 28,492.00 | 2023-12-11 12:00 @ 42,338.13 | 55d 12h | $1,124.88 | +46.25% | signal |
| 16 | long | 2023-10-02 00:00 @ 27,987.00 | 2023-10-11 00:00 @ 27,004.98 | 9d | −$90.12 | -3.67% | stop loss |
| 15 | long | 2023-09-18 12:00 @ 27,190.04 | 2023-09-24 12:00 @ 26,210.05 | 6d | −$92.06 | -3.72% | stop loss |
| 14 | long | 2023-08-30 00:00 @ 27,705.64 | 2023-08-31 12:00 @ 26,668.82 | 1d 12h | −$96.87 | -3.87% | stop loss |
| 13 | long | 2023-06-21 00:00 @ 28,296.36 | 2023-07-07 00:00 @ 29,868.33 | 16d | $122.84 | +4.97% | signal |
| 12 | long | 2023-05-29 00:00 @ 28,061.41 | 2023-05-31 12:00 @ 26,931.96 | 2d 12h | −$104.54 | -4.19% | stop loss |
| 11 | long | 2023-03-14 00:00 @ 24,124.32 | 2023-04-17 12:00 @ 29,552.19 | 34d 12h | $513.89 | +21.69% | signal |
| 10 | long | 2023-02-16 00:00 @ 24,337.57 | 2023-02-24 12:00 @ 23,140.58 | 8d 12h | −$126.52 | -5.27% | stop loss |
| 9 | long | 2023-01-09 12:00 @ 17,235.65 | 2023-02-10 00:00 @ 21,788.94 | 31d 12h | $567.02 | +25.10% | signal |
| 8 | long | 2022-12-01 00:00 @ 17,156.83 | 2022-12-17 00:00 @ 16,620.78 | 16d | −$77.11 | -3.38% | signal |
| 7 | long | 2022-10-26 00:00 @ 20,072.31 | 2022-11-08 12:00 @ 19,684.96 | 13d 12h | −$49.92 | -2.18% | signal |
| 6 | long | 2022-09-09 12:00 @ 20,935.89 | 2022-09-14 12:00 @ 19,625.27 | 5d | −$150.89 | -6.48% | stop loss |
| 5 | long | 2022-07-20 00:00 @ 23,390.58 | 2022-07-25 12:00 @ 21,927.21 | 5d 12h | −$153.51 | -6.49% | signal |
| 4 | long | 2022-07-08 00:00 @ 21,618.82 | 2022-07-12 00:00 @ 19,722.96 | 4d | −$217.21 | -8.97% | stop loss |
| 3 | long | 2022-03-22 12:00 @ 42,985.50 | 2022-04-07 00:00 @ 43,151.17 | 15d 12h | −$2.54 | -0.11% | signal |
| 2 | long | 2022-03-01 00:00 @ 43,163.63 | 2022-03-04 12:00 @ 39,060.23 | 3d 12h | −$240.83 | -9.70% | stop loss |
| 1 | long | 2022-02-05 00:00 @ 41,558.31 | 2022-02-18 00:00 @ 40,483.70 | 13d | −$73.61 | -2.94% | signal |
How this was run
Orders fill at the next bar’s open, never at the close that produced the signal. When one bar’s range covered both the stop and the target, the stop was taken, because the data cannot say which came first. Fees, slippage and funding are all charged.
Warmup history was loaded from before 2022-01-01 so the requested window is fully tradable.