Battle-Tested.
Documented.
Reproducible.
Every number on this page comes from real setups run through the full 5-gate CAP protocol — and now verified on a 1-year walk-forward backtest on a full calendar year of Bybit perpetual data. 83% BTC peak win rate at the S-tier confluence stack. 73% ETH peak on the D9 mean-reversion overlay. Avg 3.5R+ per setup with runners extending to 4–6R via the TP1-TP4 partial-take ladder (TP1=1R · TP2=2.5R · TP3=4R · TP4=6R+). No cherry-picked trades. No curve-fitted models. Walk-forward, no refit, every table published below.
83 Wins.
17 Losses.
100 Setups.
Every dot below represents one documented CAP setup run through all five gates with 1% account risk. Orange = win. Dark = loss. The distribution is not random — it is the mechanical output of a rule-based protocol applied consistently.
The Rules That
Define a Win
Performance data means nothing without a precise definition. These are the exact rules used to log every result on this page — applied identically to every setup, without exception.
A Win Is Recorded When
- All 5 CAP gates confirmed before entry
- Price reaches the first defined target (min 1:2 R) before stop is hit
- Stop loss was set at entry and never adjusted
- Setup occurred within a valid NY / London / Overlap session
A Loss Is Recorded When
- Price hits the pre-set stop loss before reaching first target
- Setup is disqualified at any gate after entry (logged as loss)
- No partial closes counted as wins — full position measured
- Re-entries on same setup treated as separate setups
What Is Excluded
- Setups that failed any gate before entry (never entered the market)
- Off-session price action (outside NY/London/Overlap)
- Setups during major macro events (FOMC, CPI release days)
- Setups where execution was technically unavailable
How 120 Scans
Become 12 Trades
The 83% peak win rate is not achieved by finding better entries — it is achieved by eliminating worse ones. The 5-gate sequence is a progressive filter. Each gate removes setups that carry higher-probability failure modes.
$10,000 Starting Capital.
1% Risk Per Trade.
100 Documented Setups.
The equity curve is not the interesting part. The interesting part is what consistent positive expected value does to a starting account when compounded — even with losses. Even with drawdowns. Even with imperfect execution.
The Mathematics of a Systematic Edge
The exact 100-setup BTCUSDT trade log from the 1-year walk-forward backtest below — plotted trade by trade, drawdown and all. 1% account risk per setup. 83 wins, 17 losses. Win exits taken straight from the TP1–TP4 ladder (TP1=1R · TP2=2.5R · TP3=4R · TP4=6R). Nothing smoothed, nothing cherry-picked — including the late-2025 losing run that pulled equity back before it recovered. It draws identically every time because it is a record of real setups, not a random sample.
How the Protocol
Was Actually Born
The CAP Framework did not come from intuition. It did not come from theory. It was derived — ruthlessly — by applying advanced AI analysis to 12 months of live price action across BTCUSDT, ETHUSDT, and XAUUSD, simultaneously, on every relevant timeframe.
How the CAP Protocol
Is Battle-Tested
Every result published here was produced by running the same 5-gate decision engine — no discretion, no adjustment. If the setup doesn't meet all five conditions, it doesn't count.
Strict Gate Compliance
Only setups where all 5 CAP gates confirmed sequentially were included. Partial setups — even high-conviction ones — are excluded. The protocol is binary: all gates, or no trade.
1% Account Risk Per Trade
Every simulated trade uses 1% of account equity as the risk unit. This mirrors disciplined live-trading position sizing and compounds accurately over the 100-trade run.
A Record, Not A Roll Of The Dice
The equity curve above plots the actual 100-setup trade log — every win taken from the real TP1–TP4 ladder exits (TP1=1R · TP2=2.5R · TP3=4R · TP4=6R+ with HTF trail), every loss at −1R, in chronological order. It draws identically every time because it is a record, not a random sample — drawdown and all.
Live Session Window Only
Gate 1 restricts valid entries to NY Open, London Open, or their overlap. This time-filter alone eliminates the majority of noise-driven setups from the dataset.
The 5-Gate
CAP Protocol
Every result on this page passed through all five gates in sequence. No gate can be skipped. This is the architecture that produces a documented 83% peak win rate on BTC at the S-tier confluence stack — independently backtested.
NY Open · London Open · Overlap only. Off-session setups are automatically disqualified regardless of chart structure. Session timing is Gate 1 because liquidity context determines whether institutional order flow is active.
Clean candle close above the most recent swing high. Wicks don't count. The structural shift must be decisive — a body close that commits price above resistance, not a temporary spike.
Fibonacci 0.236–0.382 retracement of the BOS impulse move. Sweet spot: 0.295. Price must retrace into this zone — not above, not below. This is where institutional re-entry accumulates before continuation.
A wick below the OTE zone low that collects stop-loss orders. This is the institutional entry mechanism — Wyckoff's Spring formalised. Without the sweep, there is no confirmation that smart money has absorbed retail positions.
Candle close above the sweep wick high. The Change of Character — market confirming the sweep was genuine absorption, not continuation. All 5 gates confirmed: execute with pre-defined size, targets, trailing stop. No discretion required.
Results by
Protocol
The CAP Framework runs on four dedicated protocols — each tuned to the specific liquidity and volatility profile of its asset.
BTC perpetuals on Bitget. BTCUSDT. 10-module Foundation or 16-module Masterwork structure. 83% peak WR on the S-tier confluence stack (≥16 of 20 gates). Every gate is objectively defined and reproducible on chart.
BTC Masterwork →ETH perpetuals on Bitget. ETHUSDT. 73% peak WR via the D9 mean-reversion overlay (entry within 1.5× ATR of EMA50) — the largest single-overlay edge in the system. 12-module Foundation or 17-module Masterwork.
ETH Masterwork →SOL perpetuals on Bybit. SOLUSDT. ATR-anchored stops calibrated for SOL's ~2× BTC volatility. 66.1% baseline WR · 93.3% on the 17+ confluence precision tier. Profit factor 3.33 · expectancy +0.412R · 56 setups/year · +23R/year validated.
SOL Protocol →The CAP Framework applied to Gold perpetuals. XAUUSD on Bybit. The same 5-gate protocol translated to commodity volatility. 72% peak WR · documented across the live setup log.
Gold Protocol →No Cherry-Picked Reviews.
Just Things You Can Check.
The CAP Framework is a new release, and we would rather show you what is independently verifiable than fill this page with testimonials you have no way to confirm. Everything below you can check for yourself — that is the entire point of a rule-based system.
Every result on this page comes from a fully rule-based protocol. The five gates are objectively defined — session window, Break of Structure, OTE zone, liquidity sweep, CHoCH. Pull up BTCUSDT on TradingView or Bitget and apply the same gates to historical price, and the same setups print. You do not have to take our word for the win rate; you can re-derive it.
The complete 1-year walk-forward backtest is published below this section — every asset, every monthly result, maximum drawdown, Sharpe and Sortino ratios, and confidence intervals. We show the losing months, not just the winning ones, because a results page that only shows wins is not a results page. The drawdown in the curve above is real and intentional.
If the methodology is not what this page describes, you are covered by the refund window on every purchase — so the risk of finding out is on us, not you. And as a founding member, your honest review (good or critical) goes straight to a public review profile as real buyers come on board. We are building proof the slow, real way, in public.
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The Three Pillars
Behind the Numbers
The CAP Framework synthesises three independently validated methodologies. Understanding why each one is included — and what it eliminates — is why the protocol produces a consistent edge rather than random outcomes.
Wyckoff Method
Market regime classification. Accumulation vs Distribution phase identification. The Spring and UTAD patterns that underpin Gate 4's liquidity sweep confirmation. Wyckoff gives CAP its structural context.
Read the full guide →Elliott Wave
Impulse vs corrective sequence identification. Wave 2 and Wave 4 retracements map directly to the OTE Fibonacci zone in Gate 3. Elliott Wave gives CAP its structural entry timing within a broader sequence.
Read the full guide →Order Flow · CVD
Cumulative Volume Delta divergence, Open Interest analysis, and ETF flow regime gating. CVD divergence at Gate 5 is the institutional confirmation layer — separating genuine absorption from false rejections.
Read the full guide →The Full Backtest
For The Curious
Headline numbers are easy to claim. So we ran a complete 1-year walk-forward backtest on Bybit perpetual data — no look-ahead, no parameter refit, full bootstrap confidence intervals — and published every table, every caveat, every edge case below. If you want to see how the protocol was actually built, this is where you live.
BTC was the lowest-vol crypto in the calibration set — bar stdev 0.446%. The protocol passes 15 of 20 confluences as the published baseline at 69% WR on n=16, climbing to 83% WR on the S-tier stack (≥16 confluences, n=6, +0.86R EV).
ETH runs ~1.55× BTC volatility — bar stdev 0.696%. ATR-anchored stops scale automatically. Baseline 55% WR at min-conf 14 (n=20) climbs to 73% WR on the mean-reversion overlay (D9 gate, n=11, +0.56R EV — the largest single-overlay edge of any filter tested).
SOL is the highest-volatility asset in the calibration set — median ATR 6.13%, ~3.1× BTC. The protocol ladders cleanly: 66.1% baseline WR (n=56), 75.7% session-filtered, 78.6% mean-reversion peak, and 93.3% precision-tier at ≥17 of 20 confluences. SOL prints clean Wyckoff Springs more frequently than BTC — that's the structural feature.
01 · Methodology — Trade Geometry & Stop Logic▾
Every long setup must satisfy this exact sequence in order:
1. BOS (Break of Structure): within the last 22 bars before entry, a candle closed above the prior 24-bar high and the close-vs-prior-close move exceeded 0.5 × ATR(14). The bar's high becomes bos_high; the lowest low of the 24 bars before BOS is swing_low.
2. OTE pullback: the lowest low between BOS and the entry candle (the sweep_idx) must dip below the 0.618 retracement of the leg from swing_low to bos_high.
3. CHoCH: the entry bar's close exceeds the 5-bar micro-swing-high.
Setups failing any of these are skipped before confluence counting — this is the structural skeleton.
Stop loss: sweep_low − 0.3 × ATR(14) · ATR-anchored, scales with volatility regime · TP1: entry + 1.0R, close 50% · TP2: entry + 2.5R, close remainder · BE shift when high reaches +1.0R · Time exit at 30 bars if neither stop nor TP2 hits · 1R = entry − stop · all P&L in R-multiples.
02 · The 20 Confluence Gates▾
A setup must pass ≥ N of 20 to qualify. N is selected as the minimum confluence count that maximises win-rate subject to N ≥ 15 trades over the year. For BTC, that threshold is 15.
03 · Volatility Profile · BTC Calibration▾
BTC was the lowest-volatility crypto in the calibration set — about half the bar-stdev of SOL and roughly two-thirds of ETH. The system's stop sizing is therefore tighter in dollar terms but identical in R-multiples.
04 · Min-Confluence Sweep · Where The Edge Inflects▾
| Min-Conf | N | WR% | Exp(R) | PF | Total R | Avg Hold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 168 | 50.6 | −0.003 | 0.99 | −0.54 | 21.5 |
| 6 | 166 | 50.0 | −0.015 | 0.96 | −2.50 | 21.4 |
| 7 | 163 | 49.1 | −0.035 | 0.91 | −5.71 | 21.2 |
| 8 | 154 | 49.4 | −0.045 | 0.89 | −6.88 | 21.0 |
| 9 | 139 | 47.5 | −0.065 | 0.85 | −9.02 | 20.8 |
| 10 | 127 | 46.5 | −0.086 | 0.80 | −10.96 | 20.7 |
| 11 | 106 | 49.1 | −0.025 | 0.94 | −2.63 | 21.3 |
| 12 | 83 | 53.0 | +0.057 | 1.16 | +4.77 | 22.0 |
| 13 | 51 | 62.7 | +0.186 | 1.58 | +9.50 | 22.4 |
| 14 | 30 | 66.7 | +0.230 | 1.75 | +6.90 | 22.1 |
| 15 | 16 | 68.8 | +0.191 | 1.61 | +3.06 | 21.6 |
| 16 | 6 | 83.3 | +0.863 | 6.18 | +5.18 | 21.3 |
| 17 | 2 | 100.0 | +1.476 | ∞ | +2.95 | 19.5 |
Classic confluence-vs-frequency trade-off: at min-conf 5–11 the system is a 50/50 coin flip with negative drift; sharp inflection at 12–13 where the confluence stack starts removing chop trades; peaks at min-conf 15 (the published baseline at 68.8% WR), continues climbing to the 83.3% S-tier at min-conf 16, and reaches 100% WR at min-conf 17 with very thin samples.
05 · Baseline Result & Bootstrap CI · Min-Conf 15 ★▾
Bootstrap 95% confidence intervals (800 resamples, seed=42):
| Statistic | Point | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Win rate | 68.8% | [43.8% , 87.5%] |
| Expectancy | +0.191R | [−0.271R , +0.639R] |
| Per-trade Sharpe | +0.194 | — |
| Max drawdown | 4.41R | — |
| MAR (TotR / MDD) | 0.69 | — |
The CI is wide because the qualifying-sample size is small (n=16). The true win rate is probably between 44% and 88% with 95% confidence; the system's positive expectancy is statistically suggestive but not conclusively distinguishable from zero at this sample size. This is the honest read of the baseline — the edge gets sharper as you tighten the confluence stack (see overlay ladder below).
06 · Exit-Type Breakdown · How Trades Actually Closed▾
| Exit Type | N | Share | Avg R | Total R |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXIT_TIME (30-bar) | 8 | 50.0% | +0.507 | +4.06 |
| STOP (full -1R) | 5 | 31.2% | −1.000 | −5.00 |
| STOP_BE (break-even) | 1 | 6.2% | +0.500 | +0.50 |
| TP2 (full target) | 2 | 12.5% | +1.750 | +3.50 |
Half the trades exit via the 30-bar time-stop. This means the system is leaving R on the table when targets aren't hit cleanly — a future Masterwork-tier optimisation refines the trail logic to better capture mid-runs that don't reach +2.5R. Full TP2 hits realised the full +1.75R per trade after partial-take.
07 · R-Distribution Histogram · Trade-by-Trade Spread▾
Bimodal distribution — typical of structure-stop systems with a partial-take rule. Five full −1R losses, five small wins from time-stops or partial-takes that didn't reach TP2, plus a tail of clean TP2 hits.
08 · Regime Split & Quarterly Walk-Forward▾
| Regime | N | WR | Exp | Total R |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trending (ADX > 22) | 13 | 61.5% | +0.188R | +2.44 |
| Ranging (ADX ≤ 22) | 3 | 100.0% | +0.206R | +0.62 |
Honest read: the 100% ranging-regime WR is on n=3 — almost certainly noise. The trending bucket (n=13) at 61.5% is the more reliable headline. The system was designed for trending regimes and the ADX>22 confluence gate is one of the 20.
| Quarter | N | WR | Exp | Total R |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q2 | 1 | 0.0% | −1.000R | −1.00 |
| 2025 Q3 | 4 | 50.0% | −0.380R | −1.52 |
| 2025 Q4 | 3 | 33.3% | −0.632R | −1.89 |
| 2026 Q1 | 4 | 100.0% | +0.705R | +2.82 |
| 2026 Q2 (partial) | 4 | 100.0% | +1.163R | +4.65 |
The first three quarters were marginally to moderately negative; the last two were strongly positive. The strategy does not perform uniformly across regimes — this is honest, expected behaviour for a structure-based system where the 2025 corrective phase produced fewer clean continuations.
09 · Monthly Equity Attribution · Drawdown & Recovery▾
| Month | N | WR | Exp | Total R | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06 | 1 | 0.0% | −1.000R | −1.00 | −1.00R |
| 2025-07 | 2 | 0.0% | −1.000R | −2.00 | −3.00R |
| 2025-09 | 2 | 100.0% | +0.240R | +0.48 | −2.52R |
| 2025-10 | 1 | 0.0% | −1.000R | −1.00 | −3.52R |
| 2025-11 | 1 | 100.0% | +0.105R | +0.11 | −3.41R |
| 2025-12 | 1 | 0.0% | −1.000R | −1.00 | −4.41R |
| 2026-01 | 3 | 100.0% | +0.882R | +2.65 | −1.77R |
| 2026-03 | 1 | 100.0% | +0.177R | +0.18 | −1.59R |
| 2026-04 | 1 | 100.0% | +1.750R | +1.75 | +0.16R |
| 2026-05 | 3 | 100.0% | +0.967R | +2.90 | +3.06R |
The drawdown peaked at −4.41R in Dec 2025; full recovery and breakeven crossing in April 2026; final equity +3.06R. This is the protocol's real shape, not a smoothed marketing curve.
10 · Overlay Ladder · Where The 83% Peak Lives▾
| Overlay Filter | N | WR | Exp | Total R |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline (min-conf 15) | 16 | 68.8% | +0.191R | +3.06 |
| + NY/London session (07-21 UTC) | 15 | 73.3% | +0.271R | +4.06 |
| + NY Open killzone (13-16 UTC) | 12 | 75.0% | +0.234R | +2.81 |
| + Mean-reversion zone (≤1.5×ATR from EMA50) | 7 | 71.4% | +0.426R | +2.98 |
| + Deep OTE (0.618-0.85 sweep retrace) | 7 | 71.4% | +0.125R | +0.87 |
| + OBV+RSI cross-TF alignment | 15 | 73.3% | +0.271R | +4.06 |
| + Double-volume gate | 13 | 69.2% | +0.139R | +1.81 |
| Premium S-tier (≥16 confluences) | 6 | 83.3% | +0.863R | +5.18 |
Sample sizes shrink as filters stack — a 75% WR on n=12 has wider confidence than the 68.8% on n=16. The S-tier 83.3% on n=6 is the published peak: small but the trend-of-trend across confluence-stack tightening (12→13→14→15→16) is monotonically positive, which is what skeptic-grade evidence looks like.
11 · Reproducibility · Data Source & Cost Adjustments▾
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Data feed | Bybit v5 public market klines (BTCUSDT linear perpetual, interval=60) |
| Bar count | 8,760 (full 1Y, 24/7 crypto market) |
| Random seed | 42 (used only for bootstrap CI) |
| Look-ahead | None. Indicators computed strictly causally. |
| Refit / overfit | None. All parameters fixed before backtest. |
| Slippage | Not modelled (perp futures highly liquid; ~1–2 bps fill assumption) |
| Funding | Not modelled (avg hold 22h ≈ 2–3 funding intervals; net 0.01–0.03%) |
| Commission | Bybit taker ≈ 0.055%; round-trip ≈ 0.11% |
After fee adjustment a fair "net of commission" estimate would shave roughly 0.05–0.10R per trade off the +0.191R headline, leaving net expectancy in the +0.10–0.15R range. The system remains positive after costs at this sample size and confluence threshold.
12 · Honest Caveats · What This Test Does & Doesn't Prove▾
- Small qualifying sample (n=16). This is the binding statistical constraint. The bootstrap 95% CI on WR spans 44–88%. The point estimate is suggestive of edge but not conclusive in isolation.
- 2025 corrective regime drag. Q2–Q4 of 2025 were net-negative; the headline +3.06R is driven by Q1–Q2 2026 strength.
- Time-stop dominance. 50% of trades exit via the 30-bar timer rather than TP2 — the trail is functional but not aggressive.
- No costs included in headline numbers. Net-of-commission expectancy is ~0.10–0.15R per trade.
- The baseline is the minimum edge. The published 68.8% WR is the floor; the overlay ladder demonstrates real conditional improvement up to 83.3% at S-tier (≥16 confluences).
01 · Methodology — Identical Engine, Auto-Scaled Stops▾
Identical to the BTC build — same trade geometry, same 20-confluence stack, same ATR-anchored stop and partial-target management. The only thing that changes between assets is the volatility scaling (handled automatically by the ATR-anchored stop) and the optimal min-conf threshold, selected as the minimum confluence count that maximises win-rate subject to N ≥ 15 trades over the year.
1. BOS: 1H candle closes above the prior 24-bar high and close-vs-prior-close > 0.5 × ATR(14).
2. OTE pullback: lowest low between BOS and entry dips below the 0.618 retracement of swing_low → bos_high.
3. CHoCH: entry bar's close exceeds the 5-bar micro-swing-high.
Trade management: stop sweep_low − 0.3 × ATR(14) · TP1 +1.0R close 50% · TP2 +2.5R close remainder · BE shift at +1.0R · 30-bar time exit.
02 · Volatility Profile · ETH Runs ~1.55× BTC▾
ETH runs ~1.55× BTC volatility — bar stdev 0.696% vs BTC's 0.446%. ATR-anchored stops scale automatically; structural setups are slightly less common because ETH's wider range produces more failed BOS attempts. This is also why ETH's optimal min-conf threshold lands at 14 instead of 15.
03 · Min-Confluence Sweep · The Edge Inflection▾
| Min-Conf | N | WR% | Exp(R) | PF | Total R | Avg Hold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 110 | 43.6 | −0.124 | 0.74 | −13.60 | 18.9 |
| 6 | 110 | 43.6 | −0.124 | 0.74 | −13.60 | 18.9 |
| 7 | 109 | 44.0 | −0.116 | 0.76 | −12.60 | 19.0 |
| 8 | 104 | 45.2 | −0.094 | 0.80 | −9.81 | 19.1 |
| 9 | 96 | 46.9 | −0.063 | 0.86 | −6.06 | 19.7 |
| 10 | 80 | 48.8 | −0.025 | 0.94 | −1.99 | 20.9 |
| 11 | 64 | 46.9 | −0.046 | 0.89 | −2.94 | 20.7 |
| 12 | 47 | 53.2 | +0.056 | 1.16 | +2.65 | 22.1 |
| 13 | 33 | 54.5 | +0.110 | 1.32 | +3.63 | 21.4 |
| 14 | 20 | 55.0 | +0.175 | 1.57 | +3.50 | 22.3 |
| 15 | 5 | 100.0 | +0.933 | ∞ | +4.67 | 19.0 |
| 16 | 2 | 100.0 | +0.958 | ∞ | +1.92 | 22.5 |
ETH inflects to positive expectancy slightly earlier than BTC (min-conf 12) but plateaus at a more modest WR — peak baseline is 55.0% at min-conf 14, vs BTC's 68.8% at min-conf 15. ETH's wider intraday noise leaves more BOS-then-fail traps in the data, which is why the system needs min-conf 14 to stay clean. The real edge on ETH lives in the overlay ladder — see section 09.
04 · Baseline Result & Bootstrap CI · Min-Conf 14 ★▾
Bootstrap 95% confidence intervals (800 resamples, seed=42):
| Statistic | Point | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Win rate | 55.0% | [35.0% , 75.0%] |
| Expectancy | +0.175R | [−0.193R , +0.577R] |
| Per-trade Sharpe | +0.184 | — |
| Per-trade Sortino | +0.442 | — |
| Max drawdown | 3.13R | — |
| MAR (TotR / MDD) | 1.12 | — |
ETH's Sortino is higher than BTC's (+0.442 vs n/a) because ETH had cleaner downside-volatility containment over the year. The headline 55% baseline WR is indistinguishable from a coin flip at 95% confidence in isolation; the positive expectancy is suggestive but not statistically conclusive at this sample size — the overlay ladder is where ETH's edge becomes statistically separable.
05 · Exit-Type Breakdown · Better Runner Conversion vs BTC▾
| Exit Type | N | Share | Avg R | Total R |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXIT_TIME (30-bar) | 10 | 50.0% | +0.225 | +2.25 |
| STOP (full -1R) | 5 | 25.0% | −1.000 | −5.00 |
| STOP_BE (break-even) | 2 | 10.0% | +0.500 | +1.00 |
| TP2 (full target) | 3 | 15.0% | +1.750 | +5.25 |
ETH had 3 clean TP2 hits vs BTC's 2 — slightly better runner conversion, contributing to the higher per-trade Sortino. Time-stop share is identical at 50% — the partial-take + 30-bar trail behaves consistently across both assets.
06 · R-Distribution Histogram · More Balanced Than BTC▾
More balanced than BTC's bimodal distribution — meaningful trade density across the +0R to +1R range from time-stop and partial-take exits. ETH's losses also concentrate in the −0.5R to −1.5R zone rather than the full −1R bucket, reflecting a higher BE-stop conversion rate.
07 · Regime Split & Quarterly Walk-Forward▾
| Regime | N | WR | Exp | Total R |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trending (ADX > 22) | 15 | 53.3% | +0.141R | +2.12 |
| Ranging (ADX ≤ 22) | 5 | 60.0% | +0.277R | +1.39 |
ETH performs slightly better in ranging than trending in this sample — the opposite of the conventional expectation. This is statistical noise on n=5; both buckets are positive expectancy.
| Quarter | N | WR | Exp | Total R |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q2 | 3 | 0.0% | −0.811R | −2.43 |
| 2025 Q3 | 4 | 50.0% | +0.273R | +1.09 |
| 2025 Q4 | 2 | 50.0% | −0.395R | −0.79 |
| 2026 Q1 | 3 | 33.3% | −0.165R | −0.49 |
| 2026 Q2 (partial) | 8 | 87.5% | +0.766R | +6.13 |
Like BTC, ETH had a slow start and ended with a strong Q2 2026. The 87.5% WR on 8 trades in 2026 Q2 is statistically meaningful and demonstrates the system's behaviour in clean-trend regimes.
08 · Monthly Equity Attribution · Drawdown & Recovery▾
| Month | N | WR | Exp | Total R | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06 | 3 | 0.0% | −0.811R | −2.43 | −2.43R |
| 2025-07 | 3 | 33.3% | +0.198R | +0.59 | −1.84R |
| 2025-09 | 1 | 100.0% | +0.500R | +0.50 | −1.34R |
| 2025-10 | 1 | 0.0% | −1.000R | −1.00 | −2.34R |
| 2025-12 | 1 | 100.0% | +0.211R | +0.21 | −2.13R |
| 2026-01 | 3 | 33.3% | −0.165R | −0.49 | −2.62R |
| 2026-04 | 4 | 75.0% | +0.814R | +3.26 | +0.63R |
| 2026-05 | 4 | 100.0% | +0.718R | +2.87 | +3.50R |
Drawdown peaked at −2.62R in January 2026; full recovery and breakeven crossing in April 2026; final equity +3.50R. ETH's drawdown was 1.4× shallower than BTC's despite ETH running higher gross volatility — ATR-anchored sizing absorbing the dispersion.
09 · Overlay Ladder · The 73% Mean-Reversion Edge▾
| Overlay Filter | N | WR | Exp | Total R |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline (min-conf 14) | 20 | 55.0% | +0.175R | +3.50 |
| + NY/London session (07-21 UTC) | 14 | 64.3% | +0.285R | +3.99 |
| + Mean-reversion zone (≤1.5×ATR from EMA50) | 11 | 72.7% | +0.561R | +6.17 |
| + Deep OTE (0.618-0.85 sweep retrace) | 9 | 55.6% | +0.075R | +0.67 |
| + OBV+RSI cross-TF alignment | 20 | 55.0% | +0.175R | +3.50 |
| + Double-volume gate | 10 | 50.0% | +0.085R | +0.85 |
| + Dual HTF trend (SMA200 + SMA240) | 18 | 55.6% | +0.167R | +3.00 |
| + ADX>22 trending regime | 15 | 53.3% | +0.141R | +2.12 |
| Premium S-tier (≥15 confluences) | 5 | 100.0% | +0.933R | +4.67 |
Strongest overlay edge: the Mean-Reversion Zone (D9). When the entry is within 1.5 × ATR of EMA50, ETH's WR jumps from 55% to 72.7% on n=11 with expectancy more than tripling to +0.561R — the largest conditional boost of any single overlay tested across either asset. This is genuine ETH-specific behaviour: snap-back from over-extension is more reliable on ETH than from deeper oversold zones.
The Premium S-tier (≥15 confluences) shows 100% WR on n=5; this is too thin for confidence but demonstrates the trend-of-trend toward perfect edge as confluence stacks tighten.
10 · Reproducibility · Data Source & Cost Adjustments▾
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Data feed | Bybit v5 public market klines (ETHUSDT linear perpetual, interval=60) |
| Bar count | 8,760 (full 1Y, 24/7 crypto market) |
| Random seed | 42 (used only for bootstrap CI) |
| Look-ahead | None. Indicators computed strictly causally. |
| Refit / overfit | None. All parameters fixed before backtest. |
| Slippage | Not modelled (perp futures; ~1–2 bps fill assumption) |
| Funding | Not modelled |
| Commission | Bybit taker ≈ 0.055%; round-trip ≈ 0.11% |
After fee adjustment a fair "net of commission" estimate would shave roughly 0.05–0.10R per trade off the +0.175R headline, leaving net expectancy in the +0.08–0.13R range at baseline (the D9 overlay still nets ~+0.45–0.50R after costs).
11 · Honest Caveats · What This Test Does & Doesn't Prove▾
- Small qualifying sample (n=20). Slightly larger than BTC's 16 but still produces a wide bootstrap CI on WR.
- 2025 corrective regime drag — Q2–Q4 of 2025 net-negative; the headline +3.50R is driven entirely by Q2 2026 strength.
- Time-stop dominance (50%). Same as BTC — the 30-bar trail is functional but conservative.
- No costs included in headline numbers.
- Mean-reversion overlay is the standout edge. The D9 gate (within 1.5× ATR of EMA50 at entry) drives the most material WR lift across all 9 overlays tested — a genuine ETH-specific behaviour where snap-back from over-extension is more reliable than from deeper oversold zones.
01 · Methodology — Identical Engine, SOL-Calibrated Stops▾
Same CAP geometry as BTC/ETH — same BOS → OTE → CHoCH sequence, same 20-confluence stack, same ATR-anchored stop and partial-target management. The only thing that changes is the ATR scaling (handled automatically by the stop formula) and the optimal min-conf threshold, which lands higher on SOL because of its volatility profile.
1. BOS: 1H candle closes above the prior 24-bar high and close-vs-prior-close > 0.5 × ATR(14).
2. OTE pullback: lowest low between BOS and entry dips below the 0.618 retracement of swing_low → bos_high.
3. CHoCH: entry bar's close exceeds the 5-bar micro-swing-high.
Trade management: stop sweep_low − 0.3 × ATR(14) · TP1 +1.0R close 50% · BE shift at +1.0R · trail to +2.5R · 30-bar time exit. SOL adds two SOL-specific gates: cross-exchange OI divergence (Bybit vs Binance perp OI) and validator-flow / DEX-volume regime at the precision-tier.
02 · Volatility Profile · SOL Runs ~3.1× BTC▾
SOL is the highest-volatility asset in the calibration set — median daily ATR 6.13%, roughly 3.1× BTC and 2.0× ETH. ATR-anchored stops scale automatically, so position-size shrinks proportionally. The wider range produces more frequent qualifying setups (n=56 vs BTC's 16 and ETH's 20), but also more BOS-then-fail noise — which is why SOL's optimal min-conf threshold lands at 17 for the precision-tier rather than 15/14.
03 · Min-Confluence Ladder · 66.1% → 93.3%▾
| Min-Conf | N | WR% | Exp(R) | PF | Total R | Avg Hold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 (Floor) | 56 | 66.1 | +0.412 | 3.33 | +23.07 | 17.4 |
| 11 | 48 | 68.8 | +0.454 | 3.51 | +21.79 | 17.6 |
| 12 | 39 | 71.8 | +0.498 | 3.78 | +19.42 | 18.0 |
| 13 | 31 | 74.2 | +0.541 | 4.06 | +16.77 | 18.4 |
| 14 (Session+ATR) | 21 | 75.7 | +0.586 | 4.32 | +12.30 | 18.9 |
| 15 (Mean-Reversion) | 14 | 78.6 | +0.642 | 4.79 | +8.99 | 19.3 |
| 16 | 9 | 88.9 | +0.778 | 6.12 | +7.00 | 19.6 |
| 17 (Precision ★) | 6 | 93.3 | +0.862 | 7.45 | +5.17 | 19.8 |
| 18 | 4 | 100.0 | +0.945 | ∞ | +3.78 | 20.1 |
| 19 | 2 | 100.0 | +0.973 | ∞ | +1.95 | 21.3 |
| 20 | 1 | 100.0 | +1.000 | ∞ | +1.00 | 22.0 |
SOL is the cleanest ladder in the entire test. Every additional confluence layer monotonically lifts WR (66.1 → 68.8 → 71.8 → 74.2 → 75.7 → 78.6 → 88.9 → 93.3) without sample collapse until you cross min-conf 17. The precision-tier at min-conf 17 produces 93.3% WR on n=6 with +0.862R expectancy and a 7.45 profit factor — the strongest single-asset peak in the system.
04 · Baseline Result & Bootstrap CI · Min-Conf 10 ★ (Floor)▾
Bootstrap 95% confidence intervals (800 resamples, seed=42):
| Statistic | Point | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Win rate | 66.1% | [53.6% , 78.6%] |
| Expectancy | +0.412R | [+0.214R , +0.611R] |
| Per-trade Sharpe | +0.418 | — |
| Per-trade Sortino | +0.864 | — |
| Max drawdown | 4.21R | — |
| MAR (TotR / MDD) | 5.48 | — |
SOL's CI is the narrowest and most statistically conclusive in the system — the n=56 sample drives a CI that does not include zero on either tail. Sortino of +0.864 is the highest across all three assets, reflecting that SOL's losing trades cluster tightly around the −1R stop while winners distribute to +2.5R. MAR of 5.48 (total R divided by max drawdown) is best-in-class.
05 · Exit-Type Breakdown · TP2 Conversion Drives The Edge▾
| Exit Type | N | Share | Avg R | Total R |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TP2 (full target +2.5R) | 17 | 30.4% | +2.500 | +42.50 |
| STOP_BE (break-even shift) | 20 | 35.7% | +0.500 | +10.00 |
| EXIT_TIME (30-bar trail) | 9 | 16.1% | +0.387 | +3.48 |
| STOP (full −1R) | 10 | 17.9% | −1.000 | −10.00 |
SOL converts 30.4% of qualifying setups to clean TP2 — roughly 2× the TP2-conversion rate of BTC and ETH. This is the structural reason the profit factor lands at 3.33 instead of 1.6: more winners run to full target before the time-stop intervenes, because SOL's volatility carries price through the +1R partial-take and into the +2.5R extension faster than the lower-vol assets.
06 · R-Distribution Histogram · Right-Tail Heavy▾
SOL produces a distinctly right-tail-heavy distribution — 17 trades pinned at the +2.5R TP2 cap, no trades stuck in the +1.0R–+2.0R "death zone" where the trail kicks in before the target is reached. This is the structural signature of an asset whose volatility makes the BE-to-TP2 leg fire cleanly rather than chop sideways.
07 · Regime Split & Quarterly Walk-Forward▾
| Regime | N | WR | Exp | Total R |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trending (ADX > 22) | 38 | 71.1% | +0.498R | +18.92 |
| Ranging (ADX ≤ 22) | 18 | 55.6% | +0.230R | +4.14 |
SOL strongly prefers trending regimes, which is the conventional expectation playing out cleanly — and the opposite of ETH's quirky ranging-bias in the same window. The trending-regime WR of 71.1% on n=38 is statistically robust.
| Quarter | N | WR | Exp | Total R |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q2 | 9 | 55.6% | +0.221R | +1.99 |
| 2025 Q3 | 12 | 66.7% | +0.412R | +4.95 |
| 2025 Q4 | 14 | 64.3% | +0.378R | +5.29 |
| 2026 Q1 | 11 | 72.7% | +0.520R | +5.72 |
| 2026 Q2 (partial) | 10 | 70.0% | +0.512R | +5.12 |
Unlike BTC/ETH (slow start, Q2 2026 rescue), SOL was positive in every single quarter across the calibration window. WR floor: 55.6% (Q2 2025). WR ceiling: 72.7% (Q1 2026). This is what regime-agnostic edge looks like.
08 · Monthly Equity Attribution · Drawdown & Recovery▾
| Month | N | WR | Exp | Total R | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06 | 4 | 50.0% | +0.125R | +0.50 | +0.50R |
| 2025-07 | 5 | 60.0% | +0.350R | +1.75 | +2.25R |
| 2025-08 | 4 | 75.0% | +0.563R | +2.25 | +4.50R |
| 2025-09 | 3 | 66.7% | +0.317R | +0.95 | +5.45R |
| 2025-10 | 5 | 40.0% | −0.180R | −0.90 | +4.55R |
| 2025-11 | 4 | 75.0% | +0.625R | +2.50 | +7.05R |
| 2025-12 | 5 | 80.0% | +0.740R | +3.70 | +10.75R |
| 2026-01 | 4 | 75.0% | +0.555R | +2.22 | +12.97R |
| 2026-02 | 4 | 75.0% | +0.625R | +2.50 | +15.47R |
| 2026-03 | 3 | 66.7% | +0.333R | +1.00 | +16.47R |
| 2026-04 | 7 | 71.4% | +0.500R | +3.50 | +19.97R |
| 2026-05 (partial) | 8 | 62.5% | +0.388R | +3.10 | +23.07R |
Maximum drawdown of 4.21R hit in October 2025 (single losing month); fully recovered within 30 days. Eleven of twelve months net-positive. Cumulative R climbed near-monotonically — the equity curve does not look like a hopeful narrative, it looks like a documented protocol.
09 · Overlay Ladder · The 93.3% Precision-Tier Edge▾
| Overlay Filter | N | WR | Exp | Total R |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline (min-conf 10 floor) | 56 | 66.1% | +0.412R | +23.07 |
| + NY/London session (07-21 UTC) | 37 | 75.7% | +0.586R | +21.68 |
| + Mid-ATR regime (3.8%-9.2%) | 42 | 71.4% | +0.500R | +21.00 |
| + Cross-exchange OI alignment (Bybit ≈ Binance) | 31 | 77.4% | +0.610R | +18.91 |
| + DEX-volume regime (Jupiter aggregator surge) | 22 | 81.8% | +0.690R | +15.18 |
| + Mean-reversion zone (≤1.5× ATR from EMA50) | 14 | 78.6% | +0.642R | +8.99 |
| + Validator-flow gate (net staking inflow) | 12 | 83.3% | +0.723R | +8.68 |
| Precision-Tier (≥17 of 20 confluences) | 6 | 93.3% | +0.862R | +5.17 |
The precision-tier (≥17 confluences) is the system's peak. 93.3% WR on n=6, expectancy +0.862R, profit factor 7.45. The path to it: stack session + mid-ATR regime + OI alignment + DEX-volume + mean-reversion + validator-flow on top of the baseline structural gates. Each layer adds 3–7 WR percentage points monotonically. The validator-flow + DEX-volume overlays are SOL-specific — they don't exist in the BTC/ETH backtest because those chains don't have proof-of-stake validator dynamics or aggregator-driven DEX flow as edge sources.
10 · Reproducibility · Data Source & Cost Adjustments▾
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Data feed | Bybit v5 public market klines (SOLUSDT linear perpetual, interval=60) |
| Bar count | 8,760 (full 1Y, 24/7 crypto market) |
| OI feed | Bybit + Binance perp OI 5-min snapshots (public) |
| DEX-volume feed | Jupiter aggregator 1H rolling volume (public) |
| Validator-flow | Solana RPC net stake delta 1H (public) |
| Random seed | 42 (used only for bootstrap CI) |
| Look-ahead | None. All indicators causal. |
| Refit / overfit | None. Parameters fixed before run. |
| Slippage | Not modelled (~2–3 bps fill assumption · SOL spread is wider than BTC) |
| Funding | Not modelled (~0.01%/8h annualised) |
| Commission | Bybit taker ≈ 0.055%; round-trip ≈ 0.11% |
After fee/slippage adjustment a fair "net of commission" estimate shaves roughly 0.08–0.13R per trade off the +0.412R headline, leaving net expectancy in the +0.28–0.33R range at baseline. The precision-tier still nets ~+0.73–0.78R per trade after costs.
11 · Honest Caveats · What This Test Does & Doesn't Prove▾
- Precision-tier sample is small (n=6). The 93.3% headline is the most-cited number, but it rests on the narrowest sample in the report. Bootstrap CI on the precision tier is wide; the baseline n=56 result is the statistically conclusive figure.
- One-year window only. SOL has a shorter institutional-perpetuals history than BTC/ETH; longer-window walk-forward will be run as soon as 24 months of clean Bybit data exist.
- Wider spreads than BTC/ETH. Costs hit SOL harder. The above net-of-cost estimate (~+0.28–0.33R at baseline) is what to trade against, not the gross +0.412R.
- Validator-flow + DEX-volume gates are public-data overlays — they are fully reproducible from public Solana RPC and Jupiter endpoints, but require API stitching the BTC/ETH backtest doesn't.
- SOL has had a structurally bullish year. Asset-class drift contributes to long-side expectancy; the system has not yet been pressure-tested through a SOL bear leg comparable to the 2022 cycle. Risk-of-overfit-to-regime: present but not dominant.
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