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WEEKLY

Week of 2026-05-11: Ichimoku LONG leads, Donchian Breakout drops

2026-05-11Updated 2026-09-292 min read

Weekly crypto strategy rankings — 33 strategies tested across top-50 coins.

WEEKLY

Week of 2026-05-04: Mean Reversion leads, ADX Trend BOTH drops

2026-05-04Updated 2026-09-292 min read

Weekly crypto strategy rankings — 30 strategies tested across top-50 coins.

WEEKLY

Week of 2026-04-27: Mean Reversion LONG leads, BB Squeeze LONG drops

2026-04-27Updated 2026-09-292 min read

Weekly crypto strategy rankings — 40 strategies tested across top-50 coins.

WEEKLY

Week of 2026-04-20: ATR Breakout SHORT leads, Ichimoku LONG drops

2026-04-20Updated 2026-09-292 min read

Weekly crypto strategy rankings — 40 strategies tested across top-50 coins.

WEEKLY

Week of 2026-04-13: BB Squeeze leads, Donchian Breakout drops

2026-04-13Updated 2026-09-292 min read

Weekly crypto strategy rankings — 29 strategies tested across top-50 coins.

WEEKLY

Week of 2026-04-06: BB Squeeze leads, ATR Breakout LONG drops

2026-04-06Updated 2026-09-292 min read

Weekly crypto strategy rankings — 30 strategies tested across top-50 coins.

QUANT

SHORT vs LONG — Which Side Won Over 1 Year?

2026-04-033 min read

We ran the same strategies in both directions across 50 coins for 365 days. SHORT dominated, but the last 30 days tell a different story. Here's the data.

EDU

Trading Fees Ate 22% of This Strategy's Gross Profit

2026-04-03Updated 2026-09-307 min read

We ran two real backtests and measured exactly what fees take. BB Squeeze lost 22% of gross profit to fees. Funding was income for these shorts, but in a re-run with real historical rates it no longer covered the fee bill, so that claim is retracted. Here's the math.

QUANT

SL 3% vs 10% — We Tested Both on the Top 50 Coins

2026-04-024 min read

BB Squeeze SHORT backtested with a 3% and a 10% stop loss on the top 50 coins by volume over 2+ years. The tighter stop got cut more often and the wider stop made more money — but drawdown and average loss went the other way.

WEEKLY

This Week's Best vs Worst Strategies (Mar 27 - Apr 2, 2026)

2026-04-022 min read

Ichimoku LONG topped the weekly rankings with 75% win rate and 4.9 PF, while ATR Breakout LONG hit 0% win rate. Data from 26 active simulations.

WEEKLY

Week of 2026-03-30: Mean Reversion leads, ATR Breakout LONG drops

2026-03-30Updated 2026-09-292 min read

Weekly crypto strategy rankings — 26 strategies tested across top-50 coins.

QUANT

We Ran 52 Strategies for 1 Year. Here's the Data.

2026-03-294 min read

1-year backtest results across 52 strategies on 572 coins — the archived Binance-era run, kept as a frozen snapshot. Raw numbers: win rates, profit factors, drawdowns, and which strategies actually survived.

AUTOPSY

Strategy Autopsy: Momentum Long

2026-03-271 min read

Why Momentum Long lost money — data-driven analysis on 50 coins over 2+ years.

EDU

How MACD Cross Strategy Works in Crypto

2026-03-194 min read

A practical guide to MACD crossover signals: what they measure, when they generate entries, and how to read them inside the PRUVIQ simulator.

QUANT

Profit Factor Meaning — How It Is Calculated and What Counts as a Good PF

2026-03-1915 min read

Profit Factor means gross profit ÷ gross loss. How to calculate it, how it differs from the risk-reward ratio, and what counts as a strong PF.

QUANT

Why Backtesting Alone Isn't Enough

2026-03-195 min read

Look-ahead bias, overfitting, and out-of-sample testing explained. Why great backtest numbers frequently fail in live markets — and how PRUVIQ addresses each problem.

EDU

Order Types & Execution Strategies for Crypto Traders: Minimize Slippage and Improve Fills

2026-03-068 min read

Practical guide to order types (market, limit, IOC/FOK, stop orders) and execution strategies (laddering, TWAP/VWAP, post-only) with examples and backtest-friendly simulations to reduce slippage and costs.

STRATEGY

Perpetual Funding Rate Arbitrage: What Is Left After Fees

2026-02-278 min read

Worked on $10,000: day one is a $11 loss, breakeven lands on day 2 or 3, and a month is about $168 before exit costs. How funding capture works, and what it costs.

EDU

How to Use PRUVIQ's Strategy Builder: A Step-by-Step Guide

2026-02-2715 min read

Design, backtest, and iterate no-code crypto trading strategies using PRUVIQ's Strategy Builder. Practical workflow, examples, and robustness checks to move from idea to conviction.

EDU

ATR (Average True Range): Measuring Volatility That Matters

2026-02-205 min read

How ATR works, why it's essential for position sizing and stop-loss placement, and how to use it in crypto trading strategies.