Track record
Momentum Divergence on BTC 1D: backtested track record
Every Momentum Divergence that formed on the Bitcoin (BTC) daily chart since Feb 2025: 14 backtested trades, grade D, averaging -0.56R per trade after a 0.12% round-trip fee.
Momentum Divergence
BTC · daily chart
Track record with 0.12% fees per trade
Risk / trade
Hold for the target
Holding the whole position to the target closed in profit less often, but the winners were larger.
Annual gain-10%
Wins14%
Avg time to profit~8.3 days
Max drawdown21%
Book early
Banking half near the first target and moving the stop to breakeven closed in profit more often, with smaller average winners.
Annual gain-11%
Wins14%
Avg time to profit~8.3 days
Max drawdown21%
Times it has formed14
Avg edge / trade-0.56R
Typical dip first~1.13R
It usually plays out over about 8 days, and it often moves most of the way to your stop before it turns. That is past behavior, not a promise about this instance.
Advanced stats
Direction split8 long / 6 short
Expectancy-0.56R per trade
Median run / dip0.39R / -1.13R
Sample windowFeb 2025 to Sep 2026
Not financial advice, and never a buy or sell call. Past performance does not predict future results.
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Questions about the Momentum Divergence on BTC 1D
14 times since Feb 2025 in the backtest, on Coinbase candles for Bitcoin.
Hold for the target: 14% of trades closed in profit, typically in ~8.3 days. Book early: 14% of trades closed in profit, typically in ~8.3 days.
The typical trade dipped about 1.13R toward its stop before it worked out. It usually plays out over about 8 days, and it often moves most of the way to your stop before it turns. That is past behavior, not a promise about this instance.
No. These are past results of the pattern, measured with no look-ahead and net of fees. They describe how it has behaved, not what the next one will do.
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