Track record
Fair Value Gap on ETH 12H: backtested track record
Every Fair Value Gap that formed on the Ethereum (ETH) 12-hour chart since Feb 2025: 67 backtested trades, grade D, averaging +0.13R per trade after a 0.12% round-trip fee.
Fair Value Gap
ETH · 12-hour 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+11%
Wins31%
Avg time to profit~4.2 days
Max drawdown17%
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-4%
Wins45%
Avg time to profit~3.1 days
Max drawdown23%
Times it has formed67
Avg edge / trade+0.13R
Typical dip first~1.17R
It usually plays out over about 4 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 split34 long / 33 short
Expectancy0.13R per trade
Median run / dip0.91R / -1.17R
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 Fair Value Gap on ETH 12H
67 times since Feb 2025 in the backtest, on Coinbase candles for Ethereum.
Hold for the target: 31% of trades closed in profit, typically in ~4.2 days. Book early: 45% of trades closed in profit, typically in ~3.1 days.
The typical trade dipped about 1.17R toward its stop before it worked out. It usually plays out over about 4 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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