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BTC EMA Trend

A trend-following strategy on Bitcoin (BTCUSDT perpetual): go long when the 50-period EMA crosses above the 200-period EMA and step aside when it crosses back below, riding the up-legs and sitting out the drawdowns.

Last updated July 21, 2026

Key Metrics

CAGR
+54.7%
All Time Return
+1483.1%
1Y Return
-3.8%
Max Drawdown
-52.5%
Sharpe Ratio
1.24
Win Rate
43.8%
Profit Factor
2.23

Backtested on historical market data over the period shown in the chart. Backtested results are simulations, not live performance, and past results do not guarantee future returns.

About this strategy

Where do these positions come from?

Every position follows from the strategy's written rules: the entry conditions, the exit conditions, and the position sizing you see on this page. Nothing is hand-picked, so the strategy holds exactly what its rules would have selected at each point in time.

When you copy a template into Horizon, you can tune every one of those rules before running it. The backtest then applies your version of the rules to 20 years of historical market data.

How do we calculate performance?

Horizon calculates performance by tracking how a strategy behaves over time: its entries, exits, position sizes, rebalancing activity, and market price changes. For backtests, performance comes from historical data. For live strategies, it comes from real broker-synced activity and current market data.

Performance covers return, drawdown, win rate, Sharpe ratio, profit factor, exposure, and other risk-adjusted metrics. Together they show not just how much a strategy made, but how much risk it took to get there.

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