Ten popular crypto signals, tested

SignalWhat the test foundVerdict
Best month for altcoins6 coins: the best month of each is matched by shuffled data in 20-71% of casesNo edge
Bull Market Support Band17 touches: +4.7% over 90 days vs +18.3% for random bull-market days; band broke in 11 of 17No edge
New listings348 Binance listings: median coin -10% in a week, average short +0.61% (t 0.24)No edge
Funding + rising open interest522 coins: short -0.34%, long +0.07%, no better than funding aloneNo edge
Extreme funding8,560 shorts: 55% won, average -0.33% after costs and fundingNo edge
Altcoin seasonAltcoins beat bitcoin the next month after only 3 of 8 readingsNo edge
Rainbow chartBands known at the time: $1 became $22; holding made $193No edge
UptoberGreen in 10 of 13 Octobers, p = 0.125No edge
Pumps always dump1,215 pumps: pullback first in 52%, chance up to 53%No edge
Liquidation magnetsBigger cluster hit first in 55.2% of 105 events (p 0.165); forward test runningUndecided

Each rule was written before the data was loaded; costs included, a control for luck and a second period.

Source: Edge or Not - all tests in one table · data CC BY 4.0 · edgeornot.com