Arena Blog

High funding rates signal overheated longs — a warning. Negative funding means shorts capitulating — a buy signal. The logic seems solid. We tested it across 6.7 years of BTC data. The results were the opposite of what we expected.

A new strategy is live: John Bollinger's classic volatility-cycle play. Wait for the bands to squeeze tight, then ride the long breakout above the upper band. Default 20/2.0/0.1. Pro+.

A new strategy for altcoins is live: trade any alt with RSI(14) / SMA(14) computed on BTC/USDT instead of on the alt itself. The idea: BTC is the bellwether — when the macro regime is on, trade alts; when it isn't, get out.

Every few months crypto media announces a Bitcoin Golden Cross. But does the signal actually work? We tested it against historical data — on daily and weekly candles. The answer is more nuanced than the headlines.

Golden Cross, RSI/SMA, and OBV-MACD compared head-to-head on Bitcoin weekly candles. Which strategy wins? The honest answer is surprising — and it says more about the market than about the strategies themselves.

RSI is the most popular indicator in crypto trading. But does the classic "oversold = buy" logic actually work? We ran the numbers — and the results show: without a trend filter, RSI is a trap. With the right setup, it becomes a real strategy.

A new strategy is live: Supertrend, one of the most popular indicators on TradingView. ATR-based bands that ratchet with the trend — the stop only moves in trend direction, never back. Default 10/3.0 with Wilder smoothing. Pro+.

Heiken-Ashi candles have been a popular noise filter from Japan for decades. Smoothed Heiken Ashi takes it one step further and smooths the OHLC data twice — before and after the HA calculation. Live today as the latest strategy in the Backtesting Arena.

Everyone knows DCA: buy the same amount each month, done. It works. But if you already have the Cycle Score — the score that tells you whether BTC is accumulating or overheating — why ignore that information when buying? We've built a calculator that pits DCA, HODL, and Ladder Stacking against each other. With real BTC data and Z-Score anchor.

7,299 runs across 601 assets and every strategy. The most surprising pattern: it's not which strategy you pick that decides the outcome — it's the timeframe you run it on. Plus: two newcomers push to the top — and a side glance at paid indicator communities.

**What 269 Binance USDT pairs over 8 years reveal about the honest reality of crypto investing — and why most altcoin holders are playing a game they statistically cannot win.**

Everyone knows Bollinger Bands. Keltner Channels have been around longer and use ATR instead of standard deviation — which often makes them better suited for trend following. Live today as strategy 10 in the Backtesting Arena.