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Bollinger Bands Squeeze is live — when the bands get tight
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+.
10,000 Backtests in 6 Weeks — What the Data Says About Us
41 days ago, the first backtest ran in the Arena. Today, we crossed **10,000**. Average pace: **248 backtests per day**, every day. We didn't see this coming — and the numbers say more about you than about us.
New Strategy: BTC Signal — RSI/SMA for Altcoins
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.
Write Your Own Strategy Report
Until now we wrote the strategy reports. From today you choose: strategy, universe, period, interval — we backtest and deliver PDF and Excel by email. From €14.99.
Why I Built Backtesting Arena — And What It Cost Me First
There's no textbook SaaS pitch behind Backtesting Arena — just the simple question every serious trader asks after enough cycles: which rules would have actually kept me out of the worst losses? An honest origin story.
Supertrend is live — the ratcheting trend follower now with a real backtest engine
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+.
AI Agents and Crypto Payments: Where This Is Really Heading
This is the crypto-rail deep-dive companion to our earlier piece [AI and the Future of Payment Systems](https://tradingstrategies.work/blog/ai-future-of-payment-systems-2026), which covered the broader fintech picture including Visa Intelligent Commerce and Mastercard Agent Pay. Here we zoom in on what's happening on the crypto layer specifically.
Smoothed Heikin Ashi — Heikin-Ashi With Two Smoothing Layers
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.
US Crypto Regulation 2026: What Actually Happened — and What Comes Next
GENIUS Act, CLARITY Act, stablecoin yield compromise. A factual breakdown of what is already law, what's still being negotiated in the Senate, and what real consequences this has for crypto investors.
7,000 Backtests In — What the Arena Has Learned So Far
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.
Keltner Channel Breakout — Bollinger's Older Brother
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.
The Bitcoin Filter That Flips 88 % of Top-50 Alts into the Green
34 of 50 top-50 alts have lost money on average across every entry point — measured in USD. One strategy flips that. It doesn't look at the alt. It looks at BTC.
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