Trade altcoins using BTC's own RSI/SMA momentum regime — enter alts only when BTC's macro trend is on, exit when it flips.
Basis: 1621 user backtests · BTCUSDT · 1d · 4 years
This is a cross-asset proxy strategy: it computes the same RSI(14) / SMA(14) crossover signal as the canonical RSI/SMA Cross strategy, but always on BTC/USDT — and then executes the trades on the alt you selected (e.g. ETH, SOL, ADA, anything except BTC).
The rationale: in our 2018-2026 bulk backtest of 79 BTC-quoted altcoin pairs on 1W RSI/SMA, 92 % of alts had negative B&H returns measured in BTC over that period. The RSI/SMA strategy beat plain holding in 87 % of those pairs by exiting alts when BTC's trend regime weakens. Using BTC's own signal — instead of each alt's idiosyncratic RSI — pushes that idea further: if BTC is the bellwether for crypto-wide risk-on/risk-off, then BTC's regime is a stronger filter than each alt's noisy own indicator.
Entry signal: when BTC's RSI crosses above its SMA → buy the selected alt at the current candle close. Exit signal: when BTC's RSI crosses below its SMA → sell the alt.
Periods are fixed at 14/14 (Wilder default) and not user-tunable in v1.
Note: the strategy is unavailable for BTCUSDT itself — running BTC's signal on BTC would just be the standard RSI/SMA Cross strategy.
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Run in Arena →Top-10 assets by average CAGR (1d interval), aggregated from community + platform backtests. Actual results depend on parameters and period.
| Asset | CAGR | vs B&H | ★ | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOGEUSDT | +47.2% | -20.0pp | — | 17 |
| SOLUSDT | +45.7% | -22.4pp | 70 | 12 |
| ETCUSDT | +24.4% | +19.1pp | — | 18 |
| FTMUSDT | +23.1% | -81.2pp | — | 14 |
| BCHUSDT | +22.9% | +19.9pp | — | 16 |
| MATICUSDT | +22.8% | -88.0pp | — | 18 |
| ETHUSDT | +20.0% | -22.9pp | — | 18 |
| BNBUSDT | +19.8% | -61.4pp | — | 18 |
| XLMUSDT | +19.8% | +4.4pp | — | 18 |
| CHZUSDT | +17.2% | -1.5pp | — | 17 |
// Compute on BTC/USDT (always, regardless of selected asset)
btc_rsi := RSI(BTC.close, 14)
btc_sma := SMA(btc_rsi, 14)
// Trades execute on the SELECTED alt's close
if btc_rsi crosses_above btc_sma:
if position.is_flat:
BUY alt at alt.close
if btc_rsi crosses_below btc_sma:
if position.is_long:
SELL alt at alt.closeMost alts are highly correlated with BTC, but their own RSI/SMA series carry more noise (lower liquidity, sharper wicks, idiosyncratic events). Using BTC's signal as the regime filter means you trade fewer false breakouts and align with the asset class's primary leading indicator. The tradeoff is missing alt-only rallies (rare but real).
Fixing 14/14 keeps the strategy aligned with the canonical RSI/SMA Cross definition (Wilder's original 14 plus a 14-period SMA on top). If you need different periods, run the standard RSI/SMA Cross strategy directly on the alt. Future versions may expose tuning if there's demand.
No. Running BTC's signal on BTC is identical to the standard RSI/SMA Cross strategy — pick that one for BTCUSDT instead. The selector blocks BTCUSDT for this strategy.
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