Strategies/Crowd Fade

Crowd Fade

Mean reversion strategy that fades the crowd at extremes. Uses RSI x SMA(RSI) crossovers while RSI is in oversold/overbought zones, with asymmetric zone widths set by 1H EMA(200) trend direction — wider zones for with-trend entries, narrower for counter-trend. ATR-based risk management with trailing stops and breakeven.

Spot + FuturesRSI · EMA · SMA · ATR · Trend Following · Mean ReversionTested on 1 of 15 exchangesFull docs & changelog
Across every exchange with a verified result1 verified result · 82 trades
Best return (30-day live)
-18.05%
bybit · ZEC/USDT:USDT
Weakest return (30-day live)
-18.05%
bybit · ZEC/USDT:USDT
Deepest drawdown (30-day live)
-38.83%
bybit · ZEC/USDT:USDT
Live bots running
2
Across 2 exchanges

Its best and deepest-drawdown results are the same 30-day live record. On this strategy, the return came with the volatility.

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Real historical candles, the same engine the bots use. Equity curve against buy-and-hold, win rate, drawdown. The strategy code stays server-side.

Where Crowd Fade has been tested

One row per exchange with a recorded backtest, on the pair it was run against. 1 of 15 compatible exchanges have one; the other 14 are listed below without numbers.

ExchangePairReturnMax DDWinPFTradesLive bots
BybitZEC/USDT:USDT-18.05%-38.83%33%0.00821
Compatible, not yet backtested:BinanceBinance.USCoinbaseKrakenOKXKuCoinBitgetGateMEXCHTXBingXCrypto.comHyperliquiddYdX

Optimized by Strategy Lab

AI has run 3 optimization passes on Crowd Fade, testing 42 variants against data it never trained on.

17%beat baseline
-0.2%best improved return
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Size your Crowd Fade position

Free calculator — set your risk per trade and stop-loss to get the exact position size before you deploy. Pick your exchange or broker. No signup.

What it reads

RSI
Relative strength index
EMA
Exponential moving average
SMA
Simple moving average
ATR
Average true range
Trend Following
Follows the prevailing price direction
Mean Reversion
Trades a return toward the average

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