Dark Matter

Pulsar

ML-driven statistical arbitrage · Crypto perpetuals

BacktestBacktest · 738 days · net of costs · in-sample and out-of-sample30 Sep 2024 – 8 Oct 2026

Equity · cumulative % from the start of the record

0%+50%+100%+150%2025Jul2026JulOut of sample

Shaded: out of sample, days never used to build or tune the strategy. Band: the middle 90% of 2,000 paths with the same daily returns in a resampled order.

Statistics

Total return
+117.1%
CAGR
+46.8%
Sharpe
4.42annualised
Sortino
7.15annualised
Max drawdown
−5.93%peak to trough, % of peak equity
Worst day
−3.18%16 Apr 2025
Worst month
−1.86%Aug 2026
Days
738

Total return, Sharpe, max drawdown and days are the record’s own figures. Sortino, worst day, worst month, CAGR are computed on this page from its daily series, annualised at the series’ own 365 observations a year.

In sample and out of sample

StretchDatesReturnSharpeMax drawdownDays
Out of sample30 Sep 2024 – 31 Mar 2026+95.3%4.95−5.9%548
In sample1 Apr 2026 – 29 Sep 2026+20.6%2.94−3.4%182
Out of sample30 Sep 2026 – 8 Oct 2026+1.3%6.73−0.2%9

Monte Carlo · 2,000 resampled paths

Over the nextChance of a lossReturn, 5th / 50th / 95th percentileMax drawdown, typical / 1 in 20
90 days1%+3.7% / +14.2% / +32.1%−2.2% / −6.5%
180 days0%+13.4% / +29.8% / +54.8%−3.2% / −6.7%
365 days0%+35.4% / +61.6% / +96.9%−4.0% / −6.8%

Daily returns of the out-of-sample days, resampled in blocks of about ten days. Resampling reorders the days this record had; it cannot add a market it never saw.

Drawdown · peak to trough, % of peak equity

−4%−2%0%2025Jul2026Jul

Rolling Sharpe · 63-day window, annualised

0102025AprJulOct2026AprJulOct

Monthly returns

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data0.0%+5.3%+2.5%+2.6%
2025+0.2%+1.4%+0.6%+1.2%+3.3%+1.1%+0.8%+5.7%+2.3%+1.6%+1.9%+5.0%
2026+11.1%+15.8%+7.1%+0.9%+4.3%+2.3%+3.0%−1.9%+1.6%+0.6%no datano data

Outlined months are partial: the record starts or ends inside them.

How this was tested

  • This is a backtest: the strategy simulated over historical market data. No money was traded.
  • It covers 30 Sep 2024 to 8 Oct 2026, 738 days in the record.
  • Returns are measured as % of starting capital.
  • Costs: Maker fees on every fill. Not charged: slippage or funding. $8,000 starting capital, the size of the live demo book. No compounding. Open trades are marked to market at the end of every day.
  • Partly out-of-sample: the shaded stretches, 557 of the 738 days, were never used to build or tune the strategy; the rest overlaps the data it was tuned on, which tends to flatter the result.

Record: Backtest · 738 days · net of costs · in-sample and out-of-sample. Exported 9 Oct 2026 from platform commit b143faa4 (ML-Stat-Arb-Signal-Service research pools, Bybit incl. delisted coins, point-in-time monthly rotations; the live demo bot's sizing and pair limits; out-of-sample = outside the tuning window).