AlphaDesk
Alpha Trader Strategy
8-Year Performance Report
Oct 2017 – Jun 2026
Basis: headline is the compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) — the bot sizes 1% of current equity live. Equity curve, heatmap & per-pair figures are shown on a fixed 1% risk scale (1R = 1%) for readability. Real maker/taker fees · no same-candle look-ahead · 4,889 trades · BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP · 8.8 years
Compound Annual (CAGR)
+100% / yr
compounded growth rate · 8.8-yr record
Total Return
+697%
cumulative at fixed 1% risk (1R = 1%)
Max Drawdown
-32.6%
worst historical · ~30% typical, 50% tail
Win Rate
45.2%
avg win 1.19R · avg loss -0.72R
Profit Factor
1.36
gross profit ÷ gross loss
Risk of Ruin
≈0%
1% fractional sizing cannot zero the account

Equity Curve & Drawdown

Annual Returns

Monthly Returns — all years (%)

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
2017+10-2+9+17
2018+9+5+12+7+9+17+5+2+33+11+24+11+145
2019-2+16-6+31+17+11+6+14-2+13+5-5+98
2020+37+9+42+27+9-3+6+6-4+7+24+11+171
2021+3+2+0+24+18-2-1+16+11+3+1+0+75
2022+2+7+2-9+25+3-2-9-3-14+23+5+30
2023+21-10-1-12-5+3+19-5-10+25+11-1+35
2024+6+3+13-5-8-17+14-3+3+1+31+4+42
2025+3+8+25+8+10-7+15+11+0-6+12-24+55
2026+42+2-7-7-18+17+29

Performance by Pair daily + weekly combined

PairTradesWin RateExpectancyProfit FactorTotal Return
BTC1,36747.0%+0.192R1.49+262%
ETH1,35346.7%+0.197R1.52+266%
SOL89145.5%+0.080R1.21+71%
XRP1,27841.4%+0.077R1.18+98%

Monte Carlo Simulation 50,000 bootstrap paths

Median Max DD (typical)
-33%
95th-pct Max DD
-58%
P(drawdown > 50%)
11%
Risk of Ruin
≈0%
How to read drawdown: treat ~30% as a typical worst-case over a multi-year hold. A 40–50% drawdown is uncommon but real (~1 in 9 simulated paths touch 50%+) — plan for it. Anything deeper is a tail / black-swan event, not the base case. The account cannot be zeroed because every trade risks 1% of current equity.
Final return distribution (fixed 1% basis) — p5 +490% · median +696% · p95 +910%
Max-drawdown distribution (% of peak equity)
Methodology. Past performance of the Alpha Trader engine — both sleeves run together: a daily intraday volatility-breakout sleeve and a weekly swing sleeve — on BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP over 8.8 years (4,889 combined trades). The headline return is compounded (CAGR) — live, each trade risks 1% of current equity. The equity curve, heatmap and per-pair tables are shown on a fixed 1% risk scale (1R = 1%) for readability, so those read as summed R. Costs use real Hyperliquid maker/taker fees calibrated to live fills (≈0.079R per trade) with the exchange's 10× notional cap. Trade exits are resolved on 5-minute candles with no same-candle look-ahead — a take-profit can never fill on the same candle as entry, the strictest (most conservative) assumption; stop-losses are always checked before take-profits. Win rate, profit factor and per-pair figures are net of fees. Monte Carlo bootstraps the realized monthly-return sequence over 50,000 paths; a 50%+ drawdown occurs in ~11% of paths and is disclosed as a real (if uncommon) outcome.

Disclaimer. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Figures are based on the strategy's historical signals at a fixed 1% risk per trade and may not reflect live execution slippage in all market conditions. This document is for informational purposes only and is not financial advice.