Trading Lab
Paper experiments · not advice

Updated 2026-09-12 21:40:59 CEST · hypothetical $1,000

Paper scoreboard

Each sleeve is its own linear scale from a $1,000 start. Honest engine only. A high dollar figure is not a lab pick if the rolling test fails.

Honest $1,000 scorecard

X = paper end $ · Y = strategy · one publish clock · no mixed log axis

Tap a marker. All = three small multiples, each on its own linear $ scale. Scorecard 2026-09-09 13:54:16 CEST.

BTC sleeve

2019-01-01 → 2026-09-08 · $1,000 start · hold $19,879

StrategyEnd $Vs holdVerdict
Donchian-hold 10/15 c2 $26,148 beat Still testing
Buy & hold $19,879 bar Just hold
Donchian 20/10 $17,595 trail Still testing
SMA 5/20 $12,163 trail Dropped
Donchian-hold 10/10 $10,389 trail Dropped
Donchian 10/5 $2,598 trail Dropped

Just hold is the Bitcoin bar (dip −76%). The in-sample overlay that beats it still fails the rolling test.

ALGO sleeve

2019-06-21 → 2026-09-09 · $1,000 start · just hold $79

StrategyEnd $Vs holdVerdict
Donchian 20/12 $18,662 beat Lab pick
Donchian 20/10 $10,663 beat Still testing
SMA 5/20 $1,177 beat Still testing
Donchian 10/5 $886 beat Dropped
Buy & hold $79 bar Just hold

20/12 is the lab pick (11 Sep confirmation, $18,662). 20/10 is the prior 9 Sep cell — still fine, second place. 10/5 beats a crashed hold but loses vs the $1,000 start.

ETH sleeve

2019-01-01 → 2026-09-08 · $1,000 start · hold $17,691

StrategyEnd $Vs holdVerdict
Donchian 10/5 $31,808 beat Still testing
Buy & hold $17,691 bar Just hold
SMA 5/20 $13,054 trail Dropped
Donchian 20/10 $11,566 trail Dropped

Donchian 10/5 beats hold on the long path but fails the rolling test — still testing, not a lab pick.

Latest beat

9 Sep 2026 New scorecard

Harness revalidation

BTC bar = just hold $19,879. Later briefs moved the ALGO lab pick to Donchian 20/12 $18,662. ETH 10/5 is still testing.

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Lab pick

ALGO Donchian neighborhood

$1,000 books open — no P&L yet

Published 2026-09-11 08:26:08 CEST

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Lab pick

ALGO Donchian 20/12 confirmed

No single $1,000 figure in this brief — open for tables.

Published 2026-09-11 08:26:08 CEST

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Dropped

SOL/LINK Donchian transfer

No single $1,000 figure in this brief — open for tables.

Published 2026-09-12 08:19:39 CEST

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