+170.41% with 5.83% max drawdown — reproduce the Pegasus Bitcoin backtest in cTrader
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A complete walkthrough of Pegasus Bitcoin, a 16-strategy Bitcoin cBot for cTrader: what's inside, how it compares with simply holding Bitcoin, how to configure it, and how to reproduce its published backtest on your own platform — step by step. ▶ cTrader Store: search «realbacktesting Pegasus Bitcoin» (paid edition + free backtest-only edition) ▶ Product page, report and parameter guide: WHAT THE BACKTEST SHOWS cTrader backtest on Skilling tick data, 1 Jan 2022 – 7 Oct 2026, €50,000 starting capital, default preset (Balanced), additive sizing, broker spread, commission and swaps included: • Return: +170.41% (CAGR 23.2%) · Max equity drawdown: 5.83% • Profit factor per trade: 1.50 · 2,826 trades · 45.9% winning trades • 39 of 58 months closed positive • Costs already deducted: €21,184 commission + €9,702 swaps (Skilling's Bitcoin costs are high: about 0.23% per round trip) It is one run on one broker's data. Your broker's costs and execution will change the numbers — that is why the free edition exists. THE SAME DATES, HOLDING BITCOIN Buying and holding Bitcoin from 1 Jan 2022 to 7 Oct 2026: about +80% in USD (+83% in EUR), with a worst drawdown of about −67%. Year by year, book vs Bitcoin (USD): 2022 +30.2% vs −64.2% · 2023 +41.6% vs +155.9% · 2024 +25.6% vs +121.1% · 2025 +9.3% vs −6.3% · 2026 (to October) +6.7% vs −4.9%. It does not try to beat Bitcoin in its best years: it trades long and short, so Bitcoin's bad years were good years for the book. Historical comparison, not a forecast. WHAT'S INSIDE 16 strategies on one market — Bitcoin — from 2h to 8h: momentum, breakout, trend and regime, calendar and reversal. Long and short. Each strategy has its own on/off switch, risk and direction. A 5% daily-loss guard and a 25% maximum-drawdown guard are on by default and adjustable; 5 risk presets (Conservative, Balanced, Aggressive, Bull, Bear) set how hard it trades; margin use is capped at 50% by default. Capital: €50,000 recommended on Balanced (the report's capital); €30,000 is a workable floor, set by the broker's 0.01 BTC minimum order. WHAT IT DOES NOT DO • It is not designed for prop-firm evaluation rules (prop-firm mode is off by default). For FTMO-style accounts, see our Guardian, Balanced and Edge cBots. • It is not a leveraged bet on the Bitcoin price, and it does not use a grid or martingale. • It does not promise future returns: the figures above are a historical backtest. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro — Meet the Pegasus Series 0:11 Inspect the evidence 1:16 Configure it 1:43 Reproduce it in cTrader 3:24 Check the published report 3:50 Get Pegasus Bitcoin Questions: support@realbacktesting.com · Discord: More cBots: Trading involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for every investor. Past performance and backtested results do not guarantee future results. realbacktesting sells software, not investment advice or account management. Music: original composition by realbacktesting (built with royalty-free Apple Loops). Sound effects: synthesised in-house. #cTrader #cBot #Bitcoin #algotrading #backtesting #PegasusSeries