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BTC EMA Momentum

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This strategy trades Kalshi's BTC 15-minute market and checks conditions every 30 seconds, with a maximum position of 20 contracts and a YES price allowed between 0.05 and 0.64. It exits all holdings if Bitcoin's 1-minute EMA distance falls below -0.001 percent, the 5-minute EMA distance exceeds 300 dollars, or less than 1 minute remains to expiry. It only buys 20 YES contracts when holding nothing, expiry is 3 to 5 minutes away, price is 0.55 to 0.65, and specific 1-minute and 5-minute EMA distance ranges are met.

Kalshi·Aug 12 to Sep 11·Created 7d ago

Net P&L

+$123

Return +614.3% on risk capital

Sharpe

0.79

Return Sharpe

Win rate

94.4%

36 trades

Max drawdown

-$7

Peak to trough

A few notes on these numbers

Methodology: Backtests replay supported historical market data, usually a 30-day Studio window, and evaluate strategy rules on the available cadence. Signals can fill no earlier than the next tradable step. Taker fills use top-of-book prices or available L2 depth, with Kalshi-style fees where modeled. Queue position, latency, and future liquidity are not fully modeled. Simulated P&L is net of modeled fees over the window.
Starting capital: Kalshi backtests use the strategy's configured max position as the risk-capital denominator. Return is computed from that configured capital, while total P&L is still shown in dollars.
Past performance: Backtested results are hypothetical. They are derived from historical data and do not reflect live execution risks like slippage beyond the orderbook, partial fills, API latency, or venue outages. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
Not financial advice: Nothing on this page is investment, legal, or tax advice. Prediction markets carry real risk of loss. Only trade with money you can afford to lose, and do your own research before deploying any strategy live.