Parabolic SAR fliplongBacktest Results @ NVDA • 1 Minute
Equity Curve
Backtest covers 37 days of NVDA • 1 Minute (NVIDIA Corporation) data, from June 24, 2025 to July 31, 2025.
Equity curve is the strategy's performance over time. You should compare it to the asset's Buy & Hold performance. In general, you want the blue area to be well above the gray area.
Drawdown is how much losses (realized or unrealized) the strategy has had if compared to the highest equity peak. Compare this to the asset's drawdown to see whether your strategy does a decent job of isolating you from downside volatility. In general, the red area must be well within the gray area.
So, we have backtested Parabolic SAR flip on 37 days of NVDA • 1 Minute candles. This backtest resulted in 456 positions, with the average win rate of 40% and reward-risk ratio of 1.96. If you assume that 1.96 reward-to-risk ratio holds, you need a minimum win rate of 33.8 to be profitable. So you're looking good so far. The key metrics are as follows:
- Total Return: Total Return: 11.30% vs 20.60% for the asset
- Max Drawdown: Max Drawdown: -3.20% vs -5.30% for the asset
- Exposure: Exposure: 56.40% time in the market
- Win Rate: Win Rate: 40.0%, vs 33.8% minimum
- Reward/Risk Ratio: Reward/Risk Ratio: 1.96
With that exposure in mind, you can tell that for 56% time-in-market, you get 54.85% of the asset upside potential, and 60.38% of the asset downside potential.
Parabolic SAR flip: enter a position when
All of the following: # India 1min Parabolic SAR (0.02, 0.02, 0.2, 0) < 1min Chart(close)
Parabolic SAR flip: exit a position when
Exits as soon as None of the entry conditions are true any more.
Parabolic SAR flip @ NVDA • 1 Minute (11.3%) backtest results explained by Alex C
Alex C
AuthorThe backtest results show some interesting patterns, but I am not fully convinced about the strategy's reliability. Let me explain why.
The high trading frequency with 24.6 trades per day is quite concerning, because this will result in significant transaction costs which are not factored in the backtest. The win rate of 40% is acceptable since the risk/reward ratio of 1.96 mathematically supports profitability, but I would prefer seeing it above 45%. What I like however is the relatively small drawdown of only 3.2% - this suggests good risk management charakteristics.
The market exposure of 56.4% combined with achieving only half the buy & hold return (11.3% vs 20.6%) indicates the strategy is missing important moves. This is not automatically bad, but it shows the strategy is quite defensive in nature. The average holding time of 11.4 minutes appears too short in my opinion - such quick trades are more susceptible to noise and slippage which could hurt real performance. I would recommend testing with longer holding periods to see if metrics improve.
Tabular metrics of Parabolic SAR flip backtested on NVDA • 1 Minute
| Total Trades | 456 | Net Profit | 11.3% | Buy & Hold Profit | 20.6% |
| Win Rate | 40% | Reward/Risk Ratio | 1.96 | Max Drawdown | -3.2% |
| Asset Max Drawdown | -5.3% | Exposure | 56.4% | Avg Candles in Position | 11.4 |
| Sharpe Ratio | Sortino Ratio | Realized Volatility | — | ||
| Max Winning Streak | 6 | Avg Winning Streak | 1.7 | Max Losing Streak | 10 |
| Avg Losing Streak | 2.4 | Avg Trades per Month | 739.5 | Avg Trades per Day | 24.6 |
| Return Std Dev | 0.3 | Loss Std Dev | 0.1 | Win Std Dev | 0.3 |
| Expectancy | 0.2 | Beta | 0.38 |
All backtests for Parabolic SAR flip
| backtest | exposure | peformance vs asset | drawdown vs asset | win% | reward/risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BTCUSDT • 1 Minute | 55% | (-2.7%/0.5%) -5.40x | (-3.4%/-4.4%) 0.77x | 36 | 1.5 |
EURUSD • 1 Minute | 55% | (-1.7%/-2.7%) 0.63x | (-1.9%/-3.3%) 0.58x | 37 | 1.3 |
GLD • 1 Minute | 56% | (-4.4%/-0.9%) 4.89x | (-4.9%/-4.8%) 1.02x | 41 | 1.1 |
NVDA • 1 Minute | 56% | (11.3%/20.6%) 0.55x | (-3.2%/-5.3%) 0.60x | 40 | 2.0 |
PLTR • 1 Minute | 56% | (-4.0%/10.4%) -0.38x | (-8.6%/-12.9%) 0.67x | 38 | 1.5 |
SPY • 1 Minute | 58% | (1.4%/4.0%) 0.35x | (-2.0%/-1.5%) 1.33x | 41 | 1.6 |
TSLA • 1 Minute | 55% | (-5.0%/-9.9%) 0.51x | (-11.0%/-15.9%) 0.69x | 38 | 1.5 |
WMT • 1 Minute | 55% | (-0.8%/-0.7%) 1.14x | (-2.9%/-5.1%) 0.57x | 37 | 1.6 |
BTCUSDT • 10 Minutes | 57% | (3.2%/4.7%) 0.68x | (-10.6%/-11.7%) 0.91x | 39 | 1.6 |
EURUSD • 10 Minutes | 56% | (-1.3%/0.6%) -2.17x | (-2.3%/-3.6%) 0.64x | 40 | 1.4 |
GLD • 10 Minutes | 57% | (22.1%/37.4%) 0.59x | (-8.4%/-8.3%) 1.01x | 46 | 1.6 |
NVDA • 10 Minutes | 58% | (24.3%/45.0%) 0.54x | (-28.0%/-42.8%) 0.65x | 44 | 1.4 |
PLTR • 10 Minutes | 60% | (121.1%/459.2%) 0.26x | (-45.7%/-46.5%) 0.98x | 47 | 1.5 |
SPY • 10 Minutes | 59% | (7.9%/14.1%) 0.56x | (-16.1%/-20.7%) 0.78x | 44 | 1.4 |
TSLA • 10 Minutes | 56% | (86.8%/24.4%) 3.56x | (-30.8%/-55.3%) 0.56x | 43 | 1.7 |
WMT • 10 Minutes | 58% | (37.0%/38.7%) 0.96x | (-12.4%/-23.8%) 0.52x | 45 | 1.7 |
BTCUSDT • 1 Hour | 55% | (40.1%/65.5%) 0.61x | (-25.5%/-30.6%) 0.83x | 42 | 1.6 |
EURUSD • 1 Hour | 55% | (-3.2%/3.5%) -0.91x | (-7.5%/-9.0%) 0.83x | 39 | 1.5 |
GLD • 1 Hour | 55% | (61.4%/118.5%) 0.52x | (-21.7%/-22.2%) 0.98x | 43 | 1.8 |
NVDA • 1 Hour | 58% | (1284.1%/3304.6%) 0.39x | (-42.2%/-68.0%) 0.62x | 47 | 1.8 |
PLTR • 1 Hour | 55% | (538.0%/1459.0%) 0.37x | (-77.3%/-86.6%) 0.89x | 42 | 2.0 |
SPY • 1 Hour | 61% | (70.4%/104.7%) 0.67x | (-14.9%/-35.1%) 0.42x | 45 | 1.6 |
TSLA • 1 Hour | 56% | (5558.2%/1240.0%) 4.48x | (-40.4%/-75.1%) 0.54x | 44 | 2.4 |
WMT • 1 Hour | 57% | (100.4%/142.7%) 0.70x | (-18.3%/-26.9%) 0.68x | 43 | 1.8 |
BTCUSDT • Daily | 57% | (379.6%/1339.3%) 0.28x | (-68.0%/-76.6%) 0.89x | 43 | 2.3 |
EURUSD • Daily | 55% | (-1.5%/8.0%) -0.19x | (-17.8%/-23.3%) 0.76x | 37 | 1.7 |
GLD • Daily | 57% | (301.4%/585.6%) 0.51x | (-23.7%/-45.3%) 0.52x | 46 | 1.9 |
NVDA • Daily | 59% | (14739.3%/417479.9%) 0.04x | (-76.5%/-90.0%) 0.85x | 46 | 2.0 |
PLTR • Daily | 57% | (559.1%/1476.3%) 0.38x | (-50.4%/-84.9%) 0.59x | 49 | 2.7 |
SPY • Daily | 65% | (117.1%/1354.3%) 0.09x | (-48.3%/-56.7%) 0.85x | 47 | 1.4 |
TSLA • Daily | 57% | (440.9%/25131.3%) 0.02x | (-75.3%/-75.0%) 1.00x | 37 | 2.6 |
WMT • Daily | 59% | (476.7%/10620.7%) 0.04x | (-60.7%/-50.6%) 1.20x | 45 | 1.6 |