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Most trading claims don't survive fees. This ledger shows which ones do.
Crypto, stocks and ETFs: signals, bots, copy trading, arbitrage, "income" funds, "trending" tokens. Each claim gets real data, real costs and rules written down before the results come in. Wins and losses are both published. No signals, no promises.
The ledger
16 claims tested · 12 failed- 01Copy the top Binance futures leadstested 2026-10-22 · full write-up~1 in 5 of 6,753 leads had copiers in profit over 30 daysFAIL
- 02Buy tokens when a Telegram channel says "trending"tested 2026-10-21 · full write-up300 tokens: 1h hold averaged -23% after costs; 54% were down 90% within 24hFAIL
- 03Buy new tokens right at launchtested 2026-10-2192% of new BSC pairs and 84% of new Solana tokens never traded after the postFAIL
- 04Spot triangular arbitrage on Binancetested 2026-10-220 profitable cycles out of ~4,700 per snapshot with real feesFAIL
- 05Arbitrage between exchanges (9 venues incl. a DEX)tested 2026-10-22Price gaps 0.01% to 0.16%, smaller than two taker feesFAIL
- 06Funding-rate arbitrage like exchange "arbitrage bots"tested 2026-10-21Pre-registered: out-of-sample +0.37% a week, lower bound -0.10%FAIL
- 07Grid bots beat holding BTCtested 2026-10-213 years: $150 to $173 per $100 vs $285 for holdingFAIL
- 08Paid Telegram futures signal channelstested 2026-10-174 channels, 12 months of calls replayed: no edge after feesFAIL
- 09Intraday indicators and scalping on BTCtested 2026-10-20MACD, RSI, EMA, VWAP rules on 1m to 1h: all lose after feesFAIL
- 10Buy the favourite late in 5-minute BTC prediction marketstested 2026-10-21Pre-registered, 152 trades: 88% win rate, still -5.1% per USDTFAIL
- 11High-yield "income" ETFs pay you moretested 2026-10-21Every one with 2 years of data lagged its own index on total returnFAIL
- 12Tokenized stocks pop on listing daytested 2026-10-2195 listings: -1.5% after 24h net; they just track the stockFAIL
- 13A daily 200-day trend filter on BTCtested 2026-10-20 · full write-upSimilar return to holding since 2020, worst drawdown 56% vs 77%HOLDS
- 14Copy only long-lived, low-drawdown leadstested 2026-10-21Paper test running, review on 2026-11-18PENDING
- 15Football favourites are underpriced on prediction marketstested 2026-10-22Pre-registered paper test, needs 150 matchesPENDING
- 16Solana finality is 150 ms after Alpenglowtested 2026-10-22 · full write-upInterim, 2.1 h: median 229 ms, 95% within 510 ms; verdict on 2026-10-29PENDING
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