Crypto low volatility · 3 lowest-volatility of 15 coins
Tests whether the low-volatility anomaly seen in stocks also holds in crypto: hold the 3 coins with the lowest 60-day volatility, rebalanced weekly. Falsified if its Sharpe ratio is not above the basket's.
Forward tracking started 2026-10-13. Results appear after 21 trading days.
Backtest
| Metric | Strategy | Benchmark |
|---|---|---|
| CAGR | 13.87% | 10.16% |
| Volatility | 75.51% | 83.92% |
| Sharpe | 0.55 | 0.54 |
| Max drawdown | -87.44% | -89.91% |
| Turnover (per year) | 6.46 |
Deflated Sharpe: 0.00 (n trials: 360) — the probability the Sharpe ratio is real after the number of variants tried.
Spec
{
"costs_bps": 10,
"end": "2025-12-31",
"rebalance": "W",
"side": "long",
"signal": {
"expr": "rank(-vol(60))",
"type": "expr"
},
"start": "2018-01-01",
"top_n": 3,
"universe": [
"BTC-USD",
"ETH-USD",
"SOL-USD",
"XRP-USD",
"ADA-USD",
"DOGE-USD",
"AVAX-USD",
"LINK-USD",
"LTC-USD",
"BCH-USD",
"DOT-USD",
"UNI-USD",
"AAVE-USD",
"XLM-USD",
"ATOM-USD"
]
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-H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"changes": {"signal": {"lookback": 126}}}'Or ask your AI assistant (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor with the FinzData connector):
Fork the FinzData strategy crypto-low-volatility-3-lowest-volatility-of-15-coins-2f84da and test it with a 126-day lookback and 20 bps costs, then compare both runs.
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