Victor Volume
The Detective
🔍 Swing Trader 📅 96 years old (Born 1930)"Price is what they show you. Volume is what they're actually doing."
Elderly detective in his 90s—rumpled trench coat, coffee stains, sharp watchful eyes that miss nothing. Old ticker tape machines sit next to modern screens.
ℹ️ Character descriptions are creative personas representing trading strategy styles. They are not financial advice, promises, or guarantees of performance.
📊 2 Years Performance: We gave Victor Volume $10,000 and let him trade 12 crypto symbols from Jan 1, 2024 to today. 🟢 LIVE
Quick Performance Comparison
Click any period to view detailed stats
Equity Curve (2 Years)
Combined P&L across all 12 symbols
💰 Trading Activity (2 Years)
⚠️ Important Note:
This simulation tests each symbol with its own $10K account (not pooled).
Crypto symbols can show 40-75%+ fee drag due to high trade frequency.
Stocks are FREE on Alpaca, so the ~100 stock symbols have zero fee impact.
⚙️ Trading Strategy
2x volume spike + price movement = institutional entry
Looks for 2x normal volume combined with price movement—this combination signals that big players are making moves. Follows their lead.
🎯 Best Suited For
Finding accumulation before breakouts
📜 Why This Strategy Works
Institutions can't hide. When they accumulate, volume spikes—they're simply too big to be subtle. Retail follows smart money.
Mathematical Formula
CODE VERIFIED —
These formulas are extracted directly from the simulation engine and verified against the source code.
Source: scripts/run-*-simulation.php
📊 Entry Signal
📈 Entry Signal
📉 Exit Conditions
⚙️ Simulation Parameters
📖 Historical Origin
Origin: Richard Wyckoff's Composite Man theory
Richard Wyckoff spent decades studying how "Composite Man" moved markets. His insight: big players could manipulate price, but they couldn't hide their volume.
🏆 Top 10 Performing Symbols (2 Years)
📉 Worst 5 Performing Symbols (2 Years)
📊 All Symbol Results
Click on any row to see detailed trade history with equity curve
📖 Understanding Score & Momentum columns
Measures how well this strategy+symbol combination has performed across the entire simulation history. Based on return, win rate, drawdown control, profit factor, and trade count. Higher is better.
Measures performance over the last 30 days only. Same quality model but calibrated for short-term activity. Captures recent regime shifts that the lifetime score may miss.
🔥 Heating Up — Mom is 20+ points above Score. This symbol is performing significantly better recently than its lifetime average. Could indicate a favorable regime shift.
🧊 Cooling Off — Mom is 20+ points below Score. This symbol is underperforming recently despite a strong lifetime track record. Could indicate an unfavorable regime shift.
No icon = Steady — Scores within ±20 points. Consistent performance.
| Rank | Symbol | Score | Mom | Return | Start | Final Value | Trades | Win Rate | Fees | Net | Max DD | Avg Hold | Refunds | Last Refund | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
AVAXUSD ₿
|
— | — | +4.01% | 🔄 $10,100 | $10,894 | 7 | 43% | $389 | +$794 | -99.1% | 1.5d | 1 | Mar 6, 2026 | |
| 2 |
PEPEUSD ₿
|
— | — | +0.00% | 🔄 $10,091 | $91 | NO ENTRY | - | - | -$10,000 | -99.9% | 19.1h | 5 | Mar 4, 2026 | |
| 3 |
DOTUSD ₿
|
— | — | +0.00% | 🔄 $10,097 | $97 | NO ENTRY | - | - | -$10,000 | -99.0% | 1.7d | 1 | Apr 2, 2026 | |
| 4 |
DOGEUSD ₿
|
— | — | -3.87% | 🔄 $10,099 | $10,218 | 16 | 38% | $763 | +$119 | -105.6% | 1.3d | 1 | Feb 5, 2026 | |
| 5 |
SHIBUSD ₿
|
— | — | -7.95% | 🔄 $10,100 | $9,758 | 13 | 31% | $685 | -$341 | -99.5% | 1.5d | 1 | Feb 6, 2026 | |
| 6 |
BTCUSD ₿
|
5 | 58🔥 | -44.04% | $10,000 | $5,596 | 130 | 35% | $8,044 | -$4,404 | -66.7% | 4.9d | ✓ | - | |
| 7 |
XRPUSD ₿
|
4 | — | -71.25% | $10,000 | $2,875 | 336 | 38% | $15,690 | -$7,125 | -83.8% | 2.0d | ✓ | - | |
| 8 |
ETHUSD ₿
|
3 | 10 | -83.80% | $10,000 | $1,620 | 244 | 34% | $8,200 | -$8,380 | -89.5% | 2.9d | ✓ | - | |
| 9 |
SOLUSD ₿
|
4 | 29🔥 | -94.44% | $10,000 | $556 | 344 | 35% | $7,652 | -$9,444 | -95.8% | 1.8d | ✓ | - | |
| 10 |
LTCUSD ₿
|
3 | — | -94.96% | $10,000 | $504 | 322 | 33% | $7,704 | -$9,496 | -96.1% | 2.1d | ✓ | - | |
| 11 |
UNIUSD ₿
|
3 | 29🔥 | -96.26% | $10,000 | $374 | 450 | 34% | $9,559 | -$9,626 | -98.0% | 1.5d | ✓ | - | |
| 12 |
LINKUSD ₿
|
3 | 35🔥 | -97.75% | $10,000 | $225 | 407 | 33% | $7,550 | -$9,775 | -98.2% | 1.6d | ✓ | - |
👤 Personality
Paranoid but productive. Sees patterns everywhere. Believes the smart money leaves fingerprints if you know where to look.