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Wally Whale
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Wally Whale

The Vulture

🐋 Crypto Native 📅 15 years old (Born 2011)

"Whales can't hide on-chain. But the real edge isn't following their buys—it's buying their forced sells."

Man in his late 40s with sonar-like awareness. Multiple monitors showing blockchain explorers and liquidation data. Maritime aesthetic with a vulture's patience.

ℹ️ Character descriptions are creative personas representing trading strategy styles. They are not financial advice, promises, or guarantees of performance.

Sep 24, 2024 → Sep 24, 2026 (730d)
⚠️ Crypto has 0.25% trading fees per side — results reflect fee impact

📊 2 Years Performance: We gave Wally Whale $10,000 and let her trade 12 crypto symbols from Jan 3, 2024 to today. 🟢 LIVE

$12,774
Avg Value (per symbol)
Started at: $10,000 (+$2,774)
+27.74%
2-Year ROI
47.1%
Win Rate
485
Total Trades

Quick Performance Comparison

Click any period to view detailed stats

+8.9%
1 Month
+15.6%
3 Months
+12.8%
6 Months
+8.9%
YTD
+3.5%
1 Year

Equity Curve (2 Years)

Combined P&L across all 12 symbols

💰 Trading Activity (2 Years)

Stock Volume
$0
0 trades
Stock Fees
$0
✓ Commission FREE
Crypto Volume
$6,578,034
485 trades
Crypto Fees
$16,445
0.25% of volume

⚠️ 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

Buy 3× volume spikes AFTER 15%+ dumps from 24h high

Original strategy (v1) bought volume spikes with rising prices—this caught tops and bled out (-84% avg return). BENED's backtesting revealed the OPPOSITE works. Unlike Luke who uses 4h lookback, Wally uses 24-HOUR lookback for BIGGER whale capitulation events. 604 trades over 2 years with +19% average return.

🎯 Best Suited For

Post-liquidation bounces in volatile crypto

"Don't follow the whale. Become the whale when others are drowning."

📜 Why This Strategy Works

Luke catches quick liquidation bounces (4h window). Wally catches WHALE-sized capitulation (24h window). Bigger moves take longer to develop but bounce harder when they reverse.

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 (Whale Capitulation Buy)

📈 Entry Signal (Whale Capitulation Buy)

Price down ≥15% from 24-HOUR high AND Volume ≥ 3× 20-period average
→ BUY - Whale capitulation detected, bigger picture dump

📉 Exit Conditions

• TARGET: Price ≥ entry × 1.05 (+5% gain)
• STOP_LOSS: Price ≤ entry × 0.97 (-3% loss)
• MAX_HOLD: 12 hours (half-day bounce window)
Risk/Reward: 1.67:1 (5% target / 3% stop)

⚙️ Simulation Parameters

DUMP_THRESHOLD_PCT: 15%
VOLUME_MULTIPLIER: 3
VOLUME_LOOKBACK: 20
LOOKBACK_BARS: 288
TARGET_GAIN_PCT: 5%
STOP_LOSS_PCT: 3%
MAX_HOLD_HOURS: 12

📖 Historical Origin

Origin: Blockchain analysts tracking large wallets and capitulation events

By 2011, analysts realized they could track large wallets. The original "follow the whale" thesis seemed logical—but backtesting 2024-2026 data revealed it was a consistent loser. BENED refined the strategy to buy whale CAPITULATION instead of whale accumulation.

🏆 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

📅 2 Years: Sep 24, 2024 → Sep 24, 2026 (730 days)
📖 Understanding Score & Momentum columns
📊 Score — Lifetime Quality Score
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.
75+ Elite   60+ Good   40+ Fair   <40 Weak
⚡ Mom — 30-Day Momentum Score
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.
75+ Hot   60+ Active   40+ Moderate   <40 Quiet
Spread Indicators — Comparing Mom vs Score reveals regime sensitivity:
🔥 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.
⚠️ Scores are calculated from simulated backtest data and are for informational purposes only. They do not constitute financial advice or predict future performance. Full methodology →
Rank Symbol Score Mom Return Start Final Value Trades Win Rate Fees Net Max DD Avg Hold Refunds Last Refund Action
1 SHIBUSD ₿ 37 — +126.20% $10,000 $22,620 27 52% $4,586 +$12,620 -31.6% 2.6h ✓ -
2 PEPEUSD ₿ 26 5🧊 +68.98% $10,000 $16,898 93 44% $26,605 +$6,898 -60.1% 3.5h ✓ -
3 UNIUSD ₿ 32 45 +58.85% $10,000 $15,885 80 53% $5,764 +$5,885 -42.4% 3.8h ✓ -
4 XRPUSD ₿ 31 18 +56.75% $10,000 $15,675 51 59% $3,637 +$5,675 -31.3% 2.0h ✓ -
5 DOGEUSD ₿ 25 17 +32.87% $10,000 $13,287 52 44% $4,451 +$3,287 -32.2% 4.2h ✓ -
6 SOLUSD ₿ — — +21.81% $10,000 $12,181 17 47% $1,706 +$2,181 -15.6% 3.4h ✓ -
7 ETHUSD ₿ 15 — +8.52% $10,000 $10,852 15 53% $924 +$852 -12.7% 3.1h ✓ -
8 BTCUSD ₿ — — +7.12% $10,000 $10,712 2 50% $259 +$712 -3.5% 1.2h ✓ -
9 LINKUSD ₿ 6 14 -0.16% $10,000 $9,984 51 41% $3,419 -$16 -30.8% 3.4h ✓ -
10 DOTUSD ₿ 7 — -2.73% $10,000 $9,728 36 47% $2,472 -$273 -31.1% 3.2h ✓ -
11 AVAXUSD ₿ — — -20.06% $10,000 $7,994 30 37% $2,674 -$2,006 -45.2% 2.8h ✓ -
12 LTCUSD ₿ 5 — -25.32% $10,000 $7,468 31 39% $1,672 -$2,532 -49.6% 3.3h ✓ -

👤 Personality

Obsessive researcher. Originally followed whale accumulation, but learned the hard way that buying INTO volume spikes means buying tops. Now waits for capitulation.