**Platform:** Bitvavo (MiCA-regulated European crypto exchange)
**What you get:**
• €10 in BTC after signing up and trading €500 within 7 days
• First €10,000 in trades completely fee-free
**Referral link:** comment and i will send it to you only 5 spots left
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I spent the last few months building and refining an automated
trading bot for Bitvavo. Here's what I learned from backtesting
it on 2.5+ years of historical data.
**The strategy**
- EMA 10/50 crossover for trend signals
- ADX filter (min 25) to avoid sideways markets
- RSI filter (max 70) to avoid overbought entries
- 4 hour cooldown after each sell
- Stop-loss at -3%, take-profit at +6%
**Backtest results (ETH-EUR, 2.5 years)**
- Strategy: +14.0%
- Buy & Hold: -37.6%
- Win rate: 75%
The ADX filter made the biggest difference. Without it, the bot
was getting whipsawed in sideways markets and losing on almost
every trade. Adding it dropped the number of trades significantly
but pushed the win rate from 22% to 75%.
SOL didn't work well with this strategy at all (-13% vs +275%
buy & hold) — too volatile for trend following. Moved it to a
grid bot instead.
The bot runs 24/7 on a cheap VPS with Telegram notifications
for every trade.
Happy to answer questions about the strategy or implementation.