Systems tested
The Mayer Multiple on Bitcoin: $1,000 → $7,770, and the catch
Since 2017, the Mayer Multiple would have turned $1,000 into $7,770 on Bitcoin.
2017.
Bitcoin investor Trace Mayer looked at one ratio: the price against its 200-day average.
His line: 2.4. Below it, he said, buying had paid off best.
The rules
Ratio. The price, divided by its 200-day average.
In. The ratio is below 2.4: buy, with the whole account.
Out. It goes above 2.4: sell everything, sit in cash.
Daily candles · Aug 2017 – Nov 2026 · fees 0.1% a trade included
What we found
$1,000 on BTC, 2017
$7,770
Just holding
+1,627%
Without its biggest trade
+167%
Beat just holding, all 29 markets
7 of 29
Smaller worst drop than holding
14 of 29
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The full test
Every market, the whole period against just holding, and after the cut: the original, the change, holding. Plus all 18 changes.
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Past results, measured on real data with fees included. No promise of future returns. This is not investment advice.