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Mean reversion · META · 1D

Does Turtle Soup reversal actually work on META? We tested it

We ran Turtle Soup reversal on META through walk-forward testing and a 100-run random-entry gauntlet. 4 of 4 unseen periods positive. Beat 95 of 100 random-entry runs.

WALK-FORWARD VERIFIED EDGESTACKER ENGINE
Return +89.6%
Win rate 87.5%
Max drawdown −17.3%
Trades 24
Sharpe 0.80
Equity curve

Equity curve over Aug 2016 to Jul 2026. Hover any point for its value. Turn on buy and hold to compare.

PeriodWindowReturnSharpeTrades
1 Aug 2018 to Jul 2020 +13.5% 1.34 6
2 Jul 2020 to Jul 2022 +0.4% 0.08 4
3 Jul 2022 to Jul 2024 +19.3% 1.86 4
4 Jul 2024 to Jul 2026 +16.3% 0.61 7
4 of 4 periods positive. Mean Sharpe 0.97. Worst period +0.4%.
Market matrix
Edge held on 3 of 28

The same rules, tested on 28 tickers. Edge held on 3. We ship it on those.

META SHIPPED
95/100 EDGE
MSFT
92/100 EDGE
JPM
78/100 EDGE
Show every ticker we tested
COIN
94/100 NONE
NFLX
73/100 NONE
DIA
71/100 NONE
NVDA
66/100 NONE
RIOT
66/100 NONE
AVGO
57/100 NONE
MSTR
54/100 NONE
MARA
46/100 NONE
AMZN
42/100 NONE
AMD
42/100 NONE
BA
41/100 NONE
SPY
39/100 NONE
IWM
27/100 NONE
UBER
21/100 NONE
GOOGL
19/100 NONE
MU
8/100 NONE
GLD
6/100 NONE
QQQ
5/100 NONE
AAPL
3/100 NONE
TSLA
2/100 NONE
PLTR
too new TOO NEW
HOOD
too new TOO NEW
XOM
too new TOO NEW
SMCI
too new TOO NEW
SOFI
too new TOO NEW
The rules
Entrywhen the low sweeps below the last confirmed swing low and closes back above it AND close is above SMA of close over 200 bars
Exitwhen a signal fires (close is at or above HIGHEST of close over 5 bars), or 10 bars have passed since entry (time stop)
Sizing**Position size:** no fixed stop distance to size against. This strategy exits on signal only. Size by conviction, or add a hard stop for a size-by-risk number.
Diagnosis

This strategy made money, turning an 89.64% total return over 24 trades, and it did so with a very high win rate of 87.5%, meaning most trades were winners. However, the ride was not perfectly smooth; the worst hit came as a -17.29% drawdown in April 2025, which lasted about three weeks and shows that even a high-win-rate system can have a painful stretch. The result is not driven by just a few lucky trades, as the average trade returned a solid 2.80%, and the consistency figure shows the edge was present in all four tested periods, not just one lucky run. The entry-timing edge is strong, beating 95% of random entries, which means the specific entry signal is doing most of the work here, rather than the exits carrying the strategy. Overall, this setup provided steady, repeatable gains with one notable rough patch, and the entry logic itself is the key driver of performance.

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