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Nvidia Bollinger-Width Expansion

Volatility

Enters as Bollinger band-width expands out of a quiet regime, exits as it contracts.

What this strategy does

Nvidia Bollinger-Width Expansion is a volatility strategy that trades NVDA on 15-minute bars. Enters as Bollinger band-width expands out of a quiet regime, exits as it contracts.

How it performed

Backtested on real NVDA market data from 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30 (3.0 years), this run returned +94.7%, or +24.9% annualized. It closed 74 trades with a 54% win rate. Risk-adjusted, that is a Sharpe ratio of 1.21, a Sortino ratio of 1.71 and a maximum drawdown of 28.2%.

Key results
SymbolNVDA
Bar size15-minute
Strategy typeVolatility
Backtest period2023-07-01 → 2026-06-30
Total return+94.7%
Annualized return+24.9%
Sharpe ratio1.21
Sortino ratio1.71
Max drawdown28.2%
Win rate54%
Closed trades74

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