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◎ Order Book Imbalance Strategy Backtest — Solana

90-day quantitative backtest of the Order Book Imbalance signal for Solana (SOL). Performance metrics, trade statistics, and risk analysis. Last updated: March 13, 2026.

Performance Summary

0.85
Sharpe Ratio
-10%
Max Drawdown
52%
Win Rate
85
Total Trades
2.15
Profit Factor
0.15%
Avg Trade

Current Signal State </> API
# Current Order Book Imbalance signal for SOL
$ curl command:
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://algotick.dev/v1/signals/imbalance?coin=SOL
Endpoint: /v1/signals/imbalance?coin=SOL
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Current Value
0.2923
Signal
ask_heavy
Indicator
Order Book Imbalance

Trade Statistics

MetricValue
Best Trade+6.5%
Worst Trade-6.0%
Average Trade+0.15%
Win Rate52%
Profit Factor2.15
Total Trades (90d)85
Average Holding Period6h
Max Consecutive Wins8
Max Consecutive Losses2

Methodology

Order Book Imbalance: Order book imbalance measures the ratio of bid-side to ask-side depth. When imbalance is strongly positive (bid-heavy), prices tend to rise; when negative (ask-heavy), prices tend to fall. This indicator generates signals from real-time L2 order book data.

Backtest Parameters:

  • Period: 90 days of 1-minute data from Hyperliquid
  • Signal: imbalance from the Algo Tick API
  • Position sizing: Fixed 1x leverage, no compounding
  • Execution: Market orders at next bar open, 0.05% slippage + 0.02% fees
  • Risk: Stop-loss at 2x ATR, take-profit at 3x ATR

Reproduce This Backtest

Don't run this backtest locally — just query our analytics endpoint:

# Fetch historical signal data for backtesting
import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"
BASE = "https://algotick.dev"

# Get current Order Book Imbalance signal
resp = requests.get(
    f"{BASE}/v1/signals/imbalance",
    params={"coin": "SOL", "api_key": API_KEY}
)
signal = resp.json()
print(signal)

# Query historical data for backtesting
hist = requests.get(
    f"{BASE}/v3/analytics/query",
    params={
        "api_key": API_KEY,
        "metric": "imbalance",
        "coin": "SOL",
        "hours": 2160  # 90 days
    }
)
data = hist.json()

Our server-side Order Book Imbalance signal generated a 0.9 Sharpe on SOL over the last 90 days

Don't build the infrastructure. Just query the API and focus on your alpha.

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