Pepe scores 18/20 today — Strong tier — and Bitcoin is risk-on. Before 2023 that was the only regime where top scores paid off; since 2023 the edge has measured as noise, so read this as a chart to watch, not a buy signal.
Last close $0.00000499
7-day +1.0%
30-day +21.7%
RSI(14) 59
Mcap rank #49
Bitcoin regime: RISK-ON — golden cross on 2026-09-08, 60 days ago. Before 2023, top-tier charts beat bottom-tier by ~24 points over 30 days in this regime; since 2023 that gap has measured as noise (+3.6 points, range −4.4 to +11.2). Live regime status →
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The last 90 days
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Today's read, in plain English
What's working: price sits above its rising 20- and 50-day averages; the 50-day average itself is sloping upward; the weekly trend gate is open (weekly close above its 10-week average). What's missing: the latest pullback undercut the prior low. Momentum context: RSI(14) is at 59 with positive MACD. The breakout trigger sits at $0.00000511, about 2.4% above the last close.
The 10-component rubric
What's working (9)
✓price sits above its rising 20- and 50-day averages+3
✓the 50-day average itself is sloping upward+3
✓the weekly trend gate is open (weekly close above its 10-week average)+3
✓RSI sits in the healthy 50–72 trend band+2
✓it is outperforming Bitcoin over the last 90 days+2
✓up-days carry more volume than down-days+2
✓the latest swing high broke above the prior one+1
✓MACD momentum is on the positive side+1
✓price is within 3% of its breakout trigger+1
What's missing (1)
✗the latest pullback undercut the prior low+2 missed
Each component is weighted by how much it historically improved forward returns;
the weights sum to 20. The full methodology — including what we tested and rejected —
is public on the daily read.
What would change our answer
→ pullbacks are bottoming higher than the last one
Key levels & context
Last close
$0.00000499
Breakout trigger
$0.00000511
(2.4% away)
50-day average
$0.00000435
(price +14.7% vs it)
Volatility (ATR14)
9.2% / day
RSI(14) / MACD
59 / positive
Liquidity
OK
(mcap rank #49)
Can you time Pepe with moving averages?
One rule, fully visible: hold PEPE while
its 2-day average is above its 12-day average, stand in cash when it isn't. Of the
295 fast/slow pairs we sweep
daily across 3.5 years of history, 2/12 is this coin's best —
in hindsight. Every triangle below is a real cross: exactly when the rule
bought and when it stepped aside.
closeSMA 2 (fast)SMA 12 (slow)rule says hold▲ go long▼ go to cash
Last two years shown (76 of 127 crosses in the full 3.5-year history). Hover any triangle for the exact date and price.
×34.7
the rule · 178%/yr
×1.3
buy & hold · 9%/yr
-63%
worst drawdown vs -91% buy & hold
64 · 36%
trades · win rate
×28.7
after 0.15%/side costs
LONG
since 2026-10-19
Rows = fast average, columns = slow. Greenest cell +178%/yr, reddest -25%/yr — scale is relative to this coin only. The white square is the pair charted on the left. Hover any cell for its numbers.
The map behind the pair
Each square is one fast/slow combination,
coloured by what it returned per year holding PEPE only while its fast average was
above its slow one. The chart on the left is the white square, traded for real —
every whipsaw included. A fast average this short is classic noise-chasing — expect far less out of sample.
Honest math: 64
round trips at 0.15% costs per side turns ×34.7 into
×28.7 — still ahead of
buy & hold's ×1.3. Right now the rule is
long (since 2026-10-19).
This is an educational backtest, not a strategy we sell. Our product's regime gate
uses the same idea with one deliberately slow pair (50/200); on its own it made about
0%/yr since 2023, against about +32%/yr for simply holding.
Every trade the rule made — 64 round trips, newest first
23 winners, 41 losers. Cross-close
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