Perpetuals.com Ltd. (NASDAQ: PDC) has announced the backtest results for version two of its patent-pending BayesShield artificial intelligence engine, which powers its UpsideOnly paper trading platform. The company replayed approximately 1.07 billion historical order fills over a 375-day period, generating a hypothetical non-compounded return of 380% with a maximum drawdown of 27% and a return-to-drawdown ratio of 4.4. Starting with $400,000 in simulated capital, the strategy produced hypothetical profits of $1.522 million, ending the test period with $1.922 million.
The AI model identifies consistently successful traders and generates automated trading signals when qualified users independently take similar positions at roughly the same time, rather than attempting to predict market prices directly. According to the backtest, the strategy posted positive returns in every calendar quarter, avoided liquidations during the test period, and remained nearly flat during a sharp October 2025 Bitcoin sell-off. Perpetuals also noted that UpsideOnly, launched in May 2026, has grown to more than 225,000 users and recorded $70 billion in simulated notional trading volume across 25 assets, while cautioning that the live trading period remains too limited to draw conclusions about future performance.
The announcement underscores the potential of AI-driven trading strategies in the fintech sector, but also highlights the importance of rigorous backtesting and the need for caution when extrapolating past performance to future results. The company's approach of following successful traders rather than predicting market movements is a novel concept that could differentiate it in the crowded trading platform market.
Perpetuals.com Ltd. is a fintech company developing AI-powered trading products and prediction markets, with a global footprint across the United States, Europe, and Asia. Its proprietary trading platform, Kronos X, combines advanced AI and data analysis, trained on billions of trades, monitors market activity in real time, and provides multi-asset coverage with self-clearing blockchain-based settlement. The company's licensed European Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) infrastructure and Kronos X multi-asset exchange platform operate with full MiFID II, MiCA, DORA, and EMIR compliance.
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