Risk is a composite of four on-chain-inspired signals:
35% 365-day running ROI (rate of change — drives the sharp peaks at cycle tops),
30% log-deviation from the power-law trendline (long-term cycle position),
20% log-deviation from MA200 (medium-term momentum),
and 15% log-deviation from the ~3-year MA — a proxy for
MVRV (how far price is above the average holder cost basis).
The composite score is mapped to 0–1 using a sigmoid-atan transform —
risk = sigmoid(K · atan(score)) with asymmetric scaling for bear markets.
The atan() compresses extreme scores from early cycles (diminishing returns),
while the sigmoid provides smooth 0–1 bounds with well-calibrated cycle peaks and bottoms.
The result is a 0–1 scale where
1.0 = historical peak risk (cycle tops) and
0.0 = historical minimum risk (cycle bottoms).
Reference lines at 0.2 (accumulation zone) and 0.8 (distribution zone).