# Candle Effect v2: Lighter pool return and drawdown

> Candle Effect v2, a Lighter public pool: +18.4% since May 22, 2026 vs BTC +3.7%, max drawdown −2.3%, 30% operator fee. Verified from public data.

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Verified from Lighter's daily share prices · as of Nov 2, 2026

# Candle Effect v2: Lighter pool return and drawdown vs BTC

Candle Effect v2 returned **+18.4%** from May 22, 2026 to Nov 1, 2026, while BTC did +3.7%. Its worst fall from a peak was −2.3%. Ranked #1 of 5 Lighter public pools that pass our gates, by Sortino ratio.

## Key facts

Updated Nov 2, 2026 · every fact links its source · [how we check](https://tradingagentstack.com/methodology/)

- **Return +18.4%** from May 22, 2026 to Nov 1, 2026, against +3.7% for BTC over the same dates, from Lighter's daily share price, before the operator's profit share. ([pool on Lighter](https://app.lighter.xyz/public-pools/281474976543116), [Lighter API](https://docs.lighter.xyz/api) · Nov 1, 2026)

- **Max drawdown −2.3%**, Sortino ratio 12.12: #1 of 5 Lighter pools that pass our gates. ([method](https://tradingagentstack.com/lighter-public-pools/#method) · Nov 2, 2026)

- **Operator fee 30%** of profits, taken when you withdraw; the operator owns 11.0% of the pool; $64k deposited. ([Lighter docs](https://docs.lighter.xyz/trading/public-pools) · Nov 2, 2026)

- **Lighter's Safety score is 68%**, above the 50% gate for ranking its pools. ([Lighter's score](https://tradingagentstack.com/tool/lighter/) · Oct 31, 2026)

**+18.4%**return since May 22, 2026
**+14.7 pts**vs BTC (+3.7%)
**−2.3%**maximum drawdown
**12.12**Sortino ratio, #1 of 5

— pool return · - - BTC over the same dates, May 22, 2026 to Nov 1, 2026

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## The details

- Deposits: **$64k** · pool created May 21, 2026 · window May 22, 2026 to Nov 1, 2026 (163 days, from the first day it held $10,000).

- Last 30 days: +2.4%; worst day in those 30 days: −0.7%; largest one-day move in the window: −1.5%.

- Operator: takes 30% of profits and owns 11.0% of the pool (Lighter's minimum for this pool: 5%). The operator's share is taken when depositors withdraw ([Lighter docs](https://docs.lighter.xyz/trading/public-pools)).

- Lighter's own app shows an APY of +29.3% for this pool; it's annualized and on Lighter's own window, so it won't match the return above.

- Pool on Lighter: [https://app.lighter.xyz/public-pools/281474976543116](https://app.lighter.xyz/public-pools/281474976543116).

Return = last daily share price divided by the first, minus one, so deposits and withdrawals don't count; it's before the operator's profit share. Max drawdown is the worst fall from a peak in the daily share price. [Full method](https://tradingagentstack.com/lighter-public-pools/#method).

## What you're trusting

- **The exchange:** Lighter scores 68% on our [Safety score](https://tradingagentstack.com/tool/lighter/) (our gate for ranking is 50%). Custody: You sign with your own Ethereum wallet. Deposits sit in Lighter's Ethereum smart contracts, which 'hold the assets and the canonical state root'; the order book and matching run off-chain on Lighter's single operator/sequencer, and each batch is proven with zero-knowledge proofs on Ethereum. ([L2BEAT](https://l2beat.com/publications/exchange-risk-and-how-lighter-escapes-it))

- **The operator:** trades the pool's money through a sub-account however they like within Lighter's rules, and can change strategy or leverage at any time. We can verify the results, not how the trades are made.

## Limits

- **Past results don't predict future results.**

- **Survivorship:** frozen pools and pools that closed before Oct 30, 2026 aren't tracked, and only pools that held up are ranked, so the ranked list looks better than all pools did.

- **Short history:** this pool has under a year of data in the window, which is too short to separate skill from luck.

## FAQ

### Is Candle Effect v2 profitable?

From May 22, 2026 to Nov 1, 2026 the pool's share price rose +18.4%, against +3.7% for BTC over the same dates. That's before the operator's profit share. Past results don't predict future results.

### How risky is Candle Effect v2?

Its worst fall from a peak in the window was −2.3%, inside our 30% gate, and its Sortino ratio is 12.12, #1 of the 5 Lighter pools that pass our gates as of Nov 2, 2026. A small or young pool can move a lot in a few days.

### What does it cost to deposit in Candle Effect v2?

The operator takes 30% of profits when you withdraw and owns 11.0% of the pool. Lighter's trading fees are paid inside the pool and already show in the share price.

### Is this your pool?

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Sources: [Lighter's public API](https://docs.lighter.xyz/api) (daily share prices and pool shares), recomputed daily; open data: [Lighter public pools (JSON)](https://tradingagentstack.com/data/lighter-public-pools.json). Not financial advice, and not a recommendation to deposit.

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