BACKTEST · MOMENTUM
Cross-sectional momentum, top decile
Nine sector ETFs: each month hold the one with the best 12 month return (top decile of a small universe).
From 2015-01-02 to 2024-12-31, this rule made 26 trades and returned +302.1%. Buying and holding SPY returned +185.3% over the same dates. The largest drop from a past high was 31.5%.
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The rule
Nine sector ETFs: each month hold the one with the best 12 month return (top decile of a small universe). Orders fill at the next close.
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Did it beat SPY?
How it did over time
Strategy in orange-red. SPY buy and hold in light.
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The same result in an AI chat
This is how the result looks when an AI agent such as Claude or ChatGPT runs it. It uses the same engine report.
Strategy equity in orange-red, SPY in light. Historical test only.
Every trade
26 trades and 51 fills, straight from the engine report. Each fill shows the day the signal fired, the day it filled, and why. This run used 0 bps fees and 0 bps slippage on each fill, except when a modeled option expires. A basis point (bps) is one hundredth of one percent.
| Signal date | Fill date | Ticker | Side | Price | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-04 | 2016-01-05 | XLY | Buy | $76.72 | allocation |
| 2016-03-01 | 2016-03-02 | XLY | Sell | $76.34 | allocation |
| 2016-03-01 | 2016-03-02 | XLU | Buy | $46.31 | allocation |
| 2016-10-03 | 2016-10-04 | XLU | Sell | $47.29 | allocation |
| 2016-10-03 | 2016-10-04 | XLK | Buy | $47.47 | allocation |
| 2016-11-01 | 2016-11-02 | XLK | Sell | $46.71 | allocation |
| 2016-11-01 | 2016-11-02 | XLU | Buy | $47.92 | allocation |
| 2016-12-01 | 2016-12-02 | XLU | Sell | $46.80 | allocation |
| 2016-12-01 | 2016-12-02 | XLI | Buy | $62.81 | allocation |
| 2017-01-03 | 2017-01-04 | XLI | Sell | $62.96 | allocation |
| 2017-01-03 | 2017-01-04 | XLE | Buy | $76.01 | allocation |
| 2017-02-01 | 2017-02-02 | XLE | Sell | $72.77 | allocation |
| 2017-02-01 | 2017-02-02 | XLB | Buy | $51.99 | allocation |
| 2017-03-01 | 2017-03-02 | XLB | Sell | $52.70 | allocation |
| 2017-03-01 | 2017-03-02 | XLI | Buy | $66.25 | allocation |
| 2017-04-03 | 2017-04-04 | XLI | Sell | $65.09 | allocation |
| 2017-04-03 | 2017-04-04 | XLK | Buy | $53.30 | allocation |
| 2017-10-02 | 2017-10-03 | XLK | Sell | $59.33 | allocation |
| 2017-10-02 | 2017-10-03 | XLF | Buy | $26.17 | allocation |
| 2017-12-01 | 2017-12-04 | XLF | Sell | $28.00 | allocation |
| 2017-12-01 | 2017-12-04 | XLK | Buy | $62.49 | allocation |
| 2018-09-04 | 2018-09-05 | XLK | Sell | $74.37 | allocation |
| 2018-09-04 | 2018-09-05 | XLY | Buy | $115.91 | allocation |
| 2018-12-03 | 2018-12-04 | XLY | Sell | $106.05 | allocation |
| 2018-12-03 | 2018-12-04 | XLV | Buy | $93.28 | allocation |
| 2019-02-01 | 2019-02-04 | XLV | Sell | $90.49 | allocation |
| 2019-02-01 | 2019-02-04 | XLU | Buy | $54.64 | allocation |
| 2019-04-01 | 2019-04-02 | XLU | Sell | $57.85 | allocation |
| 2019-04-01 | 2019-04-02 | XLK | Buy | $75.27 | allocation |
| 2019-06-03 | 2019-06-04 | XLK | Sell | $72.99 | allocation |
| 2019-06-03 | 2019-06-04 | XLU | Buy | $58.88 | allocation |
| 2019-11-01 | 2019-11-04 | XLU | Sell | $63.27 | allocation |
| 2019-11-01 | 2019-11-04 | XLK | Buy | $85.11 | allocation |
| 2021-04-01 | 2021-04-05 | XLK | Sell | $138.28 | allocation |
| 2021-04-01 | 2021-04-05 | XLB | Buy | $80.47 | allocation |
| 2021-06-01 | 2021-06-02 | XLB | Sell | $87.74 | allocation |
| 2021-06-01 | 2021-06-02 | XLF | Buy | $38.28 | allocation |
| 2021-10-01 | 2021-10-04 | XLF | Sell | $37.82 | allocation |
| 2021-10-01 | 2021-10-04 | XLE | Buy | $54.72 | allocation |
| 2023-06-01 | 2023-06-02 | XLE | Sell | $79.90 | allocation |
Show all 51 fills
| Signal date | Fill date | Ticker | Side | Price | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-01 | 2023-06-02 | XLK | Buy | $166.90 | allocation |
| 2024-06-03 | 2024-06-04 | XLK | Sell | $211.13 | allocation |
| 2024-06-03 | 2024-06-04 | XLF | Buy | $41.19 | allocation |
| 2024-07-01 | 2024-07-02 | XLF | Sell | $41.68 | allocation |
| 2024-07-01 | 2024-07-02 | XLK | Buy | $229.08 | allocation |
| 2024-08-01 | 2024-08-02 | XLK | Sell | $204.72 | allocation |
| 2024-08-01 | 2024-08-02 | XLF | Buy | $42.06 | allocation |
| 2024-10-01 | 2024-10-02 | XLF | Sell | $45.13 | allocation |
| 2024-10-01 | 2024-10-02 | XLU | Buy | $81.47 | allocation |
| 2024-11-01 | 2024-11-04 | XLU | Sell | $77.20 | allocation |
| 2024-11-01 | 2024-11-04 | XLF | Buy | $46.28 | allocation |
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Risk warning
Past results do not predict future returns. Not investment advice.