Back-testing Trades
21 Jan 2015
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Once in a while I get questions about how to make an equity curve
given historical signal(s) / trade(s).
Let’s take for example the historical signals from
MARKET TIMING with DECISION MOOSE
and create equity curve for this strategy.
|
SPY |
decisionmoose |
Period |
Jan2000 - Apr2015 |
Jan2000 - Apr2015 |
Cagr |
4.33 |
18.31 |
Sharpe |
0.31 |
0.91 |
DVR |
0.16 |
0.89 |
Volatility |
20.16 |
20.29 |
MaxDD |
-55.19 |
-24.43 |
AvgDD |
-2.55 |
-4.28 |
VaR |
-1.98 |
-2.01 |
CVaR |
-3 |
-3 |
Exposure |
99.97 |
97.68 |
decisionmoose |
weight |
entry.date |
exit.date |
nhold |
entry.price |
exit.price |
return |
IWM |
100 |
2012-02-10 |
2012-03-02 |
21 |
77.53 |
76.56 |
-1.25 |
SPY |
100 |
2012-03-02 |
2012-05-04 |
63 |
128.57 |
128.85 |
0.22 |
BTTRX |
100 |
2012-05-04 |
2012-08-10 |
98 |
73.19 |
77.24 |
5.53 |
SPY |
100 |
2012-08-10 |
2012-09-21 |
42 |
133.14 |
138.64 |
4.13 |
GLD |
100 |
2012-09-21 |
2012-12-14 |
84 |
171.96 |
164.13 |
-4.55 |
3MOT |
100 |
2012-12-14 |
2013-01-04 |
21 |
45.81 |
45.82 |
0.02 |
IEV |
100 |
2013-01-04 |
2013-02-08 |
35 |
37.26 |
38.00 |
1.99 |
3MOT |
100 |
2013-02-08 |
2013-05-10 |
91 |
45.81 |
45.80 |
-0.02 |
EWJ |
100 |
2013-05-10 |
2013-05-31 |
21 |
11.47 |
10.58 |
-7.76 |
IWM |
100 |
2013-05-31 |
2014-02-07 |
252 |
95.50 |
109.33 |
14.48 |
IEV |
100 |
2014-02-07 |
2014-03-07 |
28 |
44.94 |
46.85 |
4.25 |
IWM |
100 |
2014-03-07 |
2014-04-04 |
28 |
118.17 |
113.32 |
-4.10 |
SPY |
100 |
2014-04-04 |
2014-04-11 |
7 |
182.82 |
178.02 |
-2.63 |
EDV |
100 |
2014-04-11 |
2014-07-03 |
83 |
98.98 |
99.94 |
0.96 |
ILF |
100 |
2014-07-03 |
2014-08-22 |
50 |
38.17 |
40.24 |
5.42 |
EDV |
100 |
2014-08-22 |
2014-09-05 |
14 |
109.30 |
108.16 |
-1.05 |
ILF |
100 |
2014-09-05 |
2014-09-26 |
21 |
42.33 |
38.20 |
-9.76 |
SPY |
100 |
2014-09-26 |
2014-10-10 |
14 |
195.94 |
188.65 |
-3.72 |
EDV |
100 |
2014-10-10 |
2015-03-13 |
154 |
114.15 |
124.09 |
8.71 |
EWJ |
100 |
2015-03-13 |
2015-04-10 |
28 |
12.48 |
12.94 |
3.69 |
(this report was produced on: 2015-04-11)