Read your result
ExampleA real past test, kept for these lessons. Not your result.
- You asked:
- Holds ISF.L while its 50-day average price is above its 200-day average, and stays in cash otherwise.
- Lost to simply holding ISF.L.
- Worst fall about the same: 13% against 13%.
- This rule
- £1,564
- from £1,000
- Simply holding
- £1,764
- from £1,000
- £1,000 put in at the close of 6 Oct 2021, counted at the close of 5 Oct 2026.
- Only 3 round-trip trades in 5 years, so one decision can swing this result.
- A backtest of 7 Oct 2021 to 5 Oct 2026. It describes the past. Not a forecast, not advice.
- What each line means
- Full report
The coloured line says whether the rule beat simply holding.
Simply holding means buying on the first day and doing nothing after.
The worst fall is the biggest drop from a high point to the low that followed.
The two boxes show what £1,000 became each way, over the same dates. Here the rule ended £200 behind.
A caution appears when a test has little to go on.
Check it landed
Two quick questions. Nothing is scored or kept.
In this example, which ended ahead?
What does simply holding mean?
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A test describes the past. It is not a forecast and it is not advice.
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