Every strategy on every asset, honestly scored
Every one of the library's famous strategies, backtested on every famous asset over a fixed ~5-year window (costs & slippage on, no look-ahead, always measured against simply buying and holding), colored by the one honest question: did it beat buy & hold? Of the 2407 with enough trades and history to judge, only 698 — 29% — did. The rest is mostly red, and that is the point.
These are historical backtest verdicts, not live prices, not today's change, not signals, and not advice. A green tile only means a higher total return than holding the asset over this one past window — it is not risk-adjusted, not luck-checked, and says nothing about the future.
How this is computed → (closed-bar, costs on, vs buy & hold — the full method.)
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. This is an educational, analytical tool — not investment advice, and not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. You make all decisions and execute on your own broker.
Hypothetical performance disclaimer (CFTC Rule 4.41)
HYPOTHETICAL OR SIMULATED PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS. UNLIKE AN ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RECORD, SIMULATED RESULTS DO NOT REPRESENT ACTUAL TRADING. ALSO, SINCE THE TRADES HAVE NOT BEEN EXECUTED, THE RESULTS MAY HAVE UNDER- OR OVER-COMPENSATED FOR THE IMPACT, IF ANY, OF CERTAIN MARKET FACTORS, SUCH AS LACK OF LIQUIDITY. SIMULATED TRADING PROGRAMS IN GENERAL ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE DESIGNED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THOSE SHOWN.
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