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Trailing-Return Rotation Book

Portfolio

Allocates across three trend strategies, holding the two with the best trailing return.

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What this strategy does

Trailing-Return Rotation Book is a portfolio strategy that trades 3-strategy book on 1-hour bars. Allocates across three trend strategies, holding the two with the best trailing return.

How it performed

Backtested on real 3-strategy book market data from 2023-08-01 to 2026-06-30 (2.9 years), this run returned +147.2%, or +36.4% annualized. It closed 216 trades with a 36% win rate. Risk-adjusted, that is a Sharpe ratio of 1.43, a Sortino ratio of 2.13 and a maximum drawdown of 12.5%.

Key results
Symbol3-strategy book
Bar size1-hour
Strategy typePortfolio
Backtest period2023-08-01 → 2026-06-30
Total return+147.2%
Annualized return+36.4%
Sharpe ratio1.43
Sortino ratio2.13
Max drawdown12.5%
Win rate36%
Closed trades216

Evidence

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