Ladder Strategy Backtester

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Market scenario

Ticker / ETF Start date Start price (B) auto End date blank = latest Target exit price (Z) optional Data source Interval

Strategy parameters

Total capital (A) First-step amount (C) Number of steps (N) Threshold % (X) Strategy mode

Trailing re-entry — while the ladder is fully in cash, re-deploy on a pullback from the running high instead of waiting for a dip to a stale level (most useful with LIFO) Deploy excess cash — SCALE only: cap cash at the original A−C and buy stock with any surplus, held aside (never re-sold) so gains ride the trend instead of piling up as idle cash Reserve in QQQ — hold the un-deployed reserve in QQQ instead of idle cash: sell QQQ to fund a buy, buy QQQ with sale proceeds, so the reserve earns QQQ's return. Needs QQQ price data; mutually exclusive with deploy-excess

Run history

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#	Ticker	Range	Interval	Strategy	Buy & Hold	Delta	QQQ	Δ vs QQQ	Trades	Target
33	AMZN Amazon.com, Inc.	2023-06-14 → 2026-06-12	1d scale	121.47%	88.70%	+32.78 pp	97.14%	+24.33 pp	98B / 125S	n/a
32	CSCO Cisco Systems, Inc.	2023-06-14 → 2026-06-12	1d scale	85.25%	137.64%	-52.39 pp	97.14%	-11.89 pp	57B / 84S	n/a
31	NFLX Netflix, Inc.	2023-06-14 → 2026-06-12	1d scale	143.54%	82.22%	+61.32 pp	97.14%	+46.40 pp	101B / 123S	n/a
30	GOOG Alphabet Inc.	2023-06-14 → 2026-06-12	1d scale	108.88%	187.96%	-79.08 pp	97.14%	+11.74 pp	69B / 98S	n/a
29	META Meta Platforms, Inc.	2023-06-14 → 2026-06-12	1d scale	147.20%	107.42%	+39.78 pp	97.14%	+50.06 pp	103B / 129S	n/a
28	NVDA NVIDIA Corporation	2023-06-14 → 2026-06-12	1d scale	179.62%	377.19%	-197.57 pp	97.14%	+82.47 pp	105B / 144S	n/a
27	GM General Motors Company	2023-06-14 → 2026-06-12	1d scale	115.46%	118.15%	-2.69 pp	97.14%	+18.31 pp	101B / 119S	n/a
26	TSLA Tesla, Inc.	2023-06-14 → 2026-06-12	1d scale	111.84%	58.27%	+53.57 pp	97.14%	+14.70 pp	189B / 198S	n/a
25	AAPL Apple Inc.	2023-06-14 → 2026-06-12	1d scale	84.77%	58.27%	+26.51 pp	97.14%	-12.37 pp	76B / 98S	n/a
24	COST Costco Wholesale Corporation	2023-06-14 → 2026-06-12	1d scale	127.43%	86.33%	+41.09 pp	97.14%	+30.29 pp	53B / 81S	n/a
12	AAPL Apple Inc.	2023-05-30 → 2026-05-29	1d scale deploy	64.18%	76.01%	-11.82 pp	—	—	32B / 32S	—
11	AAPL Apple Inc.	2023-05-30 → 2026-05-29	1d scale deploy	64.18%	76.01%	-11.82 pp	—	—	32B / 32S	—
10	AAPL Apple Inc.	2023-05-30 → 2026-05-29	1d scale deploy	63.84%	76.01%	-12.16 pp	—	—	73B / 73S	—
9	AAPL Apple Inc.	2023-05-30 → 2026-05-29	1d scale deploy	63.15%	76.01%	-12.85 pp	—	—	98B / 98S	—
8	AAPL Apple Inc.	2023-05-30 → 2026-05-29	1d scale deploy	63.15%	76.01%	-12.85 pp	—	—	98B / 98S	—
7	AAPL Apple Inc.	2023-05-30 → 2026-05-29	1d lifo trail	62.60%	76.01%	-13.41 pp	—	—	73B / 73S	n/a
6	AAPL Apple Inc.	2023-05-30 → 2026-05-29	1d lifo	54.07%	76.01%	-21.94 pp	—	—	9B / 9S	n/a
5	AAPL Apple Inc.	2023-05-30 → 2026-05-29	1d lifo	54.07%	76.01%	-21.94 pp	—	—	9B / 9S	n/a
4	AAPL Apple Inc.	2023-05-30 → 2026-05-29	1d lifo	53.89%	76.01%	-22.11 pp	—	—	9B / 9S	—
3	COST Costco Wholesale Corporation	2025-05-30 → 2026-05-29	1d lifo	-1.28%	-8.06%	+6.78 pp	—	—	34B / 32S	n/a
2	AAPL Apple Inc.	2023-05-30 → 2026-05-29	1d scale	36.64%	76.01%	-39.37 pp	—	—	74B / 98S	—
1	COST Costco Wholesale Corporation	2025-05-30 → 2026-05-29	1d scale	3.40%	-8.06%	+11.46 pp	—	—	41B / 42S	n/a

Parameter sweeps

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#	Ticker	Range	Interval	Combos	Buy & Hold	Best Δ	Best X/N/C
2	COST Costco Wholesale Corporation	2023-05-31 → 2026-05-29	1d lifo	75	86.94%	-17.39 pp	X1.0 / N4 / C8000	Copy
1	COST Costco Wholesale Corporation	2025-05-30 → 2026-05-29	1d scale	75	-8.06%	+11.46 pp	X1.0 / N4 / C6000	Copy

Rolling studies

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#	Tickers	Span	Mode	Windows	C levels	Median Δ	Corr(Δ,mkt)
3	AMZN, CSCO, NFLX, GOOG, META, NVDA, GM, TSLA, AAPL, COST	2018-01-01 → 2026-06-14	scale	3880	70, 90%	+0.88 pp	-0.93
2	AMZN, CSCO, NFLX, GOOG, META, NVDA, GM, TSLA, AAPL, COST	2018-01-01 → 2026-06-14	scale	3880	70, 90%	-4.29 pp	-0.96
1	AAPL, ORCL, COST, META	2023-06-04 → 2026-06-04	lifo	420	70, 90%	-6.49 pp	-0.99

Median Δ & correlation are for the first C level. Negative correlation ⇒ the strategy is defensive (helps when the market falls, lags when it rises).