Summary

Backtest Summary - AMB

Generated: 2025-09-24 06:20:31

📊 Buy & Hold Benchmark

Total Return: +350.06%
Analysis Period: Medium-term
Date Range: {‘start’: Timestamp(‘2005-06-22 00:00:00’), ’end’: Timestamp(‘2025-09-23 00:00:00’), ‘days’: 7398}

This represents the return from buying at the start and holding until the end of the analysis period.

Performance Overview

Best Strategy: relative_strength_rotation

• Symbol: AMB
• Total Return: 1522.07%
• Sharpe Ratio: 0.63
• Max Drawdown: -42.77%
• Final Portfolio Value: $1,622,073

Key Metrics

• Initial Capital: $100,000
• Analysis Date: 2025-09-24
• Portfolio Manager: Active (Extreme returns fix applied)

Period Analysis

This report includes period-based return analysis for the following timeframes:

• 3M Return: Performance over the last 3 months
• 6M Return: Performance over the last 6 months
• 12M Return: Performance over the last 12 months
• 24M Return: Performance over the last 24 months

Period-based analysis helps identify strategy behavior across different market conditions and time horizons.

Recent Trading Signals

📊 Today’s Signals (2025-09-24)

⚪ No new trading signals detected in today’s analysis.

📈 Most Recent Signals by Strategy

• 🔴 Trend Momentum: Last SELL on 2025-09-23

  • 📊 Total Confidence: 26.3%
  • 🟢 Composite: 29.4%
  • 🔵 Conservative: 0.0%
  • 🔴 Aggressive: 25.2%
  • 🟡 Institutional: 36.7%
  • 🟣 Quantitative: 40.4%

• 🔴 Volume Confirmation: Last SELL on 2025-09-23

  • 📊 Total Confidence: 28.1%
  • 🟢 Composite: 32.0%
  • 🔵 Conservative: 0.0%
  • 🔴 Aggressive: 27.8%
  • 🟡 Institutional: 39.5%
  • 🟣 Quantitative: 41.2%

• 🟢 Bollinger Oscillators: Last BUY on 2025-09-18

  • 📊 Total Confidence: 0.0%
  • 🟢 Composite: 0.0%
  • 🔵 Conservative: 0.0%
  • 🔴 Aggressive: 0.0%
  • 🟡 Institutional: 0.0%
  • 🟣 Quantitative: 0.0%

• 🔴 Breakout Momentum: Last SELL on 2025-09-17

  • 📊 Total Confidence: 22.1%
  • 🟢 Composite: 25.0%
  • 🔵 Conservative: 0.0%
  • 🔴 Aggressive: 21.2%
  • 🟡 Institutional: 31.2%
  • 🟣 Quantitative: 33.2%

• 🔴 Mean Reversion Multi Tf: Last SELL on 2024-08-27

  • 📊 Total Confidence: 18.3%
  • 🟢 Composite: 25.2%
  • 🔵 Conservative: 0.0%
  • 🔴 Aggressive: 20.9%
  • 🟡 Institutional: 26.6%
  • 🟣 Quantitative: 18.9%

• 🔴 Relative Strength Rotation: Last SELL on 2025-08-25

  • 📊 Total Confidence: 31.0%
  • 🟢 Composite: 35.3%
  • 🔵 Conservative: 0.0%
  • 🔴 Aggressive: 31.1%
  • 🟡 Institutional: 43.8%
  • 🟣 Quantitative: 44.6%

• 🔴 Gap Trading: Last SELL on 2021-02-15

  • 📊 Total Confidence: 11.5%
  • 🟢 Composite: 15.5%
  • 🔵 Conservative: 0.0%
  • 🔴 Aggressive: 13.0%
  • 🟡 Institutional: 15.5%
  • 🟣 Quantitative: 13.4%

• 🔴 Volatility Expansion: Last SELL on 2020-03-12

  • 📊 Total Confidence: 2.5%
  • 🟢 Composite: 4.8%
  • 🔵 Conservative: 0.0%
  • 🔴 Aggressive: 0.7%
  • 🟡 Institutional: 5.3%
  • 🟣 Quantitative: 1.7%

• 🔴 Momentum Kirkpatrick: Last SELL on 2025-09-23

  • 📊 Total Confidence: 74.5%
  • 🟢 Composite: 69.4%
  • 🔵 Conservative: 3.0%
  • 🔴 Aggressive: 100.0%
  • 🟡 Institutional: 100.0%
  • 🟣 Quantitative: 100.0%

📊 How Confidence Is Calculated

Confidence percentages tell you how much to trust a trading signal based on the strategy’s historical performance.

🎯 Current Method: Composite (Balanced)

• Sharpe Ratio: Up to 20 points (risk-adjusted returns)
• Win Rate: Up to 30 points (percentage of profitable trades)
• Total Return: Up to 50 points (overall profitability)

📈 Available Confidence Methods:

• 🟢 Composite (Balanced): Current method - balanced approach for most traders
• 🔵 Conservative (Risk-Averse): Emphasizes safety and downside protection
• 🔴 Aggressive (Growth-Focused): Prioritizes high returns over risk
• 🟡 Institutional (Modern Portfolio Theory): Professional fund management approach
• 🟣 Quantitative (Statistical): Mathematical and statistical measures

🎯 Confidence Levels:

• 70%+: Strong performer - trust this signal more
• 50-70%: Decent performer - moderate trust
• 30-50%: Weak performer - be cautious
• <30%: Poor performer - low trust

💡 Signal Interpretation

• 🟢 BUY signals: Suggest potential upward price movement
• 🔴 SELL signals: Suggest potential downward price movement
• ⚪ HOLD signals: Suggest maintaining current position
• 📊 Confidence: Higher percentages indicate stronger signal conviction
• 🎯 CONSENSUS: Overall recommendation based on multiple strategy agreement

📚 Detailed Confidence Method Explanations

🟢 Composite (Balanced) - Current Method

Formula: (Sharpe×20) + (WinRate×30) + (Return×50)

Used by: Individual traders, retail investors

Why: Balanced approach that considers risk, consistency, and returns equally. Good for most trading styles.

Example: Strategy with 0.4 Sharpe, 60% win rate, 80% return = (0.4×20) + (0.6×30) + (0.8×50) = 66% confidence

🔵 Conservative (Risk-Averse)

Formula: (Sharpe×25) + (WinRate×35) + (Return×40) - DrawdownPenalty + SafetyBonus

Used by: Pension funds, insurance companies, risk-averse investors

Why: Prioritizes capital preservation over growth. Heavily penalizes strategies with large drawdowns.

Key Features:

• Higher weight on consistency (win rate)
• Penalty for drawdowns >5%
• Bonus for low-risk strategies
• Caps returns at 50% to avoid overvaluing risky strategies

🔴 Aggressive (Growth-Focused)

Formula: (Return×60) + (Sharpe×15) + (WinRate×25) + HighReturnBonus

Used by: Hedge funds, growth investors, aggressive traders

Why: Maximizes returns regardless of risk. Suitable for investors who can tolerate volatility.

Key Features:

• 60% weight on raw returns
• Lower weight on risk adjustment
• Bonus for strategies with >50% returns
• Allows returns up to 200% contribution

🟡 Institutional (Modern Portfolio Theory)

Formula: InfoRatio + Consistency + RiskAdjustedReturn + ReturnComponent + SignificanceBonus

Used by: Mutual funds, pension funds, institutional investors

Why: Based on academic finance theory and institutional requirements. Emphasizes statistical significance.

Key Features:

• Information ratio (like Sharpe but more robust)
• Return-to-drawdown ratio
• Bonus for statistically significant results (>100 trades)
• Follows modern portfolio theory principles

🟣 Quantitative (Statistical)

Formula: CalmarRatio + SterlingRatio + WinRate + Return + SampleSize + StatisticalSignificance

Used by: Quantitative funds, algorithmic trading systems, research institutions

Why: Uses advanced statistical measures and mathematical optimization. Most rigorous approach.

Key Features:

• Calmar ratio (return/max drawdown)
• Sterling ratio (similar to Calmar)
• Sample size adjustment for statistical validity
• T-statistic proxy for significance testing
• Mathematical optimization of weights

🏛️ Financial Industry Context

Goldman Sachs: Uses similar multi-factor scoring for strategy selection

Renaissance Technologies: Employs statistical significance testing like our Quantitative method

Bridgewater: Emphasizes risk parity similar to our Conservative approach

AQR: Uses academic factors like our Institutional method

Two Sigma: Applies quantitative methods similar to our Statistical approach