TL;DR
This template repeatedly buys SPY, QQQ and five named stocks using percentages of available buying power, which are not target portfolio weights. Its March 2025 to March 2026 archive row returned 14.12% with 14.89% drawdown, but the paired SPY result and fees are unrecorded. None of the seven execution groups with recorded baseline outcomes had a positive median return difference. Keep the original basket and test inputs together, then inspect orders and drawdown rather than treating the diversified label as proof of superiority.
An archived result to compare with your first test
Stored medians from the first archived setup. Expand its dates, capital, fees and benchmark below to compare the inputs with your own test.
A useful first experiment
Start with $10,000.00 and the period 2025-03-16 through 2026-03-17. Keep the template unchanged for your first test.
1. Open the template
Select the library button, inspect the rules and choose Use template. Keep the original assets, conditions and action amounts.
2. Set up one test
Open the backtester, enter the dates and capital above, and save the interval, fees and benchmark you select alongside the result.
3. Read the completed result
Compare return and drawdown with the benchmark, then inspect the orders and costs. If no orders occur, check the conditions and data coverage.
4. Try one change
Keep your first configuration as a reference. Change one threshold or allocation and test a separate period before considering paper trading.
What to learn from this recipe
Count the named assets and inspect their purchase amounts. Follow their holdings during a drawdown, and keep the basket fixed when testing a different period.
Explore the recorded comparisons
7 of 18 execution groups have recorded paired baseline outcomes. 0 of those 7 groups have a positive median return difference against their recorded baseline. Inspect each group's dates, assets and costs alongside those outcomes.
The lowest group median was 4.34% over 2025-06-26 through 2026-06-27, with $72.08 initial test capital. Inspect that period alongside the positive rows before choosing this template.
The table preserves the stored Sharpe values and records each group's risk-free input separately. Use those fields when comparing runs.
Existing backtests of these exact recorded rules
We matched this public template's complete ordered conditions and actions to the existing September archive. 18 recorded execution groups match its thresholds, indicator operands, assets and allocations. No new backtest was created for this page.
Every matching recorded period appears below, including losses. Each row groups repeated submissions with the same recorded dates, tickers, capital, fees, cadence, interval, baseline and risk-free input. Median outcomes and their range describe those submissions; repeated copies are not independent experiments.
The first group records Day/daily; equity; COST, LOW, META, MSFT, ORCL, QQQ, SPY; stock fee unrecorded; crypto fee unrecorded; recorded risk-free 4.340000152587891. Save your chosen settings alongside a new run, including any field shown as unrecorded in the archive.
To inspect your completed run, follow rule activation, order execution, fractional quantities and dividend entries in the events. Keep those settings with the result when comparing another version.
All recorded periods and execution inputs
Showing 12 of 18 recorded values. The complete table is below.
Showing 12 of 18 recorded values. The complete table is below.
Showing 12 of 18 recorded values. The complete table is below.
Showing 12 of 18 recorded values. The complete table is below.
Inspect every archived period and input
Scroll sideways to compare all columns. Select a heading to sort.
| 2025-03-16 to 2026-03-17 | $10000.00 | Day/daily; equity; COST, LOW, META, MSFT, ORCL, QQQ, SPY; stock fee unrecorded; crypto fee unrecorded; recorded risk-free 4.340000152587891 | 1 | 14.12% / 14.12% to 14.12% | 0.51 | 14.89% | SPY / Unrecorded (0/1 records) |
| 2025-03-21 to 2026-03-22 | $10000.00 | Day/daily; equity; COST, LOW, META, MSFT, ORCL, QQQ, SPY; stock fee unrecorded; crypto fee unrecorded; recorded risk-free 4.329999923706055 | 1 | 11.12% / 11.12% to 11.12% | 0.39 | 14.92% | SPY / Unrecorded (0/1 records) |
| 2025-03-24 to 2026-03-25 | $10000.00 | Day/daily; equity; COST, LOW, META, MSFT, ORCL, QQQ, SPY; stock fee unrecorded; crypto fee unrecorded; recorded risk-free 4.329999923706055 | 1 | 8.05% / 8.05% to 8.05% | 0.27 | 14.89% | SPY / Unrecorded (0/1 records) |
| 2025-03-26 to 2026-03-27 | $10000.00 | Day/daily; equity; COST, LOW, META, MSFT, ORCL, QQQ, SPY; stock fee unrecorded; crypto fee unrecorded; recorded risk-free 4.329999923706055 | 1 | 5.08% / 5.08% to 5.08% | 0.14 | 16.25% | SPY / Unrecorded (0/1 records) |
| 2025-04-09 to 2026-04-10 | $10000.00 | Day/daily; equity; COST, LOW, META, MSFT, ORCL, QQQ, SPY; stock fee unrecorded; crypto fee unrecorded; recorded risk-free 4.349999904632568 | 1 | 28.71% / 28.71% to 28.71% | 1.11 | 18.29% | SPY / Unrecorded (0/1 records) |
| 2025-04-23 to 2026-04-24 | $10000.00 | Day/daily; equity; COST, LOW, META, MSFT, ORCL, QQQ, SPY; stock fee unrecorded; crypto fee unrecorded; recorded risk-free 4.329999923706055 | 1 | 26.50% / 26.50% to 26.50% | 1.22 | 18.46% | SPY / Unrecorded (0/1 records) |
| 2025-04-25 to 2026-04-26 | $10000.00 | Day/daily; equity; COST, LOW, META, MSFT, ORCL, QQQ, SPY; stock fee unrecorded; crypto fee unrecorded; recorded risk-free 4.320000171661377 | 1 | 25.76% / 25.76% to 25.76% | 1.20 | 18.32% | SPY / Unrecorded (0/1 records) |
| 2025-04-29 to 2026-04-30 | $10000.00 | Day/daily; equity; COST, LOW, META, MSFT, ORCL, QQQ, SPY; stock fee unrecorded; crypto fee unrecorded; recorded risk-free 4.309999942779541 | 1 | 24.10% / 24.10% to 24.10% | 1.12 | 18.27% | SPY / Unrecorded (0/1 records) |
| 2025-05-04 to 2026-05-05 | $85.01 | Day/daily; equity; COST, LOW, META, MSFT, ORCL, QQQ, SPY; stock fee unrecorded; crypto fee unrecorded; recorded risk-free 4.329999923706055 | 1 | 17.64% / 17.64% to 17.64% | 0.83 | 17.90% | SPY / 27.76% (1/1 records) |
| 2025-05-10 to 2026-05-11 | $86.20 | Day/daily; equity; COST, LOW, META, MSFT, ORCL, QQQ, SPY; stock fee unrecorded; crypto fee unrecorded; recorded risk-free 4.420000076293945 | 1 | 16.55% / 16.55% to 16.55% | 0.79 | 17.78% | SPY / Unrecorded (0/1 records) |
| 2025-05-23 to 2026-05-24 | $85.48 | Day/daily; equity; COST, LOW, META, MSFT, ORCL, QQQ, SPY; stock fee unrecorded; crypto fee unrecorded; recorded risk-free 4.360000133514404 | 1 | 17.78% / 17.78% to 17.78% | 0.86 | 17.73% | SPY / Unrecorded (0/1 records) |
| 2025-06-02 to 2026-06-03 | $83.69 | Day/daily; equity; COST, LOW, META, MSFT, ORCL, QQQ, SPY; stock fee unrecorded; crypto fee unrecorded; recorded risk-free 4.440000057220459 | 1 | 18.11% / 18.11% to 18.11% | 0.88 | 17.63% | SPY / Unrecorded (0/1 records) |
| 2025-06-13 to 2026-06-14 | $84.44 | Day/daily; equity; COST, LOW, META, MSFT, ORCL, QQQ, SPY; stock fee unrecorded; crypto fee unrecorded; recorded risk-free 4.449999809265137 | 1 | 9.47% / 9.47% to 9.47% | 0.39 | 16.97% | SPY / 24.98% (1/1 records) |
| 2025-06-17 to 2026-06-18 | $83.42 | Day/daily; equity; COST, LOW, META, MSFT, ORCL, QQQ, SPY; stock fee unrecorded; crypto fee unrecorded; recorded risk-free 4.420000076293945 | 1 | 8.45% / 8.45% to 8.45% | 0.32 | 16.82% | SPY / 24.50% (1/1 records) |
| 2025-06-21 to 2026-06-22 | $75.12 | Day/daily; equity; COST, LOW, META, MSFT, ORCL, QQQ, SPY; stock fee unrecorded; crypto fee unrecorded; recorded risk-free 4.380000114440918 | 1 | 10.52% / 10.52% to 10.52% | 0.45 | 16.87% | SPY / 26.67% (1/1 records) |
| 2025-06-24 to 2026-06-25 | $72.60 | Day/daily; equity; COST, LOW, META, MSFT, ORCL, QQQ, SPY; stock fee unrecorded; crypto fee unrecorded; recorded risk-free 4.380000114440918 | 1 | 5.17% / 5.17% to 5.17% | 0.13 | 16.85% | SPY / 22.31% (1/1 records) |
| 2025-06-26 to 2026-06-27 | $72.08 | Day/daily; equity; COST, LOW, META, MSFT, ORCL, QQQ, SPY; stock fee unrecorded; crypto fee unrecorded; recorded risk-free 4.389999866485596 | 1 | 4.34% / 4.34% to 4.34% | 0.07 | 16.80% | SPY / 21.37% (1/1 records) |
| 2025-07-17 to 2026-07-18 | $73.01 | Day/daily; equity; COST, LOW, META, MSFT, ORCL, QQQ, SPY; stock fee unrecorded; crypto fee unrecorded; recorded risk-free 4.409999847412109 | 1 | 5.14% / 5.14% to 5.14% | 0.12 | 16.52% | SPY / 21.38% (1/1 records) |
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Returns use initial test capital and are not annualized. Compare the recorded periods, assets, capital and costs before choosing rows for your experiment. Baseline values appear where recorded; expand a completed run's trade events to inspect order counts and execution details.
Rule summary
Buy 30% of the available cash in SPY every trading day.
Buy SPY
Buy 20% of the available cash in QQQ every trading day.
Buy QQQ
Buy 15% of the available cash in META every trading day.
Buy META
Buy 15% of the available cash in MSFT every trading day.
Buy MSFT
Buy 7.5% of the available cash in LOW every trading day.
Buy LOW
Buy 7.5% of the available cash in COST every trading day.
Buy COST
Buy 5% of the available cash in ORCL every trading day.
Buy ORCL
What this recipe does
Buy a diverse set of stocks and ETFs and hold them long-term
A percent of buying power uses the available buying power when that action runs. It is not a target weight in the whole portfolio. Check each condition and the evaluation interval: an Always condition can buy again on later evaluations while buying power remains.
Exact strategy rules
Inspect the saved rule definitions
These are the library's saved rule definitions. Open the recipe in the library to use it. Expand this record to inspect its conditions, assets, sizing and actions.
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]Before testing
Read test settings and troubleshooting
Open this recipe using the button above and preview its rules. Choose Use template for a built-in entry, or Add to portfolio for a saved entry. Keep the original rules for your first test. Choose a historical period, starting capital, interval, fees and benchmark in the portfolio backtester. After completion, inspect its chart, trades and drawdown.
A completed test should show the selected period, orders and portfolio statistics. If it records no trades, inspect the entry conditions and selected assets before loosening rules. If market data is missing or the run fails, keep the error and fix the coverage issue before comparing results. Changing a threshold or allocation changes the strategy. Keep the original definition and compare changes on a separate period rather than selecting settings from one favorable result.
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