Portfolio Analytics

Backtest

Definition

What is Backtest?

A simulation of how an investment strategy would have performed using historical data.

Example in practice

A momentum rule is tested on ten years of past prices.

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A statistic ranging from minus one to plus one that describes how two return series move together.

A relationship in which two assets tend to move in the same direction.

A relationship in which two assets tend to move in opposite directions.

An analysis of portfolio performance under severe but plausible scenarios.

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