DeployQuantTrend Following
A strategy family that buys assets in established uptrends and steps aside (or shorts) in downtrends, accepting late entries and exits in exchange for catching the middle of large moves. Moving-average filters and crossovers are the retail workhorses; managed-futures funds apply the same idea across dozens of markets. Trend following loses in whipsaws and earns its keep in sustained regimes.
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Backtested on 59 ETFs over 5.7 years with real engine results and a buy-and-hold comparison on every page.
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Backtests are hypothetical, computed by DeployQuant's engine on minute-resolution consolidated US market data (2021-01-04 to 2026-10-02, $10,000 starting capital, no margin, no fees or slippage in the headline run; buy-and-hold puts 98% of the account in at the first open, as the templates do) and do not guarantee future results. Nothing on this page is investment advice. Live trading involves risk of loss.