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Cascadia Momentum

A cross-sectional momentum backtest with a Sharpe ratio you should be suspicious of — no live record yet.

By Tom BrandtIndependent quant · Boulder · Record from January 4, 2021
Total · Backtest
+170% to +175%
Annualized
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Sharpe
2.5–3.0
Sortino
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Max drawdown
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Volatility
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Win rate
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Profit factor
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Beta / corr.
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Avg. holding
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Benchmark · same window
+85% to +90%
Excess vs. benchmark
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About these figures · Computed from the published daily record; Sharpe and Sortino use excess returns over a 2.1% annual bill rate; win rate, profit factor and holding period come from the round-trip log. Ratios are suppressed below one month of observations. Every figure on this page is hypothetical — simulated, not traded.

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Methodology disclosure

How this strategy works

Cascadia ranks the largest 200 U.S. stocks by a gradient-boosted blend of 20- to 90-day momentum, holding the top decile long with single-name caps of 8%. The backtest is careful where most retail backtests are not: point-in-time constituents, execution at next-day VWAP, 3 basis points per side. It is still a backtest. Its 2.5+ Sharpe over a sample that favored exactly this style should be discounted accordingly, and the platform labels every figure on this page hypothetical. The author's stated plan is to trade it live small, accrue a platform-verified record, and let the tier speak for itself.