XLK 50/200 moving-average trend
Time-series trend following: holding XLK only while its 50-day average is above its 200-day average should cut drawdowns in bear markets at a small cost in bull markets. Falsified if drawdowns are not smaller than buy-and-hold or the Sharpe ratio is lower.
Forward tracking started 2026-10-13. Results appear after 21 trading days.
Backtest
| Metric | Strategy | Benchmark |
|---|---|---|
| CAGR | 13.31% | 13.32% |
| Volatility | 22.43% | 22.43% |
| Sharpe | 0.67 | 0.67 |
| Max drawdown | -53.59% | -53.59% |
| Turnover (per year) | 0.02 |
Deflated Sharpe: 0.78 (n trials: 103) — the probability the Sharpe ratio is real after the number of variants tried.
Spec
{
"costs_bps": 10,
"end": "2025-12-31",
"rebalance": "W",
"side": "long",
"signal": {
"fast": 50,
"slow": 200,
"type": "ma_cross"
},
"start": "2005-01-01",
"top_n": 1,
"universe": [
"XLK"
]
}Fork this strategy
Re-run it with your own changes. The fork is computed on the server and linked back here.
curl -X POST https://api.finzdata.com/v1/hub/s/xlk-50-200-moving-average-trend-4daf6c/fork \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"changes": {"signal": {"lookback": 126}}}'Or ask your AI assistant (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor with the FinzData connector):
Fork the FinzData strategy xlk-50-200-moving-average-trend-4daf6c and test it with a 126-day lookback and 20 bps costs, then compare both runs.
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