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EQMOM — live sleeve

Equity Momentum

Buys the strongest large-caps by six-month momentum, rebalanced about monthly, and moves to cash when credit markets get stressed. Long only. Live since 2026-09-08.

Backtest +1065% base (OOS) · 1.25 · −41%·Live +3.23% · 0.38 · −1.98%·Read paper →·Dashboard →

Methodology

Buys the strongest large-caps by six-month momentum, rebalanced about monthly, and moves to cash when credit markets are stressed. Long only.

  • — Six-month momentum
  • — Top decile, equal-weight
  • — Rebalanced about monthly
  • — Long only
  • — Credit-stress gate to cash

Universe

About 100 liquid large-caps.

Rebalancing & Costs

About every 21 days.

Backtest is net of costs; live fills are paper.

Risk

Backtest +1065%, Sharpe 1.25, max drawdown −41%. Long-only and unlevered.

Equity curve vs S&P 500

indexed to 100
Equity curves for 1 sleeve(s) vs S&P 500, indexed to 100.

Drawdown

from peak · same window
Drawdown from peak for 1 sleeve(s) vs S&P 500.

Monthly returns

heat map
Monthly returns heat map by account.
SleeveSep 26Oct 26*TotalPositive
Equity Momentum
-0.8
+1.3
+0.5%50%

* Current month is partial.

-5%+5%

Daily performance

today · MTD · MoM · YTD · YoY + history

Today, month-to-date, last month, year-to-date and year-over-year returns by sleeve, with day-by-day history.

Absolute returns
SleeveTodayPrev dayMTDLast moYTDYoY
Equity Momentum+0.00%−1.66%+1.32%−0.84%——
S&P 500—−1.79%−0.87%−0.59%——

Today is live vs the prior close; weekends show — until the next session. MTD/YTD anchor on the prior month/year-end close; YoY needs ~1y of history. The vs S&P 500 view subtracts the benchmark's same-period return.

Equity Momentum

Equityvs S&P 500
2026-10-31live$10,046.32+0.00%—
2026-10-30$10,046.32−1.66%+0.13pp
2026-10-29$10,215.47+0.39%+0.75pp
2026-10-28$10,176.05+0.16%−0.17pp
2026-10-27$10,159.61+0.95%+0.37pp
2026-10-26$10,063.68+0.40%−0.31pp
2026-10-23$10,023.21−0.42%+0.13pp
2026-10-22$10,065.87−0.98%+0.20pp
2026-10-21$10,165.20+0.20%−0.32pp
2026-10-20$10,144.76+0.71%+0.38pp

Holdings

top positions by value
SymbolQtyValue%P&LP&L %
MRK6.455$965.179.6%−$4.45−0.5%
ABBV3.248$957.929.5%+$100.31+11.7%
MA1.486$947.769.4%−$7.01−0.7%
DIS8.516$944.739.4%−$10.94−1.1%
LMT1.467$934.609.3%−$19.15−2.0%
TMO1.331$927.789.2%+$52.84+6.0%
AMGN1.025$477.804.8%−$3.50−0.7%
AMD0.834$420.804.2%−$33.89−7.5%
Shown (8)—$6,576.5665.5%+$74.21+1.1%
Cash—$3,469.7634.5%——

% of equity · P&L unrealized · positions + cash = 100%

Exposure

gross market value · click a slice to drill in

Concentration

Largest holdings of Equity Momentum by gross market value, with the rest grouped as Other.

8 positions · top 5 = 72% · effective N = 7.5

Sector

Sector exposure of Equity Momentum by gross market value. Expand a sector for its holdings.

Gross market value, so both legs of a hedge count. Cash is excluded; P&L in the drill-down is unrealized.

Trade history

all 31 fills · newest first
Win rate
64.3%
9W / 5L · 14 closed
Avg win / loss
+$22.54 / −$46.11
per closed sell w/ cost
Profit factor
0.88×
gross profit / gross loss
Realized P&L
−$27.67
FIFO, in-window buys only

Realized P&L by symbol

  • V+$92.14
  • AMZN−$83.14
  • ADM−$59.37
  • PM+$54.42
  • SBUX−$34.20
  • MRK−$29.16
  • CNC+$12.49
  • TSLA+$12.19

Closed-trade P&L distribution

  • ≤ −5%3
  • −5–0%2
  • 0–5%4
  • ≥ +5%5
Time (ET)SymbolSideQtyFillValueP&L %P&L $
Oct 30, 9:34 AMDISbuy8.5157$112.22$955.67——
Oct 30, 9:33 AMPMsell4.6433$212.70$987.63+5.83%+$54.42
Oct 30, 9:33 AMVsell2.4823$415.83$1,032.22+9.80%+$92.14
Oct 30, 9:32 AMCNCsell14.4256$68.45$987.39+1.28%+$12.49
Oct 30, 9:32 AMAMZNsell3.664$230.61$844.97−8.99%−$83.51
Oct 30, 9:31 AMABBVsell0.1688$291.49$49.20+10.41%+$4.64
Oct 30, 9:31 AMMRKbuy6.4551$150.21$969.62——
Oct 30, 9:31 AMMAbuy1.4855$642.73$954.78——
Oct 30, 9:31 AMLMTbuy1.4673$650.00$953.75——
Oct 30, 9:30 AMTSLAsell1.2412$392.35$486.98+2.57%+$12.19
Oct 30, 9:30 AMAMGNbuy1.0253$469.42$481.30——
Oct 30, 9:30 AMTMOsell0.1112$710.69$79.03+8.12%+$5.94
Oct 30, 9:30 AMAMDsell0.6661$508.97$339.02−6.69%−$24.31
Oct 9, 9:32 AMPMbuy4.6433$200.98$933.21——
Oct 9, 9:32 AMADMsell10.785$82.17$886.16−6.28%−$59.37
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Live stats

same window as chart
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Live CAGR

+3.23%
Backtest +1065% base (OOS)
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Live Sharpe

0.38
Backtest 1.25
·

Live MaxDD

−1.98%
Backtest −41%

Live stats are annualized from daily equity; short windows are noisy. Backtest numbers are from the paper’s full window.

All trading described is paper (simulated). Not investment advice. Live vs backtest divergence is expected; costs, slippage, and regime changes matter.

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