Growth of 100
Equity curve
Portfolio value normalized to the first recorded observation.
Simulated backtest / Methodology v1
etf_broad_assets · Jan 29, 2010 – Sep 12, 2025
Source metrics are rounded to two decimal places before percentage conversion. The unrounded curves can differ from these figures.
Growth of 100
Portfolio value normalized to the first recorded observation.
Peak to trough
Decline from the running peak at each recorded observation.
The setup
Read carefully
Backtests can be affected by look-ahead bias, survivorship bias and parameter selection. Results may not hold in other market conditions.
How it is calculated
Returns are calculated between recorded observations; total return is the last value divided by the first, minus one. CAGR uses elapsed calendar days divided by 365.25.
Drawdown is value divided by its running maximum minus one. The chart uses monthly observations and can miss intra-period declines.
Volatility is the sample standard deviation of observation returns, annualized using the square root of periods per year (252 daily, 52 weekly, 12 monthly, 4 quarterly, 1 yearly). Sharpe uses mean return divided by that standard deviation, annualized the same way, with a zero risk-free rate.
Source and timing