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If it’s not Backtested Strategies,
it’s not backtested.
Stay in sync with market rhythm and never make a losing trade again.
BTS Universal Market Timer
Buy-and-hold gains with less pain. UMT helps you stay invested while reducing capital exposure, drawdown and volatility. You choose what to trade while the Model provides timing and position size guidance.
Buy-and-hold gains with less pain. UMT helps you stay invested with less capital exposure, lower drawdown, and reduced volatility. You choose what to trade; the Model tells you when to buy, sell, and how much to commit. Open UMT →
Know when to act—and when not to.
Put timing, seasonality, and relative strength to work before you trade.
BTS Universal Market Timer
Know when to buy, hold, scale in, or sell with market-timing signals and position-size guidance.
BTS Heatmaps
Spot seasonal patterns using historical return, consistency, volatility and relative-performance.
BTS Zones
Target recurring multi-week periods of unusual historical strength or weakness versus the S&P 500.
Featured strategies
See how selected strategies have performed across both the recent market and their full test periods.
| Strategy | Universe | CAGR 2021–2025 |
CAGR Full period |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTS Strength Zones — Nasdaq-100 Stocks Backtest | Nasdaq-100 stocks | 52.7% | 47.1% 2003–2025 |
| BTS Strength Zones — S&P 100 Stocks Backtest | S&P-100 stocks | 45.6% | 36.1% 2003–2025 |
| BTS Strength Zones — U.S. Industry ETFs Backtest | Industry ETFs | 41.2% | 27.0% 2003–2025 |
| BTS Strength Zones — Dow-65 Stocks Backtest | Dow-65 stocks | 40.5% | 32.0% 2003–2025 |
| BTS Strength Zones — U.S. Sector ETFs Backtest | U.S. sector ETFs | 34.7% | 18.7% 2005–2025 |
| BTS Strength Zones — International Country ETFs Backtest | Country ETFs | 25.6% | 24.8% 2003–2025 |
| BTS Strength Zones — U.S. Major Index ETFs Backtest | Major-index ETFs | 16.2% | 14.5% 2004–2025 |
| Dual Momentum (Antonacci GEM) Backtest | U.S., international, and bond ETFs | 10.6% | 7.9% 2010–2025 |
Compare the full lineup in the Strategies Library and see which strategies deserve a deeper look.
Research, not rhetoric
We publish the full test, not just the attractive outcome. Our research shows how a strategy performed, where it struggled, what risks it took, and how it compared with the relevant benchmark.
Our growing research library makes it easier to compare strategies, assumptions, risks, and portfolio roles on a consistent basis.
Methodology, not marketing
Every backtest is evaluated under a common testing framework. Strategy-specific rules stay on the strategy page; shared conventions for data, costs, dividends, portfolio accounting, benchmarks, and reporting live in the BTS Methodology.
That consistency makes strategy results easier to compare—and the assumptions behind them easier to inspect.
Precision, not persuasion
Details matter when small assumptions can change the conclusion. We scrutinize definitions, edge cases, calculations, limitations, and claims before a backtest is published.
Choose the level of access that fits how deeply you want to investigate the evidence.
Evaluate trading ideas quickly.
See strategy rules, signal examples, preview metrics, and introductory access to BTS Heatmaps and UMT before deciding to go deeper.
See if the strategy holds up.
Unlock full results, equity curves, drawdowns, risks, portfolio-role analysis, plus broader cohort access across BTS Heatmaps and UMT.
Go deeper into the evidence.
Add pseudocode, calendar returns, implementation details, rolling diagnostics, and full access across BTS Heatmaps and UMT.
