Swing Ladder backtest

See what the ladder strategy would have done with a stock over the past year: every buy and sell, and how the result compares with simply holding the shares. No account needed.

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Strategy

How the strategy works

Advanced settings

Strategy Parameters

Buying

Buy when price drops by

The first buy level sits this far below the starting price.

Buy level spacing growth

Each deeper level is this many times further apart than the previous one.

Buy this much

Each buy adds this percentage of your starting shares.

Buy size growth

Each deeper level buys this many times more than the previous one.

Selling

Never sell above the base lineOff

Sells nothing while the price is above the price the strategy started at. The ladder trades only below it.

Sell when price rises by

The first sell level sits this far above the starting price.

Sell level spacing growth

Each higher level is this many times further apart than the previous one.

Sell this much

Each sell removes this percentage of your starting shares.

Sell size growth

Each higher level sells this many times more than the previous one.

Order placement

Better price after a jump

If the price jumps past a level, the order is placed this far on the better side of the current price instead.

Order trigger distance

An order is placed once the price is within this distance of a level.