Sample Run

Bollinger / Keltner Bands

ES 1D · 2020-2024 · ES

Backtest results model slippage, fills, and commissions, but cannot fully replicate live market conditions. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

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Account-threatening drawdown

Drawdown of 75.90% approached account-killing levels. A trader entering near a peak would lose most of their capital, and in live trading margin calls would likely have forced liquidation before the strategy reached this drawdown.

Net P&L

-$75,899.00

Max Drawdown %

75.90%

Profit Factor

0.50

Win Rate

38.89%

Sharpe Ratio

-0.63

Total Trades

36

Monthly Returns

Net P&L by calendar month. Helps spot strategies that ride one or two great periods vs. those that compound steadily.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
2020
·
·
-29k
·
·
-1.5k
·
·
-4.5k
·
310
·
-34k
2021
·
-4.9k
5.9k
·
-6.4k
·
5.9k
-1.1k
·
2.3k
·
-9.0k
-7.3k
2022
3.1k
-2.8k
·
·
·
-6.1k
·
-12k
-2.5k
-5.9k
6.9k
-2.4k
-22k
2023
·
11k
-890
-1.6k
5.7k
·
·
-11k
·
-940
·
·
2.4k
2024
24k
·
·
-25k
1.6k
·
-8.6k
·
2.8k
·
-2.6k
-6.8k
-15k

Detailed Metrics

Sharpe Ratio

-0.63

Sortino Ratio

-0.75

Profit Factor

0.50

Avg Win / Avg Loss

0.78

Avg Winner

$5,397.25

Avg Loser

-$6,884.57

Expectancy

-$2,108.31

Recovery Factor

-1.00

Max Drawdown ($)

$75,899.00

Max Drawdown (%)

75.90%

Max DD ($) Trough

1728d

Max DD ($) Recovery

Not yet recovered

Max DD (%) Trough

1728d

Max DD (%) Recovery

Not yet recovered

Commission

$99.00

Winning / Losing

14 / 22

Total Orders

72

Configuration

Strategy

Bollinger / Keltner Bands

Contracts

ES

Timeframe

1D

Date Range

Jan 1, 2020 - Dec 31, 2024

Initial Capital

$100,000.00

Slippage Model

Realistic

Parameters

Mode

Bollinger fade

Bollinger period

20

Bollinger std dev

2

Keltner period

20

Keltner ATR multiplier

2

Side

Both sides

Contracts per trade

1

Streaks

Max Consecutive Wins

2

Max Consecutive Losses

3

Avg Consecutive Wins

1.2

Avg Consecutive Losses

1.7

Median Consecutive Wins

1

Median Consecutive Losses

2

Daily Performance

Tradeable Days

1,295

Days Traded

36

Profitable Days

14

Daily Win Rate

38.89%

Avg Daily Return

-$2,108.31

Std Dev Daily

$8,653.12

Max Daily Return

$23,797.25

Min Daily Return

-$28,752.75

Max EOD Drawdown

$75,899.00

Per-Trade P&L Distribution

Spread of single-trade outcomes. Wide tails on the right reveal whether the strategy depends on a few large winners.

02468-$30k-$22k-$14k-$6.0k$2.0k$10k$18k$24k

Daily P&L Distribution

Spread of net P&L per trading day. A flat right tail means consistency; a single large positive bin means luck.

02468-$30k-$22k-$14k-$6.0k$2.0k$10k$18k$24k

Streak Distribution

How often each consecutive win or loss run occurred. Long bars on either side hint at clustered streaks.

Wins
Losses
551010123

Recent Daily P&L

Last 36 trading days, oldest top-left to newest bottom-right. Brighter green for bigger winning days, brighter red for bigger losing days.

14W / 22L

Orders

72 orders generated by this run.