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Wealth Quest Lab — Portfolio Backtesting Laboratory

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Portfolio Backtesting Laboratory<br>Wealth Quest Lab

Stress-test portfolios against five decades of real market data — with monthly granularity, leverage simulation, and a smart DCA engine that rebalances on drawdown.

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50+ Years of Data<br>Monthly Precision<br>Leverage Simulation<br>Smart DCA<br>9 Asset Classes

Backtest · 60/40 + 1.5× Leverage

1973 — 2026 · MONTHLY

CAGR<br>+0.0%

Max Drawdown<br>−0.0%

Final Value<br>$0.00M

IOO ▲ 0.9%<br>GC=F ▲ 1.4%<br>BTC ▼ 2.1%

SHARPE 0.71

IOO Global 100 ▲ 1970→26<br>VAS.AX Aus Equities ▲ 9.1% CAGR<br>IEM.AX Emerging Mkts ▼ −12% MaxDD<br>GC=F Gold ▲ Inflation hedge<br>CN10YR Bonds ▲ Ballast<br>DJRE.AX REITs ▲ Yield<br>DJP Commodities ▼ Volatile<br>BTC-USD Bitcoin ▲ Asymmetric

Everything you need to backtest with confidence

Real Yahoo Finance price data, month by month, with the modeling depth professionals expect.

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Historical Backtesting from 1970

Test portfolios against 50+ years of real market data — gold, equities, bonds, commodities, and crypto — sourced directly from Yahoo Finance.

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Leveraged Portfolio Simulation

Model leveraged strategies with configurable equity, borrowed capital, loan interest rates, and automated DCA triggers that rebalance on drawdown.

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Monthly Granularity

Month-by-month simulation with actual price data — not annual approximations — for the most precise backtesting results available.

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Smart DCA Engine

Automated dollar-cost averaging triggered by drawdown thresholds, with intelligent allocation to underweight assets for optimal rebalancing.

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Interactive Charts & Analytics

Equity growth curves, ATH drawdown analysis, monthly return bars, and year-by-year breakdowns give you a complete picture of performance.

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Multi-Asset Support

Combine global ETFs, gold, bonds, REITs, commodities, and Bitcoin in a single portfolio.

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Three steps to a tested strategy

No sign-up required. Configure, simulate, and analyze in seconds.

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Configure

Set your starting equity, leverage ratio, loan interest rate, and asset allocations. Choose a built-in preset or build a custom portfolio from scratch.

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Simulate

Run backtests from any month since 1970. The engine fetches real historical prices and processes every single month across your timeframe.

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Analyze

Review detailed KPI dashboards, interactive charts, ATH drawdown curves, and full year-by-year breakdowns to evaluate and refine your strategy.

0+<br>Years of Data

Built-in Asset Classes

1mo<br>Monthly Precision

Unlimited Scenarios

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