Review return results of a backtest
You implemented a trend-following strategy using a simple moving average indicator. You backtested it using the Amazon stock historical price data from 2019 to 2020, and the result plot is shown on the right. Now you would like to review the return statistics from the backtest result.
The bt
backtest result has been provided in bt_result
and is ready to use.
This exercise is part of the course
Financial Trading in Python
Exercise instructions
- Obtain all backtest stats from
bt_result
and save them inresInfo
. - Print the daily, monthly, and yearly returns from
resInfo
. - Print the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from
resInfo
.
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
# Obtain all backtest stats
resInfo = ____
# Get daily, monthly, and yearly returns
print('Daily return: %.4f'% ____)
print('Monthly return: %.4f'% ____)
print('Yearly return: %.4f'% ____)
# Get the compound annual growth rate
print('Compound annual growth rate: %.4f'% ____)