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Trent Follower
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Trent Follower

The Disciple

🎯 Swing Trader 📅 43 years old (Born 1983)

"I don't have opinions about where the market should go. I only observe where it's going."

Simple clothing, no logos. Reads "Market Wizards" once a year like scripture. Has a signed photo of Ed Seykota on his wall.

ℹ️ Character descriptions are creative personas representing trading strategy styles. They are not financial advice, promises, or guarantees of performance.

Jun 20, 2025 Jun 20, 2026 (365d)

📊 Last Year Performance: Showing Trent Follower's performance over the last year across 114 symbols. 🟢 LIVE

$9,827
Avg Value (per symbol)
Started at: $9,715 (+$111)
+1.15%
Last Year ROI
38.8%
Win Rate
2,597
Total Trades

Quick Performance Comparison

Click any period to view detailed stats

+1.0%
1 Month
+1.8%
3 Months
+1.0%
6 Months
+1.1%
YTD
+1.1%
1 Year

Equity Curve (Last Year)

Combined P&L across all 114 symbols

💰 Trading Activity (Last Year)

Stock Volume
$20,467,318
1,899 trades
Stock Fees
$0
✓ Commission FREE
Crypto Volume
$3,274,514
698 trades
Crypto Fees
$8,186
0.25% of volume

⚙️ Trading Strategy

50-day MA trend following, 3% strength threshold

Identifies established trends using the 50-day moving average. Enters when price is 3% above the MA (confirming strength) and exits when it crosses below.

🎯 Best Suited For

Commodities, currencies, trending markets

"Don't fight the tape. Don't predict the tape. Just follow the tape."

📜 Why This Strategy Works

Markets trend because information is absorbed gradually. Trent doesn't catch bottoms or tops—he catches middles, which is where the money is.

Mathematical Formula

CODE VERIFIED — These formulas are extracted directly from the simulation engine and verified against the source code.
Source: scripts/run-*-simulation.php

📊 Entry Signal

📈 Entry Signal

Close ≥ SMA50 × 1.03 (3% above 50-day MA)
→ BUY at current close price

📉 Exit Conditions

• TREND_BREAK: Close < SMA50 (fell below 50-day MA)
• TARGET: Price ≥ entry × 1.15 (+15% gain)
• STOP_LOSS: Price ≤ entry × 0.93 (-7% loss)
• MAX_HOLD: Hold time ≥ 60 days

⚙️ Simulation Parameters

MA_PERIOD: 50
ENTRY_THRESHOLD_PCT: 3%
TARGET_GAIN_PCT: 15%
STOP_LOSS_PCT: -7%
MAX_HOLD_DAYS: 60

📖 Historical Origin

Origin: The legendary Turtle Traders experiment

In 1983, Richard Dennis bet he could teach anyone to trade. His "Turtles" earned over $175 million in five years using simple trend-following rules.

🏆 Top 10 Performing Symbols (Last Year)

📉 Worst 5 Performing Symbols (Last Year)

📊 All Symbol Results

Click on any row to see detailed trade history with equity curve

📅 Last Year: Jun 20, 2025 Jun 20, 2026 (365 days)
📖 Understanding Score & Momentum columns
📊 Score — Lifetime Quality Score
Measures how well this strategy+symbol combination has performed across the entire simulation history. Based on return, win rate, drawdown control, profit factor, and trade count. Higher is better.
75+ Elite   60+ Good   40+ Fair   <40 Weak
⚡ Mom — 30-Day Momentum Score
Measures performance over the last 30 days only. Same quality model but calibrated for short-term activity. Captures recent regime shifts that the lifetime score may miss.
75+ Hot   60+ Active   40+ Moderate   <40 Quiet
Spread Indicators — Comparing Mom vs Score reveals regime sensitivity:
🔥 Heating Up — Mom is 20+ points above Score. This symbol is performing significantly better recently than its lifetime average. Could indicate a favorable regime shift.
🧊 Cooling Off — Mom is 20+ points below Score. This symbol is underperforming recently despite a strong lifetime track record. Could indicate an unfavorable regime shift.
No icon = Steady — Scores within ±20 points. Consistent performance.
⚠️ Scores are calculated from simulated backtest data and are for informational purposes only. They do not constitute financial advice or predict future performance. Full methodology →
Rank Symbol Score Mom Return 1Y Start Final Value Trades Win Rate Fees Net Max DD Avg Hold Refunds Last Refund Action
1 HOOD 18 70🔥 +64.45% $6,642 $10,923 50 58% - +$4,281 -41.4% 9.8h -
2 SOXL 17 15 +62.91% $6,974 $11,361 81 48% - +$4,387 -58.1% 10.5h -
3 RIOT 4 9 +54.70% $6,419 $9,930 85 47% - +$3,511 -45.8% 14.3h -
4 COIN 24 2🧊 +40.47% $10,529 $14,789 52 48% - +$4,261 -42.7% 13.2h -
5 INTC 26 5 +38.93% $9,010 $12,518 62 52% - +$3,508 -18.6% 11.9h -
6 SLV 46 +38.83% $9,916 $13,766 35 57% - +$3,850 -5.8% 17.8h -
7 MU 28 71🔥 +32.19% $10,320 $13,642 62 45% - +$3,322 -25.8% 10.4h -
8 SMCI 53 17🧊 +29.36% $22,093 $28,580 54 46% - +$6,487 -28.0% 10.3h -
9 TQQQ 26 2🧊 +22.87% $9,984 $12,267 34 59% - +$2,283 -29.4% 11.3h -
10 AMD 25 6 +20.43% $10,334 $12,445 48 54% - +$2,111 -21.9% 7.8h -
11 LCID 4 5 +20.36% $7,901 $9,510 52 42% - +$1,609 -41.6% 11.8h -
12 MRNA 7 43🔥 +18.87% $8,086 $9,612 66 47% - +$1,526 -44.0% 7.9h -
13 ARM 20 9 +18.77% $9,762 $11,594 50 46% - +$1,832 -32.0% 8.9h -
14 TMO 27 +17.36% $10,094 $11,846 8 38% - +$1,752 -3.0% 9.8h -
15 MARA 3 2 +15.73% $6,049 $7,001 78 41% - +$952 -59.9% 11.5h -
16 CRWD 20 36 +13.73% $9,874 $11,230 23 61% - +$1,356 -18.9% 9.1h -
17 RIVN 42 27 +13.68% $16,603 $18,874 50 40% - +$2,271 -19.2% 12.5h -
18 AMGN +11.04% $9,936 $11,033 5 80% - +$1,097 -1.5% 10.2h -
19 LLY 20 +10.12% $9,934 $10,940 14 64% - +$1,005 -5.3% 7.0h -
20 PANW 14 +9.30% $9,793 $10,704 10 50% - +$911 -9.9% 5.4h -
21 ACN 6 +8.12% $9,385 $10,147 9 56% - +$762 -9.0% 7.2h -
22 IBM 21 40 +8.07% $10,411 $11,251 9 44% - +$840 -4.4% 5.1h -
23 PLTR 12 +7.57% $9,747 $10,485 31 45% - +$738 -30.9% 11.3h -
24 META 11 +7.51% $9,563 $10,282 10 50% - +$718 -14.0% 9.9h -
25 PFE +7.32% $9,807 $10,524 4 50% - +$718 -6.4% 10.7h -
26 MDT +5.52% $10,180 $10,742 3 67% - +$562 -0.9% 10.0h -
27 C 7 +5.15% $9,450 $9,937 8 63% - +$487 -9.6% 5.8h -
28 VRTX +4.81% $9,725 $10,193 4 75% - +$468 -3.8% 13.0h -
29 CMCSA 6 +4.80% $9,723 $10,190 3 67% - +$467 -3.2% 10.3h -
30 VZ +3.90% $10,206 $10,604 3 67% - +$398 -1.9% 21.8h -
31 UNH 11 +3.60% $9,913 $10,270 11 64% - +$357 -5.3% 7.7h -
32 PM +3.58% $9,895 $10,249 3 100% - +$354 -2.1% 14.5h -
33 WFC 10 +3.48% $9,580 $9,913 4 75% - +$333 -8.1% 14.6h -
34 DOTUSD 5 0 +2.49% $7,284 $7,465 65 25% $8,604 +$181 -42.0% 3.6h -
35 AVAXUSD 4 0 +2.48% $5,004 $5,128 63 41% $7,986 +$124 -51.9% 3.6h -
36 WMT +2.42% $10,114 $10,359 1 100% - +$245 -2.1% 11.2h -
37 SLB 10 +1.80% $10,192 $10,376 15 40% - +$183 -4.2% 10.2h -
38 AAPL 24 +1.37% $10,961 $11,111 6 67% - +$150 -1.7% 15.1h -
39 AXP 19 +1.08% $10,321 $10,432 4 50% - +$111 -2.5% 20.5h -
40 COST +0.99% $9,883 $9,981 1 100% - +$98 -3.5% 7.0h -
41 ORCL 24 12 +0.95% $11,781 $11,893 41 49% - +$112 -17.0% 12.7h -
42 BLK 1 +0.76% $9,332 $9,403 6 67% - +$71 -9.5% 6.6h -
43 JPM 4 +0.73% $9,460 $9,529 3 67% - +$69 -6.7% 5.2h -
44 NFLX 3 +0.68% $9,305 $9,368 4 25% - +$63 -9.1% 7.4h -
45 ETHUSD 4 1 +0.18% $9,155 $9,172 45 44% $5,180 +$16 -15.0% 4.2h -
46 MRK 2 +0.15% $10,004 $10,019 8 25% - +$15 -2.8% 14.9h -
47 JNJ +0.15% $9,801 $9,816 1 100% - +$15 -2.2% 3.9h -
48 DIS +0.06% $10,066 $10,073 2 50% - +$6 -4.3% 5.8h -
49 ADBE 3 18 +0.02% $9,612 $9,614 9 22% - +$2 -7.8% 6.4h -
50 GLD +0.02% $10,000 $10,002 5 60% - +$2 -0.0% 4.6h -
51 TLT +0.00% $10,000 $10,000 NO ENTRY - - - -0.0% 0.0h -
52 XLF +0.00% $9,828 $9,828 NO ENTRY - - - -2.1% 7.9h -
53 BRK-B +0.00% $10,216 $10,216 NO ENTRY - - - -0.1% 9.1h -
54 GOOGL 5 -0.05% $10,070 $10,065 12 50% - -$5 -7.7% 14.3h -
55 KO -0.14% $10,241 $10,227 2 50% - -$14 -0.7% 1.1d -
56 REGN 2 -0.16% $9,492 $9,477 10 40% - -$15 -12.1% 8.4h -
57 DIA -0.24% $9,943 $9,919 1 0% - -$24 -1.3% 16.4h -
58 BMY 5 -0.26% $10,061 $10,035 8 50% - -$26 -4.0% 6.7h -
59 VTI -0.29% $9,783 $9,754 1 0% - -$28 -2.2% 8.8h -
60 SPY -0.33% $9,794 $9,761 1 0% - -$32 -2.1% 8.7h -
61 VOO -0.35% $9,802 $9,768 1 0% - -$34 -2.0% 8.7h -
62 IWM -0.37% $9,657 $9,621 2 50% - -$36 -4.5% 12.8h -
63 GS 7 -0.46% $10,198 $10,151 8 38% - -$47 -4.5% 8.1h -
64 QQQ -0.59% $10,116 $10,056 1 0% - -$60 -1.4% 8.2h -
65 XLK 11 -0.84% $10,238 $10,152 3 33% - -$86 -2.0% 11.3h -
66 NVDA 8 -1.00% $8,436 $8,352 17 41% - -$84 -30.0% 9.4h -
67 MA -1.07% $9,527 $9,425 2 0% - -$102 -5.8% 6.1h -
68 MCD -1.13% $10,010 $9,897 1 0% - -$113 -1.2% 21.4h -
69 V -1.16% $9,895 $9,780 3 33% - -$115 -1.9% 11.3h -
70 ABBV 2 -1.21% $9,796 $9,678 6 33% - -$119 -8.1% 12.3h -
71 CSCO -1.24% $9,726 $9,606 4 50% - -$121 -5.8% 6.9h -
72 GILD -1.45% $10,228 $10,079 4 25% - -$148 -2.6% 6.3h -
73 PYPL 13 -1.46% $10,486 $10,333 7 43% - -$153 -5.2% 12.8h -
74 PEP -1.84% $9,841 $9,660 5 40% - -$181 -4.1% 10.5h -
75 CVX -1.84% $9,720 $9,542 2 50% - -$179 -2.8% 7.9h -
76 PG -2.05% $9,780 $9,580 2 0% - -$200 -2.2% 4.0h -
77 SCHW 2 -2.33% $9,753 $9,526 2 0% - -$227 -5.7% 11.0h -
78 BAC 1 -2.39% $9,311 $9,088 3 0% - -$223 -8.9% 5.5h -
79 MS 2 -2.41% $9,825 $9,589 7 29% - -$237 -7.7% 4.9h -
80 HD 0 -2.48% $9,419 $9,186 7 0% - -$234 -6.3% 5.4h -
81 SOLUSD 3 -3.21% $3,503 $3,390 44 36% $5,686 -$112 -66.6% 3.7h -
82 ARKK 6 -3.33% $9,005 $8,705 11 55% - -$300 -18.6% 6.2h -
83 ISRG 14 -3.59% $10,958 $10,565 6 33% - -$393 -8.3% 18.6h -
84 MSFT 0 -5.09% $9,711 $9,216 5 0% - -$494 -4.5% 9.2h -
85 CRM 5 -5.21% $10,240 $9,707 16 38% - -$534 -8.0% 9.8h -
86 NET 26 40 -5.29% $13,267 $12,565 39 41% - -$702 -15.3% 8.9h -
87 TSLA 28 -5.71% $14,177 $13,367 33 33% - -$809 -15.1% 11.0h -
88 LTCUSD 4 -5.78% $9,579 $9,025 31 32% $7,764 -$554 -34.2% 3.6h -
89 NIO 4 6 -5.87% $6,168 $5,806 57 47% - -$362 -49.6% 9.2h -
90 SNOW 2 16 -5.99% $8,019 $7,539 34 35% - -$480 -27.1% 9.7h -
91 COP 2 -6.07% $9,960 $9,355 6 33% - -$605 -3.9% 13.4h -
92 XLE -6.58% $9,697 $9,059 4 0% - -$638 -5.4% 6.6h -
93 AMZN 2 -7.06% $9,211 $8,561 8 25% - -$650 -10.9% 8.7h -
94 BIIB 2 -7.19% $8,786 $8,155 17 29% - -$632 -19.8% 7.0h -
95 XRPUSD 5 15 -7.82% $5,735 $5,286 49 39% $7,494 -$448 -50.6% 3.3h -
96 OXY 3 -7.89% $10,374 $9,555 15 27% - -$818 -9.5% 14.1h -
97 BTCUSD 2 -8.01% $8,340 $7,672 11 27% $1,851 -$668 -23.1% 3.7h -
98 RBLX 3 3 -8.44% $8,493 $7,776 41 41% - -$717 -22.6% 8.2h -
99 XOM -10.60% $9,936 $8,883 5 0% - -$1,053 -3.1% 9.0h -
100 AVGO 19 3 -10.95% $13,067 $11,636 29 28% - -$1,431 -15.5% 13.0h -
101 SOFI 3 11 -11.08% $8,261 $7,345 46 37% - -$915 -28.2% 11.1h -
102 USO 2 -14.71% $9,242 $7,882 23 35% - -$1,359 -9.5% 12.3h -
103 DKNG 3 41🔥 -15.21% $7,719 $6,545 30 20% - -$1,174 -36.1% 8.2h -
104 UNIUSD 2 7 -16.81% $3,493 $2,906 110 29% $9,316 -$587 -78.6% 3.3h -
105 GME 16 -16.90% $13,720 $11,401 17 12% - -$2,319 -17.7% 15.3h -
106 SPXU 2 0 -21.08% $8,169 $6,447 19 21% - -$1,722 -32.8% 2.3d -
107 SQQQ 5 1 -21.16% $10,939 $8,624 41 37% - -$2,315 -19.6% 10.0h -
108 DOGEUSD 2 -21.44% $2,200 $1,728 70 31% $8,394 -$472 -84.5% 3.3h -
109 VXX 4 0 -28.03% $12,106 $8,712 40 33% - -$3,393 -29.8% 11.9h -
110 UVXY 37 3🧊 -30.38% $36,291 $25,266 58 31% - -$11,025 -44.6% 11.1h -
111 LINKUSD 2 0 -30.40% $4,908 $3,416 72 28% $8,078 -$1,492 -63.7% 3.4h -
112 AMC 3 9 -34.26% $8,051 $5,293 50 28% - -$2,758 -39.5% 12.4h -
113 SHIBUSD 2 -40.74% $6,381 $3,782 54 19% $13,676 -$2,600 -73.4% 3.2h -
114 PEPEUSD -52.02% $2,513 $1,206 84 31% $9,163 -$1,307 -99.0% 2.9h 1 Apr 16, 2024

👤 Personality

Humble, disciplined, almost monk-like. Doesn't predict, only reacts. Believes fighting trends is ego, and ego is expensive.