Dan Rusk Financial
Fri, May 1, 2026
Walk-forward · vintage-correct
Backtest
2000-01-01 → 2026-04-30
Total return
5.84×
CAGR
7.2%
Sharpe
0.94
Max drawdown
-21.3%
Alpha vs SPY
2.4%
Equity curve
Strategy vs SPY · log y-axis (visual only)
Underwater curve
Max drawdown -19.4%
Peak-to-trough percentage decline. The deepest valleys are where the regime model paid the cost of being wrong; recovery time is how fast it earned back.
Monthly return distribution
Mean +0.77%
Rolling 12-mo Sharpe
Latest 1.39
Calibration · predicted vs realized
On-line with the diagonal: confidence is honest, not over-stated.
Hit rate by regime
Goldilocks
64 trades
Reflation
81 trades
Stagflation
47 trades
Deflation
51 trades