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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.

Dec 25, 2025 Jun 25, 2026 (181d)

📊 Last 6 Months Performance: Showing Trent Follower's performance over the last 6 months across 102 stock symbols. 🟢 LIVE

$10,445
Avg Value (per symbol)
Started at: $10,221 (+$224)
+2.19%
Last 6 Months ROI
38.9%
Win Rate
1,112
Total Trades

Quick Performance Comparison

Click any period to view detailed stats

+0.2%
1 Month
+2.3%
3 Months
+2.2%
6 Months
+2.3%
YTD
+2.7%
1 Year

Equity Curve (Last 6 Months)

Combined P&L across all 102 symbols

⚙️ 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 6 Months)

📉 Worst 5 Performing Symbols (Last 6 Months)

📊 All Symbol Results

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

📅 Last 6 Months: Dec 25, 2025 Jun 25, 2026 (181 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 6M Start Final Value Trades Win Rate Fees Net Max DD Avg Hold Refunds Last Refund Action
1 SOXL 17 11 +74.01% $6,529 $11,361 51 57% - +$4,832 -58.1% 10.5h -
2 MU 28 70🔥 +64.38% $8,299 $13,642 37 57% - +$5,343 -25.8% 10.4h -
3 SLV 45 +32.40% $10,398 $13,766 28 54% - +$3,369 -5.8% 17.8h -
4 HOOD 16 71🔥 +32.29% $8,016 $10,605 24 63% - +$2,588 -41.4% 9.8h -
5 INTC 25 5 +29.72% $9,650 $12,518 39 54% - +$2,868 -18.6% 11.9h -
6 MARA 3 21 +28.01% $5,735 $7,341 40 43% - +$1,606 -59.9% 11.5h -
7 LCID 4 5 +19.32% $7,791 $9,296 25 40% - +$1,505 -41.6% 11.8h -
8 SMCI 52 5🧊 +17.31% $24,363 $28,580 33 48% - +$4,217 -28.0% 10.3h -
9 MRNA 7 43🔥 +16.26% $8,250 $9,591 37 41% - +$1,341 -44.0% 7.9h -
10 TQQQ 25 1🧊 +14.08% $10,753 $12,267 22 55% - +$1,514 -29.4% 11.3h -
11 NIO 4 +14.05% $5,091 $5,806 23 65% - +$715 -49.6% 9.2h -
12 PANW 13 +12.47% $9,517 $10,704 9 56% - +$1,187 -9.9% 5.4h -
13 META 11 +10.83% $9,277 $10,282 7 71% - +$1,005 -14.0% 9.9h -
14 RIOT 4 9 +10.48% $8,790 $9,711 45 51% - +$921 -45.8% 14.3h -
15 ORCL 23 12 +10.42% $10,770 $11,893 22 50% - +$1,122 -17.0% 12.7h -
16 ACN 9 +9.82% $9,336 $10,253 9 67% - +$917 -9.0% 7.2h -
17 CRWD 18 26 +8.79% $10,120 $11,010 18 56% - +$890 -18.9% 9.1h -
18 IBM 25 9 +8.18% $10,515 $11,375 6 50% - +$860 -4.4% 5.1h -
19 PLTR 12 +8.03% $9,705 $10,485 16 56% - +$779 -30.9% 11.3h -
20 C 7 +8.03% $9,198 $9,937 6 83% - +$739 -9.6% 5.8h -
21 ARM 20 7 +6.27% $10,910 $11,594 33 45% - +$684 -32.0% 8.9h -
22 AMD 24 3🧊 +5.28% $11,552 $12,162 28 50% - +$610 -21.9% 7.8h -
23 NVDA 8 +5.06% $7,949 $8,352 7 43% - +$402 -30.0% 9.4h -
24 MDT +4.70% $10,260 $10,742 1 100% - +$482 -0.9% 10.0h -
25 VZ +4.28% $10,168 $10,604 1 100% - +$435 -1.9% 21.8h -
26 BLK 1 +3.93% $9,047 $9,403 5 80% - +$356 -9.5% 6.6h -
27 LLY 19 +3.66% $10,553 $10,940 8 63% - +$386 -5.3% 7.0h -
28 AMGN +3.52% $10,658 $11,033 2 50% - +$375 -1.5% 10.2h -
29 VRTX +3.51% $9,847 $10,193 3 67% - +$346 -3.8% 13.0h -
30 CMCSA 6 +3.27% $9,868 $10,190 2 50% - +$323 -3.2% 10.3h -
31 PM +3.00% $9,951 $10,249 2 100% - +$299 -2.1% 14.5h -
32 TMO 29 +2.26% $11,714 $11,979 4 50% - +$265 -3.0% 9.8h -
33 GS 7 +2.07% $9,945 $10,151 5 60% - +$206 -4.5% 8.1h -
34 SLB 10 +2.05% $10,167 $10,376 9 33% - +$208 -4.2% 10.2h -
35 GOOGL 5 +1.96% $9,872 $10,065 3 67% - +$193 -7.7% 14.3h -
36 ABBV 3 +1.57% $9,638 $9,789 4 50% - +$151 -8.1% 12.3h -
37 COST +0.99% $9,883 $9,981 1 100% - +$98 -3.5% 7.0h -
38 REGN 2 +0.76% $9,406 $9,477 2 50% - +$71 -12.1% 8.4h -
39 BIIB 2 +0.75% $8,094 $8,155 4 50% - +$61 -19.8% 7.0h -
40 JPM 3 +0.73% $9,460 $9,529 3 67% - +$69 -6.7% 5.2h -
41 NFLX 3 +0.68% $9,305 $9,368 4 25% - +$63 -9.1% 7.4h -
42 WFC 10 +0.41% $9,873 $9,913 2 100% - +$40 -8.1% 14.6h -
43 GILD +0.38% $10,041 $10,079 1 100% - +$38 -2.6% 6.3h -
44 ISRG 14 +0.20% $10,544 $10,565 4 50% - +$21 -8.3% 18.6h -
45 KO +0.07% $10,220 $10,227 1 100% - +$7 -0.7% 1.1d -
46 DIS +0.06% $10,066 $10,073 2 50% - +$6 -4.3% 5.8h -
47 GLD +0.02% $10,000 $10,002 5 60% - +$2 -0.0% 4.6h -
48 JNJ +0.00% $9,816 $9,816 NO ENTRY - - - -2.2% 3.9h -
49 MCD +0.00% $9,897 $9,897 NO ENTRY - - - -1.2% 21.4h -
50 WMT +0.00% $10,359 $10,359 NO ENTRY - - - -2.1% 11.2h -
51 TLT +0.00% $10,000 $10,000 NO ENTRY - - - -0.0% 0.0h -
52 MA +0.00% $9,425 $9,425 1 0% - - -5.8% 6.1h -
53 XLF +0.00% $9,828 $9,828 NO ENTRY - - - -2.1% 7.9h -
54 BRK-B +0.00% $10,216 $10,216 NO ENTRY - - - -0.1% 9.1h -
55 SCHW 2 -0.19% $9,544 $9,526 1 0% - -$18 -5.7% 11.0h -
56 DIA -0.24% $9,943 $9,919 1 0% - -$24 -1.3% 16.4h -
57 AAPL 24 -0.27% $11,141 $11,111 1 0% - -$30 -1.7% 15.1h -
58 VTI -0.29% $9,783 $9,754 1 0% - -$28 -2.2% 8.8h -
59 SPY -0.33% $9,794 $9,761 1 0% - -$32 -2.1% 8.7h -
60 VOO -0.35% $9,802 $9,768 1 0% - -$34 -2.0% 8.7h -
61 PEP -0.35% $9,694 $9,660 1 0% - -$34 -4.1% 10.5h -
62 CSCO -0.41% $9,645 $9,606 3 67% - -$40 -5.8% 6.9h -
63 ADBE 3 17 -0.56% $9,609 $9,555 7 14% - -$54 -7.8% 6.4h -
64 V -0.58% $9,838 $9,780 2 50% - -$57 -1.9% 11.3h -
65 QQQ -0.59% $10,116 $10,056 1 0% - -$60 -1.4% 8.2h -
66 AXP 18 -0.60% $10,495 $10,432 2 50% - -$63 -2.5% 20.5h -
67 PYPL 12 -0.72% $10,408 $10,333 3 67% - -$75 -5.2% 12.8h -
68 XLK 10 -0.74% $10,228 $10,152 2 50% - -$76 -2.0% 11.3h -
69 IWM -0.74% $9,693 $9,621 1 0% - -$72 -4.5% 12.8h -
70 DKNG 2 41🔥 -1.02% $6,613 $6,545 14 21% - -$67 -36.1% 8.2h -
71 PFE -1.61% $10,697 $10,524 1 0% - -$172 -6.4% 10.7h -
72 MS 2 -1.67% $9,751 $9,589 6 33% - -$163 -7.7% 4.9h -
73 CVX -1.84% $9,720 $9,542 2 50% - -$179 -2.8% 7.9h -
74 BAC 1 -1.90% $9,264 $9,088 2 0% - -$176 -8.9% 5.5h -
75 PG -2.05% $9,780 $9,580 2 0% - -$200 -2.2% 4.0h -
76 UNH 11 -2.06% $10,486 $10,270 5 60% - -$216 -5.3% 7.7h -
77 ARKK 6 -2.07% $8,889 $8,705 7 57% - -$184 -18.6% 6.2h -
78 HD 0 -2.38% $9,373 $9,150 6 0% - -$223 -6.3% 5.4h -
79 CRM 5 -2.63% $9,969 $9,707 12 33% - -$262 -8.0% 9.8h -
80 MRK 2 -2.85% $10,313 $10,019 4 25% - -$294 -2.8% 14.9h -
81 BMY 5 -3.20% $10,366 $10,035 3 0% - -$332 -4.0% 6.7h -
82 MSFT 0 -3.47% $9,548 $9,216 4 0% - -$331 -4.5% 9.2h -
83 COIN 24 3 -3.93% $15,034 $14,443 28 39% - -$591 -42.7% 13.2h -
84 NET 27 48 -4.83% $13,269 $12,628 25 44% - -$641 -15.3% 8.9h -
85 OXY 3 -5.22% $10,081 $9,555 10 30% - -$526 -9.5% 14.1h -
86 RBLX 4 2 -5.46% $8,157 $7,712 27 37% - -$445 -22.6% 8.2h -
87 AMZN 2 -5.66% $9,074 $8,561 5 40% - -$514 -10.9% 8.7h -
88 XLE -6.58% $9,697 $9,059 4 0% - -$638 -5.4% 6.6h -
89 COP 2 -6.93% $10,052 $9,355 4 0% - -$697 -3.9% 13.4h -
90 TSLA 28 -8.43% $14,460 $13,241 11 18% - -$1,219 -15.1% 11.0h -
91 AVGO 18 3 -8.90% $12,773 $11,636 17 29% - -$1,137 -15.5% 13.0h -
92 UVXY 35 3🧊 -9.68% $26,602 $24,027 33 39% - -$2,575 -44.6% 11.1h -
93 XOM -9.79% $9,847 $8,883 4 0% - -$964 -3.1% 9.0h -
94 SNOW 2 3 -9.82% $8,133 $7,334 25 36% - -$799 -27.1% 9.7h -
95 SOFI 3 9 -10.85% $8,164 $7,278 20 25% - -$886 -28.2% 11.1h -
96 SPXU 2 1 -14.31% $7,404 $6,345 13 23% - -$1,060 -32.8% 2.3d -
97 USO 2 -14.99% $9,272 $7,882 22 32% - -$1,390 -9.5% 12.3h -
98 GME 16 -15.75% $13,533 $11,401 10 0% - -$2,131 -17.7% 15.3h -
99 RIVN 41 7🧊 -18.70% $23,215 $18,874 24 29% - -$4,341 -19.2% 12.5h -
100 SQQQ 5 2 -19.06% $10,495 $8,494 27 30% - -$2,000 -19.6% 10.0h -
101 VXX 4 1 -21.07% $10,756 $8,490 26 31% - -$2,266 -29.8% 11.9h -
102 AMC 3 9 -30.92% $7,358 $5,083 37 30% - -$2,275 -39.5% 12.4h -

👤 Personality

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