QQQ Strategies vs Hold
Holding QQQ vs Trading QQQ, PSQ and Combined
Weekly equity from 2016-06-06 through 2026-09-07. Starting capital ≈ $1,000.
Holding QQQ
$6,497
6.57× start
CAR: 20.07%
MDD: 33.46%
QQQ Trading
$17,523
17.35× start
CAR: 32.04%
MDD: 17.06%
PSQ Trading
$4,099
4.06× start
CAR: 14.63%
MDD: 10.27%
Combined Trading
$55,177
54.63× start
CAR: 47.67%
MDD: 13.22%
- The combined trading strategy model holds one security at a time.
- It trades no more than once per day and has averaged only 7 round trip trades per year.
- 80% of the trades ended with a gain.
- Time spent in each:
- 70% of the time in QQQ
- 11% in PSQ
- 19% in CASH
Annual returns
| Year | Holding QQQ | QQQ Trading | PSQ Trading | Combined Trading |
|---|
| 2016 | 7.4% | 15.6% | 2.3% | 16.6% |
| 2017 | 31.5% | 22.0% | 2.5% | 22.0% |
| 2018 | -1.0% | 21.5% | 24.4% | 47.4% |
| 2019 | 37.8% | 42.3% | 2.5% | 42.3% |
| 2020 | 47.6% | 73.0% | 25.1% | 111.2% |
| 2021 | 26.8% | 25.8% | 8.6% | 33.3% |
| 2022 | -33.1% | 3.1% | 70.8% | 71.8% |
| 2023 | 53.9% | 41.9% | 4.6% | 44.8% |
| 2024 | 24.8% | 26.0% | 2.5% | 26.1% |
| 2025 | 20.2% | 34.1% | 10.2% | 44.2% |
| 2026 YTD | 16.7% | 31.9% | 10.5% | 43.3% |
| Total | +232.6% | +337.2% | +164.0% | +503.0% |
