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qqq monthly rebalance

Optimize FIRE Projection
Monthly Rebalancing
GBP
Low Risk
11.3yr backtest

Performance Summary

Total Return+220.75%
Annualized Return+10.91%
Volatility+9.77%
Sharpe Ratio0.91
Max Drawdown+14.08%

Holdings

Asset Allocation

Asset Class

Equity 50.0%Money Market 50.0%
Holdings Details
Balanced ETF portfolio pairing 50% Nasdaq-100 tech equity with 50% money market funds for growth with stability and easy liquidity.
AssetTypeAllocationTER
EQQQ.LSE
Invesco EQQQ Nasdaq-100 UCITS ETFIE0032077012
ETF
50.0%0.3%
CSH2.LSE
Amundi Smart Overnight Return UCITS ETF GBP Hedged AccLU1230136894
ETF
50.0%0.1%
Total100.0%0.20%

Performance

Portfolio Value Over Time
Starting with £10,000 investment → now worth £32,074.85
Histogram of Monthly Returns
The portfolio had a positive return during 85 of the 136 months (63%)
Monthly Returns Heatmap
Best month: +6.9% • Worst month: -4.9% • Best year: 2023 (+24.5%) • Worst year: 2022 (-12.8%)
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
2026-0.3%-0.3%-2.2%+6.9%+6.2%+0.7%-4.0%+2.7%-0.2%---+9.3%
2025+1.8%-3.1%-4.8%-0.7%+4.6%+2.4%+3.8%-0.9%+2.9%+4.1%-1.3%-0.5%+8.2%
2024+1.3%+2.6%+1.1%-1.0%+1.2%+4.9%-1.8%-0.8%+0.8%+2.1%+3.4%+1.8%+16.6%
2023+4.3%+1.2%+3.2%-0.4%+5.2%+2.0%+1.6%+0.3%-0.4%-1.0%+3.3%+3.1%+24.5%
2022-4.9%-1.5%+3.8%-4.0%-2.5%-2.5%+5.3%+0.5%-2.2%-0.7%-1.2%-3.3%-12.8%
2021+0.3%-0.7%+1.0%+2.8%-1.9%+4.4%+1.0%+2.7%-1.6%+2.5%+3.1%-0.1%+14.1%
2020+1.8%-2.1%-1.0%+5.9%+3.6%+3.3%+0.6%+4.5%-0.6%-1.8%+3.3%+1.6%+20.4%
2019+2.9%+1.0%+2.8%+2.6%-2.0%+3.0%+4.1%-1.7%+0.0%-0.4%+2.3%+0.6%+16.1%
2018+1.2%+1.4%-3.6%+2.1%+4.3%+1.0%+1.4%+3.5%-0.3%-3.3%-0.5%-4.0%+2.9%
2017+0.7%+3.1%+0.5%-0.4%+2.0%-1.5%+1.3%+2.0%-2.1%+2.8%+0.1%+0.8%+9.6%
2016-2.4%+1.3%+1.1%-2.7%+2.7%+3.1%+4.0%+1.1%+1.5%+2.7%-0.8%+1.6%+13.8%
2015------1.6%+2.7%-2.0%-1.3%+5.0%+1.4%+0.5%+4.5%
> +2%
0% to +2%
-2% to 0%
< -2%
Drawdown Analysis
Maximum drawdown: +14.08% • The longest drawdown period lasted for 1 year and 6 months and was between November 2021 and June 2023. It reached a trough of -14.1%.
When could this portfolio get you to financial independence?

qqq monthly rebalance returned +10.91% a year over the 11 years above. Run those same monthly returns forward through 10,000 simulated paths, with your own savings and target retirement age, to see when they could reach your FIRE number.

Dividend Income

Summary
This portfolio contains 1 distributing ETF (50.0% of total allocation)

Total Dividends Received

£5.06

46 payments

Dividend Yield

0.00%

(annualized)

Avg Per Payment

£0.11

per event

All dividends are automatically reinvested at the payment date. The portfolio value shown includes the compounding effect of dividend reinvestment.

Annual Breakdown
Dividend income per calendar year
YearDividends
2026£0.19
2025£0.45
2024£0.54
2023£0.48
2022£0.49
2021£0.29
2020£0.42
2019£0.59
2018£0.51
2017£0.47
2016£0.47
2015£0.19
Total£5.06

Detailed Metrics

Returns
Total Return
+220.75%
Annualized Return
+10.91%
Avg Monthly Return
+0.89%
Risk
Volatility (Annual)
+9.77%
Max Drawdown
+14.08%
Positive Months
63%
Average Drawdown
-2.9%
Risk-Adjusted
Sharpe Ratio
0.91
Risk-free rate: 2.0%
Sortino Ratio
0.87
Downside risk adjusted
Return/Volatility
1.12
Calmar Ratio
0.77
Return/Max Drawdown
Ulcer Index
3.88
Drawdown depth & duration
Martin Ratio
0.02
Return/Ulcer Index
Backtest Configuration
Initial Investment
£10,000
Final Value
£32,074.85
Backtest Period
2015-06-10 to 2026-09-11
11.3 years
Rebalancing
monthly
Base Currency
GBP
qqq monthly rebalance | +10.9% CAGR | ETF Backtest