Prospect Capital Corp (PSEC) Daily/Weekly Backtest Results

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Expectancy: -10.11%.   Win rate: 9.09%.   Sharpe Ratio: -1.457.
Mean CAGR of winning trades: 153.05%. Time in market: 1659 days.   Average win: 26.04% Average loss: -13.73%.
Key: change_history : profitable trade change_history : breakeven trade (minimal loss after 2 years) change_history : losing trade (not profitable in a 2 year timeframe)


*Transaction costs, taxes and dividends are excluded from these calculations. Past performance may not necessarily be a reliable guide to future performance.

Calculations for Prospect Capital

Expectancy is the percentage profit or loss you would expect to make on the next purchase of this stock with an entry point at the specified signal and profit target as set above. Given a large enough sample size, a positive expectancy indicates the trading strategy is likely to be profitable.

Expectancy calculation for 11 signal(s): (9.09% * 26.04%) - (90.91% * 13.73%) = -10.11%.
Wins: 1 Losses: 10

The Sharpe Ratio calculation assumes a risk free return rate of 2% per calendar year. Ideally the ratio should be a positive number. A higher positive number indicates the strategy has a more attractive risk adjusted rate of return for this particular buy signal and stock over the chart's timeframe.

Prospect Capital Analysis

Market sector: Financials.

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Rate of Change Backtest Summary (Trailing Stops System)

This table summarises how profitable it would have been to have bought this stock at each Rate of Change entry signal and held until the initial 20% stop loss or the trailing stop loss was triggered.

Key:   electric_bolt : high CAGR trade schedule : open trade

Signal Date Price CAGR Profit / Loss Running Avg
19 May 2017   LOW   $5.70 -41.07% -20.46% -20.46 %
23 August 2017   MEDIUM   $5.22 -69.88% -20.82% -20.64 %
26 December 2018   HIGH   smart_toy0.953 $4.95 -2.83% -3.39% -14.89 %
04 March 2020   HIGH   $5.54 -100.00% -24.39% -17.26 %
07 April 2020   MEDIUM   smart_toy0.993 $3.61 153.05% 
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 26.04% -8.6 %
12 May 2022 bubble_chart   HIGH   smart_toy0.978 $7.51 -28.11% -11.65% -9.11 %
08 May 2023 bubble_chart   HIGH   $5.80 -12.09% -5.86% -8.65 %
14 August 2024   HIGH   $4.84 -32.02% -8.88% -8.68 %
15 November 2024   HIGH   $4.40 -30.35% -12.96% -9.15 %
10 April 2025   HIGH   smart_toy0.976 $3.58 -50.02% -20.08% -10.24 %
15 August 2025   HIGH   $2.85 -13.56% schedule -8.77% -10.11 %

 

The data for Prospect Capital Corp (exchange: XNAS symbol: PSEC) was last updated 10 Apr 2026 05:09. Data for this stock is available from 01 Apr 2016 - 09 Apr 2026.