Simulated results on historical data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
Run on the same $100,000 over the same window, the trend engine returns +61.95% on its own and the grid engine +56.36%. Combined in one account, Kirby Ultimate Trader returns +94.51% — because cash one engine isn’t using is immediately put to work by the other.
| Engine | 2024* | 2025 | 2026 YTD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trend alone | +9.30% | +24.66% | +18.86% |
| Grid alone | +2.68% | +28.92% | +18.12% |
| Combined | +8.00% | +41.79% | +27.02% |
* 2024 is a partial year (from 2024-07-24); 2026 is year-to-date. Combined = the account as Kirby Ultimate Trader runs it.
The total return is what the account made across the whole window. The annualized figure is the compounding rate — the rate that, repeated each year, produces that total. The table below shows the account value itself at each year end, so the growing base is visible rather than implied.
| Year | Account at start | Account at end | Return | Gain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $100,000 | $108,002 | +8.00% | $8,002 |
| 2025 | $108,002 | $153,142 | +41.79% | $45,139 |
| 2026 | $153,142 | $194,515 | +27.02% | $41,373 |
Each engine on its own, same $100,000 start:
| Engine | Start | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trend alone | $100,000 | $109,303 | $136,258 | $161,953 |
| Grid alone | $100,000 | $102,676 | $132,370 | $156,359 |
| Combined | $100,000 | $108,002 | $153,142 | $194,515 |
Arithmetic check: the yearly returns multiply out to each headline total for all three tests. No forward projections appear here — these are realized values inside the tested window only.
Two strategies share one account with no artificial split. Capital that one strategy isn’t using is immediately available to the other — so your money is never benched by an allocation rule. The account’s cash is always available to the next opportunity, whichever strategy finds it: two independent strategies, each with its own market and its own rules, drawing from one shared pool.
Method: two-year window 2024-07-24 to 2026-07-09, $100,000 starting capital for each test, trend engine sized at 2.5% risk per trade, spread/slippage/fees modeled. The combined result is the genuine one-account shared-ledger simulation — the same way Kirby Ultimate Trader runs live — not a blend of the two separate tests. Dividends are modeled explicitly: prices are adjusted for splits only, shares held at the ex-dividend date earn the dividend, and the cash is credited on the pay date and redeployed as available capital. Dividends are credited gross and results are shown pre-tax — no withholding, capital gains or income tax is modeled, and actual after-tax results depend on your own tax situation. Note that paper accounts do not receive dividends, so a paper account will track lower than these figures while a real-money account collects the cash. Simulated results on historical data; past performance does not guarantee future results.