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Live on paper since 2026

Invest like an index —with a rulebook.

Uptogain publishes one disciplined portfolio: about 60% in a broad index and 40% across ETFs we hold only while they’re trending up. When markets break down, it steps aside. You mirror it in your own brokerage — a few trades a month. You keep custody. You keep control.

No credit card. Backtested & paper results shown — past performance does not predict future returns.

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The strategy

A trend-aware blend of index ETFs.

The core stays invested in the broad market. The satellite sleeve rotates across ~15 liquid ETFs, holding each only while it’s in an uptrend and moving to cash when it isn’t. The result: most of the market’s upside, with materially less of its worst drawdowns.

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~9.4%
Annualized (CAGR)
2005–2026, unlevered
0.89
Sharpe ratio
vs 0.78 for the S&P 500
−33.8%
Max drawdown
vs −50.8% for the S&P 500
~1/mo
Trades to follow
monthly rebalance

Figures are from a backtest over 2005–2026 (dividends reinvested, ~5bps/side costs, unlevered) and a paper account live since June 2026. They are hypothetical, benefit from hindsight, and are not a promise of future results.

In your own account

Three steps. You stay in control.

01

Subscribe

Start free and watch the model portfolio and its track record. Upgrade when you want the live target weights and rebalance alerts.

02

Connect your brokerage

Link your own brokerage account. Your money never leaves your custody — we never touch, hold, or move a dollar of it.

03

Follow the portfolio

See the current target weights and get a notification when the monthly rebalance changes. You place the trades yourself, in a few minutes.

Why Uptogain

The honest alternative to the black box.

Radically transparent

One published strategy, every rule and every rebalance in the open. No black box, no discretionary overrides, no “trust the algorithm.”

You keep control

It runs in your account, under your login, with your broker. You can pause, skip a rebalance, or leave — nothing is locked in.

Built to sidestep crashes

The trend sleeve holds assets only while they’re rising and steps aside when they break down — the reason the drawdown is far shallower than the index.

Index-simple, not day-trading

A disciplined blend of liquid ETFs, rebalanced monthly. A long-term, index-style approach — not a get-rich-quick trading room.

Read this first

We lead with the disclaimers.

Most platforms bury these. For us they’re the whole point.

The track record is honest

The strategy is tested against 20 years of market history and has run on a simulated (paper) account since June 2026. It has not yet managed real money over a full cycle. Backtests benefit from hindsight and don’t promise future returns.

This is not advice, and not a fund

Uptogain publishes a model portfolio for general information. We are not a registered investment adviser, we don’t manage your money, and nothing here is personalized advice. You decide if it fits and you place every trade.

Expect index-like returns, not miracles

This is a long-term strategy. A realistic expectation is a return in the range of a broad stock index over years — think high-single-digits annually with real drawdowns, not “2–3% a month.”

Pricing

Simple, flat, per-seat.

One strategy, one honest price. No performance fees, no percentage of your money.

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A disciplined portfolio, in your own account.

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