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Data-Driven
Make decisions based on evidence and data. Not emotion. We give you a systematic way to build your portfolio.
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Create an investment portfolio in less than 10 minutes. Simply choose a strategy and we'll handle the rest.
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Based on the backtested returns of Top Quality and High Momentum with a monthly rebalance
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Simple & Effective
Picking stocks doesn't work.
CXO found that the average accuracy of predictions from famous investors doesn't even beat a coin toss.
The quantitative method does.
Our simple, long term investment strategies have all beaten the market, with better risk-adjusted returns in backtests.
Minimal Effort
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Create an investment portfolio in less than 10 minutes.
Invest effortlessly.
Aikido automates portfolio creation and rebalancing for all our long term investment strategies.
Proven Performance
Tested by time.
We backtest the historical performance of all our long term investment strategies over 20 years.
Reliable information.
We have the highest quality financial data in the world - The Factset database.
Evidence based.
Our investment strategies are based on peer reviewed research that has been published in reputable academic journals.
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Learn the terminology.
Fast-track your investing knowledge with Aikido Learn. The one-stop-shop for investing education.
Teach yourself the skills.
Understand how to develop your own long term investment strategies.
Aikido Strategies
Check out some of our best strategies from the past 20 years.
What is an Aikido Strategy ?
A strategy is a set of rules that are used to build an investment portfolio. They are are designed to deliver above-average returns while mitigating risk. They look for stocks with factors associated with stability and long term performance.
1. Research Papers
First, we examine the academic literature to see what works based on the data. We use this knowledge as a basis to build the Aikido strategies.
Aikido Features
Here’s just a few of the powerful tools Aikido places at your disposal.
Investment Strategies
Aikido builds strategies based on research and evidence. We backtest our strategies over the past 20 years to find out what works and make it available to everyone.
Automated Portfolio Creation
Aikido helps you build a portfolio in minutes. Simply choose a strategy and we'll walk you through the creation process.
Portfolio Tracker
Aikido provides in-depth portfolio analytics and helps you rebalance, giving you insight into your money that you won't find anywhere else.
Brokerage Integration
Aikido lets you integrate your online broker so that you can live-trade our strategies. Providing a simple, frictionless, stress-free investing experience.
Don't just take our word for it.
Here's what our customers have to say about Aikido.
Andrea Gannon
112 days ago
As an amateur early-30s-something investor with shaky knowledge of my financial strategies but firm goals for my future, I have found Aikido to be exactly what I was looking for in a finance applicati...
As an amateur early-30s-something investor with shaky knowledge of my financial strategies but firm goals for my future, I have found Aikido to be exactly what I was looking for in a finance application--a tool that enabled me to make decisions that were right for me and that I felt good about. This platform is easy to navigate and makes understanding market strategies and portfolios accessible to everyone, unlocking a secret set of knowledge that I previously thought only belonged to hedge fund managers, economics majors, and Mark Cuban.
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Barry Loftus
128 days ago
I have been looking at shares since my secondary school days but was always nervous about putting real money in. I am an emotional thinker, and quite aware of this. I have found Aikido to be a service...
I have been looking at shares since my secondary school days but was always nervous about putting real money in. I am an emotional thinker, and quite aware of this. I have found Aikido to be a service that takes my emotion out of decisions and helps me find a clearly defined strategy in investing rather than focus on daily ups and downs. I am not looking for get rick quick or quick fixes. I want to build a steady return over the coming years and Aikido is certainly delivering that. I would highly recommend Aikido to anyone. Especially those like myself that need a helping hand
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Killian Davis
113 days ago
Aikido Has been an invaluable tool in starting my investing journey. Aikido was definitely a big help as a jumping off point for learning about investing. So far going quite well, my portfolio has alm...
Aikido Has been an invaluable tool in starting my investing journey. Aikido was definitely a big help as a jumping off point for learning about investing. So far going quite well, my portfolio has almost entirely trended upwards.
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FAQs
What is Aikido Finance?
Aikido Finance is the leading resource for long term investment strategies. We provide a catalog of evidence-based strategies which we have backtested over the past 20 years. All of our strategies have out-performed the market. With Aikido you can build a portfolio in minutes and integrate your broker to live trade a strategy. Our mission is to democratize Wall Street and bring quantitative investing to everyone.
What are quantitative investment strategies?
Quantitative investing involves making investment decisions using a systematic approach – following a recipe or set of rules based on long term historical evidence. It is the search for above average returns using data. The Aikido catalog is a great resource for quantitative investment strategies.
How much do our investment strategies cost?
Basic investment strategies from the Aikido Catalog such as Concentrated Quality are totally free to use! Our mission is to democratize Wall Street. Quantitative investment strategies have required upwards of $100,000 to even get started. We make our strategies available to everyone. You can get started for free here.
How frequently are new investment strategies added?
We currently add strategies on a monthly basis after an extensive in-house research period. Our strategies are thoroughly researched to ensure that they are simple to understand and provide good risk-adjusted and diversified performance. Our investment strategies are based on peer reviewed research that has been published in reputable academic journals. We always provide detailed references to the original author's work for each strategy.
What asset classes are used in the investment strategies?
Our strategies use US equities (companies) and are long only. We will be expanding our strategies in the coming months to include global scope, ETFs, and crypto.
What is a 'good' investment strategy?
A good investment strategy should have a clearly defined thesis. For example: “This year, I will be implementing the Top Quality and High Momentum strategy. I will be investing $5000 in the strategy. These stocks have high return on equity and price momentum. I will create a 20 stock portfolio using the investment strategy and invest an additional $500 each month. This strategy has averaged a return of 16.10% over the past 20 years.“
What are some different investment strategies?
The best long term investment strategies utilize investing factors such as value, dividend, quality, size, or volatility. Factor investing involves selecting stocks based on the characteristics which best explain returns. The benefits of factor investing include risk management, diversification and outperformance. Some sample investment strategies are Superior and Steady Stocks, The Stable Dividend, Microcap Momentum.
What is a backtest?
Backtesting is a method for seeing how well an investment strategy would have done historically. It is the process of testing a trading strategy over prior time periods. It is used by many different kinds of quantitative investors including day-traders, algo-traders and factor investors.