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Updated daily · 10 years of market history

Test a trading rule.
See what held up.

Compare seven familiar technical strategies with buy and hold. Change the assumptions, inspect every line and see the trade-offs without code or an account.

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Apple Inc.

Information Technology
Results updated 2026-09-02
What you are comparing

Seven mechanical technical strategies versus buy and hold, all using the same adjusted daily price history and starting capital.

How to use it

Change any assumption to update the comparison instantly. Select a strategy for detailed metrics; move across the chart for date-by-date values.

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Eight approaches

Strategy comparison

Daily bars · Long only
All strategies · Portfolio valueSMA crossover: $33,813
Buy & holdSMA crossoverRSIMACDBollingerDonchianEMA crossoverMomentumStock price
$134k$345$103k$264$71k$184$39k$104$7k$23Sep 16Mar 19Sep 21Feb 24Sep 26

Left axis: $10,000 strategy portfoliosRight axis: adjusted stock price

Annualized return12.96%
Win rate60%
Exposure58.76%
Volatility23.14%
Full metricsFour additional statistics
Profit factor11.16
Best trade+192.92%
Worst trade-12.66%
Final value$33,813
Backtest summaryREADY

✓Loaded 2,512 daily bars

✓Selected 10Y period · 2016-09-02 to 2026-09-01

✓Applied 0.10% commission and 0.05% slippage

✓Simulated orders without look-ahead

✓Calculated risk and return metrics

→AAPL · SMA crossover · DAILY RESULTS

One question, answered clearly

Did the rule beat simply holding the stock?

01SMA crossoverBuy when SMA 50 crosses above SMA 20002RSI mean reversionBuy below RSI 30 · Exit above RSI 5503MACD trendBuy on bullish MACD signal-line cross04Bollinger mean reversionBuy below lower band · Exit at middle band05Donchian breakoutBuy 55-day high · Exit 20-day low06EMA crossoverBuy when EMA 20 crosses above EMA 1000712-month momentumBuy above the 252-day close · Exit below it
Assumptions that do not hide

Costs included.
No look-ahead.

Backtests use adjusted daily prices, execute signals on the following bar and include commission and slippage. Every assumption stays visible beside the comparison.

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