Which technical strategy performed best for JNJ?
MACD trend produced the highest total return among the seven tested technical strategies: +31.9% from 2016-09-02 through 2026-09-01, using 0.10% commission and 0.05% slippage.
Seven mechanical technical strategies versus buy and hold, all using the same adjusted daily price history and starting capital.
Change any assumption to update the comparison instantly. Select a strategy for detailed metrics; move across the chart for date-by-date values.
Left axis: $10,000 strategy portfoliosRight axis: adjusted stock price
✓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
→JNJ · SMA crossover · DAILY RESULTS
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MACD trend produced the highest total return among the seven tested technical strategies: +31.9% from 2016-09-02 through 2026-09-01, using 0.10% commission and 0.05% slippage.
No in this historical simulation. MACD trailed buy and hold by 133.9 percentage points. Buy and hold returned +165.9% over the same dates.
RSI had the smallest maximum drawdown at -22.6%. Maximum drawdown is the largest decline from a prior portfolio peak during the test.
For MACD, moving from no modeled costs to 0.25% commission plus 0.10% slippage reduced the ten-year total return by 88.8 percentage points.
It uses 2,512 adjusted daily bars for Johnson & Johnson, from 2016-09-02 through 2026-09-01. Signals are executed on the following bar to avoid look-ahead bias.