Which technical strategy performed best for VZ?
RSI mean reversion produced the highest total return among the seven tested technical strategies: +101.5% 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
→VZ · SMA crossover · DAILY RESULTS
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RSI mean reversion produced the highest total return among the seven tested technical strategies: +101.5% from 2016-09-02 through 2026-09-01, using 0.10% commission and 0.05% slippage.
Yes in this historical simulation. RSI exceeded buy and hold by 76.1 percentage points. Buy and hold returned +25.4% over the same dates.
RSI had the smallest maximum drawdown at -22.3%. Maximum drawdown is the largest decline from a prior portfolio peak during the test.
For RSI, moving from no modeled costs to 0.25% commission plus 0.10% slippage reduced the ten-year total return by 26.6 percentage points.
It uses 2,512 adjusted daily bars for Verizon, from 2016-09-02 through 2026-09-01. Signals are executed on the following bar to avoid look-ahead bias.