GOOGL Stock: Daily RSI + Weekly Trend Filter Backtest — +7.2% vs +178.8% Buy-and-Hold
Real backtest of the Daily RSI + Weekly Trend Filter strategy on GOOGL over 5 years: +7.2% return vs +178.8% buy-and-hold, 1 trades, 100% win rate, 30.6% max drawdown. Computed on real historical data, not simulated — full trade log and verdict inside.
- Total return: +7.2% (trailed buy-and-hold at +178.8%)
- Win rate: 100% over 1 trades
- Max drawdown: 30.6%
- Sharpe ratio: -0.16
- Period: 5 years of real historical price data
What the numbers say
On GOOGL, the Daily RSI + Weekly Trend Filter trailed buy-and-hold over the five years through Nov 2026: +7.2% against +178.8% for simply holding — a gap of 171.6 percentage points. The strategy took 1 completed trade (1 profitable, 0 not), a 100% win rate — a small sample, so read this as a clue about the rule, not proof.
It did not buy that return with less pain: the strategy's max drawdown was 30.6%, against 30.6% for buy-and-hold. Dollar-cost averaging into GOOGL over the same window returned +89.0%. Best single trade: +7.2% (2026-03-26 to 2026-11-12); worst: +7.2% (2026-03-26 to 2026-11-12).
Computed by StratIQ's backtest engine on real daily prices through Nov 2026 (generated 2026-11-12). Fills are assumed at the close with a 5% stop-loss; slippage and commissions are not modeled. This is a historical study of a rule — not a pick, not a recommendation, and not financial advice.
A multi-timeframe filter: only buy Google (GOOGL) on a daily RSI oversold signal (below 30) when the weekly trend is already bullish (50-week SMA above the 200-week SMA) — a short-term entry trigger gated by a longer-term trend confirmation, not just the daily signal alone. Sell when daily RSI rises back above 70.
Run this exact rule on your own ticker — Test-My-Rule, free · StratIQ Premium: daily picks with exact levels