JPM Stock: 20-Day EMA Trend Follow Backtest — +155.5% vs +233.7% Buy-and-Hold
Real backtest of the 20-Day EMA Trend Follow strategy on JPM over 5 years: +155.5% return vs +233.7% buy-and-hold, 3 trades, 67% win rate, 24.4% max drawdown. Computed on real historical data, not simulated — full trade log and verdict inside.
- Total return: +155.5% (trailed buy-and-hold at +233.7%)
- Win rate: 67% over 3 trades
- Max drawdown: 24.4%
- Sharpe ratio: 0.92
- Period: 5 years of real historical price data
What the numbers say
On JPM, the 20-Day EMA Trend Follow trailed buy-and-hold over the five years through Nov 2026: +155.5% against +233.7% for simply holding — a gap of 78.2 percentage points. The strategy took 3 completed trades (2 profitable, 1 not), a 67% 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 24.4%, against 24.4% for buy-and-hold. Dollar-cost averaging into JPM over the same window returned +85.3%. Best single trade: +141.4% (2023-03-17 to 2026-03-27); worst: -5.0% (2022-12-02 to 2023-03-17).
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 simple trend-following rule: hold JPMorgan (JPM) whenever price is above its 20-day EMA, exit whenever price drops below it.
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