NFLX Stock: 20-Day EMA Trend Follow Backtest — +243.9% vs +189.1% Buy-and-Hold
Real backtest of the 20-Day EMA Trend Follow strategy on NFLX over 5 years: +243.9% return vs +189.1% buy-and-hold, 2 trades, 50% win rate, 27.5% max drawdown. Computed on real historical data, not simulated — full trade log and verdict inside.
- Total return: +243.9% (beat buy-and-hold at +189.1%)
- Win rate: 50% over 2 trades
- Max drawdown: 27.5%
- Sharpe ratio: 0.98
- Period: 5 years of real historical price data
What the numbers say
On NFLX, the 20-Day EMA Trend Follow beat buy-and-hold over the five years through Nov 2026: +243.9% against +189.1% for simply holding — a gap of 54.8 percentage points. The strategy took 2 completed trades (1 profitable, 1 not), a 50% win rate — a small sample, so read this as a clue about the rule, not proof.
That came with a shallower worst stretch: the strategy's max drawdown was 27.5% versus 53.7% for buy-and-hold. Dollar-cost averaging into NFLX over the same window returned +16.8%. Best single trade: +262.0% (2022-12-28 to 2025-12-05); worst: -5.0% (2022-11-23 to 2022-12-28).
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 Netflix (NFLX) whenever price is above its 20-day EMA, exit whenever price drops below it.
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