CRM Stock: MACD Signal Line Crossover Backtest — +54.2% vs +39.5% Buy-and-Hold
Real backtest of the MACD Signal Line Crossover strategy on CRM over 5 years: +54.2% return vs +39.5% buy-and-hold, 40 trades, 38% win rate, 36.0% max drawdown. Computed on real historical data, not simulated — full trade log and verdict inside.
- Total return: +54.2% (beat buy-and-hold at +39.5%)
- Win rate: 38% over 40 trades
- Max drawdown: 36.0%
- Sharpe ratio: 0.33
- Period: 5 years of real historical price data
What the numbers say
On CRM, the MACD Signal Line Crossover beat buy-and-hold over the five years through Nov 2026: +54.2% against +39.5% for simply holding — a gap of 14.6 percentage points. The strategy took 40 completed trades (15 profitable, 25 not), a 38% win rate.
That came with a shallower worst stretch: the strategy's max drawdown was 36.0% versus 58.7% for buy-and-hold. Dollar-cost averaging into CRM over the same window returned +0.6%. Best single trade: +40.0% (2026-07-27 to 2026-09-10); worst: -5.0% (2022-09-14 to 2022-09-16).
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.
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