Every backtest we've published. Verdicts first, losers included.
Every backtest StratIQ has run and published in public — the golden cross, RSI and Bollinger mean reversion, MACD, Sell in May, and Faber's 10-month SMA rule — with the exact rules, full stats vs buy-and-hold, and the honest verdict. Losers included.
- 50/200 SMA golden cross on QQQ: +238.5% vs +289.1% buy-and-hold (trailed), 100% win rate over 3 trades, 2019-10-16 to 2026-09-18
- RSI(14) mean reversion on QQQ: +90.9% vs +381.4% buy-and-hold (trailed), 85.7% win rate over 7 trades, 2019-01-23 to 2026-09-25
- Bollinger Band mean reversion on QQQ: +16.2% vs +374.3% buy-and-hold (trailed), 75% win rate over 28 trades, 2019-01-30 to 2026-10-02
- MACD(12,26,9) signal-line crossover on QQQ: +123.3% vs +355.6% buy-and-hold (trailed), 50% win rate over 74 trades, 2019-02-22 to 2026-10-09
- Sell in May and go away on SPY: +53.7% vs +244.7% buy-and-hold (trailed), 57.1% win rate over 7 trades, 2019-01-02 to 2026-10-14
- 10-month SMA timing (Meb Faber style) on SPY: +92.5% vs +178.1% buy-and-hold (trailed), 62.5% win rate over 8 trades, 2019-10-31 to 2026-10-16
- Donchian channel breakout on IWM: +5.4% vs +103.6% buy-and-hold (trailed), 43.4% win rate over 53 trades, 2019-01-31 to 2026-10-23
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