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Does Bounce off the lower Bollinger band work on CHTR?

Bounce off the lower Bollinger band does not beat buy-and-hold on CHTR: -2.5 points a year over 17 years.

Total return
194.2%
Buy and hold
335.5%
CAGR
6.7%
Sharpe
0.24
Max drawdown
-32.8%
Trades
146
Out of sample
—
Years
17
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StrategyCHTR

Findings

  1. Bounce off the lower Bollinger band does not beat buy-and-hold on CHTR: -2.5 points a year over 17 years.
  2. Against the S&P 500 over the same window: -7.4 points a year.
  3. Total return +194.2% versus +335.5% for buy-and-hold, with 146 trades.
  4. Maximum drawdown -32.8%.
  5. It did not beat before 2018 and started afterwards.
  6. It ranks #76 of 235 markets for this strategy by annual excess over the S&P 500.

Findings derived from the full panel. Each carries its number and its denominator; the computations are reproducible with artifact 30497848a621.

Exactly what was tested

Close crosses back above the lower band (20, 2σ) after piercing it → entry. Close reaches the 20-day mean → exit.

How to read it

The verdict compares the strategy with buying and holding CHTR over the same window, with round-trip costs per asset class. “Out of sample” is walk-forward: the rule is fit on one stretch and judged on the next. A result that beats in the full sample but not out of it is overfit. Full methodology in the protocol. How we test.

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How to cite

Finaxion Research (2026). Does Bounce off the lower Bollinger band work on CHTR?. Daily backtest 1962-01-01–2026-08-31, artifact 30497848a621. https://finaxion.app/en/research/bollinger-bounce/chtr

Not a recommendation. Past performance does not guarantee future results.