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Does Bounce off the lower Bollinger band work on IBKR?

Bounce off the lower Bollinger band does not beat buy-and-hold on IBKR: -11.1 points a year over 19 years.

Total return
130.8%
Buy and hold
×16
CAGR
4.4%
Sharpe
0.11
Max drawdown
-35.4%
Trades
154
Out of sample
—
Years
19
1×10×16×2008201020122014201620182020202220242026
StrategyIBKR

Findings

  1. Bounce off the lower Bollinger band does not beat buy-and-hold on IBKR: -11.1 points a year over 19 years.
  2. Against the S&P 500 over the same window: -6.3 points a year.
  3. Total return +130.8% versus ×16 for buy-and-hold, with 154 trades.
  4. Maximum drawdown -35.4%.
  5. It beat before 2016 and stopped afterwards.
  6. It ranks #45 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 IBKR 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 IBKR?. Daily backtest 1962-01-01–2026-08-31, artifact 30497848a621. https://finaxion.app/en/research/bollinger-bounce/ibkr

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