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Does Bounce off the lower Bollinger band work on KHC?

Bounce off the lower Bollinger band beats buy-and-hold on KHC by +1.5 points a year over 11 years.

Total return
-31.2%
Buy and hold
-42.2%
CAGR
-3.3%
Sharpe
-0.40
Max drawdown
-56.5%
Trades
98
Out of sample
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Years
11
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StrategyKHC

Findings

  1. Bounce off the lower Bollinger band beats buy-and-hold on KHC by +1.5 points a year over 11 years.
  2. Against the S&P 500 over the same window: -17.6 points a year.
  3. Total return -31.2% versus -42.2% for buy-and-hold, with 98 trades.
  4. Maximum drawdown -56.5%.
  5. It beat before 2021 and stopped afterwards.
  6. It ranks #231 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 KHC 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 KHC?. Daily backtest 1962-01-01–2026-08-31, artifact 30497848a621. https://finaxion.app/en/research/bollinger-bounce/khc

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