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Does Upper Bollinger band breakout work on BKNG?

Upper Bollinger band breakout does not beat buy-and-hold on BKNG: -10.2 points a year over 27 years.

Total return
-30.7%
Buy and hold
922.2%
CAGR
-1.3%
Sharpe
-0.23
Max drawdown
-55.6%
Trades
456
Out of sample
overfit
Years
27
0.1×1×10×20002002200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242026
StrategyBKNG

Findings

  1. Upper Bollinger band breakout does not beat buy-and-hold on BKNG: -10.2 points a year over 27 years.
  2. Against the S&P 500 over the same window: -9.9 points a year.
  3. Total return -30.7% versus +922.2% for buy-and-hold, with 456 trades.
  4. The result does not hold out of sample: it is overfit.
  5. Maximum drawdown -55.6%.
  6. It beats in neither half of the history (split at 2012).
  7. It ranks #34 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 0a2f2c1b7ca1.

Exactly what was tested

Long while the close is above the upper band (20, 2σ); flat when it drops back below.

How to read it

The verdict compares the strategy with buying and holding BKNG 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 Upper Bollinger band breakout work on BKNG?. Daily backtest 1962-01-01–2026-08-31, artifact 0a2f2c1b7ca1. https://finaxion.app/en/research/bollinger-breakout/bkng

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