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Does the MACD cross (12/26/9) work on STX?

The MACD cross (12/26/9) does not beat buy-and-hold on STX: -3.0 points a year over 24 years.

Total return
×87
Buy and hold
×157
CAGR
20.7%
Sharpe
0.61
Max drawdown
-56.9%
Trades
436
Out of sample
partly
Years
24
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StrategySTX

Findings

  1. The MACD cross (12/26/9) does not beat buy-and-hold on STX: -3.0 points a year over 24 years.
  2. Against the S&P 500 over the same window: +9.3 points a year.
  3. Total return ×87 versus ×157 for buy-and-hold, with 436 trades.
  4. The result holds only partly out of sample.
  5. Maximum drawdown -56.9%.
  6. It beat before 2014 and stopped afterwards.
  7. It ranks #5 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 71812b470df2.

Exactly what was tested

Long while the MACD(12,26) line is above its signal(9); flat when below. Next-close execution.

How to read it

The verdict compares the strategy with buying and holding STX 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.

Open this backtest with its trades   Trades (CSV)

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How to cite

Finaxion Research (2026). Does the MACD cross (12/26/9) work on STX?. Daily backtest 1962-01-01–2026-08-31, artifact 71812b470df2. https://finaxion.app/en/research/classic-macd/stx

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