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Does 2-day RSI (the Connors rule) work on DAL?

2-day RSI (the Connors rule) beats buy-and-hold on DAL by +6.4 points a year over 19 years.

Total return
×13
Buy and hold
339.1%
CAGR
14.3%
Sharpe
0.47
Max drawdown
-61.5%
Trades
486
Out of sample
—
Years
19
1×10×2008201020122014201620182020202220242026
StrategyDAL

Findings

  1. 2-day RSI (the Connors rule) beats buy-and-hold on DAL by +6.4 points a year over 19 years.
  2. Against the S&P 500 over the same window: +3.5 points a year.
  3. Total return ×13 versus +339.1% for buy-and-hold, with 486 trades.
  4. Maximum drawdown -61.5%.
  5. It beat before 2016 and stopped afterwards.
  6. 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 c0e771fe25fb.

Exactly what was tested

RSI(2) crosses below 10 → entry. RSI(2) crosses above 65 → exit. Next-close execution. No trend filter (we test the rule as it circulates).

How to read it

The verdict compares the strategy with buying and holding DAL 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 2-day RSI (the Connors rule) work on DAL?. Daily backtest 1962-01-01–2026-08-31, artifact c0e771fe25fb. https://finaxion.app/en/research/rsi-2-connors/dal

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