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Finaxion Research · “Sell in May and go away” · single stocks · Recomputed 2026-09-10

Does “Sell in May and go away” work on AVB?

“Sell in May and go away” beats buy-and-hold on AVB by +0.9 points a year over 10 years.

Total return
55.1%
Buy and hold
42.3%
CAGR
4.5%
Sharpe
0.32
Max drawdown
-46.9%
Trades
20
Out of sample
—
Years
10
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StrategyAVB

Findings

  1. “Sell in May and go away” beats buy-and-hold on AVB by +0.9 points a year over 10 years.
  2. Against the S&P 500 over the same window: -10.7 points a year.
  3. Total return +55.1% versus +42.3% for buy-and-hold, with 20 trades.
  4. Maximum drawdown -46.9%.
  5. It did not beat before 2021 and started afterwards.
  6. It ranks #210 of 232 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 0b534dd04389.

Exactly what was tested

Long from the first trading day of November to the last of April; cash from May to October. Calendar rules: simulated with our seasonal engine, same costs as everything else.

How to read it

The verdict compares the strategy with buying and holding AVB 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 “Sell in May and go away” work on AVB?. Daily backtest 1962-01-01–2026-08-31, artifact 0b534dd04389. https://finaxion.app/en/research/sell-in-may/avb

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