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Does Wyckoff: buying the accumulation work on CIEN?

Wyckoff: buying the accumulation does not beat buy-and-hold on CIEN: -4.4 points a year over 30 years.

Total return
-17.1%
Buy and hold
195.6%
CAGR
-0.6%
Sharpe
0.10
Max drawdown
-94.5%
Trades
214
Out of sample
overfit
Years
30
0.1×1×7×1998200120042007201020132016201920222025
StrategyCIEN

Findings

  1. Wyckoff: buying the accumulation does not beat buy-and-hold on CIEN: -4.4 points a year over 30 years.
  2. Against the S&P 500 over the same window: -10.5 points a year.
  3. Total return -17.1% versus +195.6% for buy-and-hold, with 214 trades.
  4. The result does not hold out of sample: it is overfit.
  5. Maximum drawdown -94.5%.
  6. It beat before 2011 and stopped afterwards.
  7. It ranks #193 of 227 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 11e887f77aa5.

Exactly what was tested

Mechanical approximation: 20-bar range with an 8-bar test window; active accumulation state → long; state lost → flat.

How to read it

The verdict compares the strategy with buying and holding CIEN 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 Wyckoff: buying the accumulation work on CIEN?. Daily backtest 1962-01-01–2026-08-31, artifact 11e887f77aa5. https://finaxion.app/en/research/wyckoff-accumulation/cien

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