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Does Wyckoff: buying the accumulation work on NCLH?

Wyckoff: buying the accumulation beats buy-and-hold on NCLH by +9.6 points a year over 14 years.

Total return
133.8%
Buy and hold
-34.9%
CAGR
6.5%
Sharpe
0.22
Max drawdown
-58.1%
Trades
74
Out of sample
—
Years
14
0.4×1×2.6×4.8×2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
StrategyNCLH

Findings

  1. Wyckoff: buying the accumulation beats buy-and-hold on NCLH by +9.6 points a year over 14 years.
  2. Against the S&P 500 over the same window: -8.3 points a year.
  3. Total return +133.8% versus -34.9% for buy-and-hold, with 74 trades.
  4. Maximum drawdown -58.1%.
  5. It beats in both halves of the history (split at 2019).
  6. It ranks #161 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 NCLH 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 NCLH?. Daily backtest 1962-01-01–2026-08-31, artifact 11e887f77aa5. https://finaxion.app/en/research/wyckoff-accumulation/nclh

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