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Does Wyckoff: buying the accumulation work on SYF?

Wyckoff: buying the accumulation does not beat buy-and-hold on SYF: -0.5 points a year over 12 years.

Total return
303.6%
Buy and hold
325.2%
CAGR
12.3%
Sharpe
0.48
Max drawdown
-35.2%
Trades
66
Out of sample
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Years
12
0.7×1×2.7×4.7×201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
StrategySYF

Findings

  1. Wyckoff: buying the accumulation does not beat buy-and-hold on SYF: -0.5 points a year over 12 years.
  2. Against the S&P 500 over the same window: -1.7 points a year.
  3. Total return +303.6% versus +325.2% for buy-and-hold, with 66 trades.
  4. Maximum drawdown -35.2%.
  5. It beat before 2020 and stopped afterwards.
  6. It ranks #43 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 SYF 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 SYF?. Daily backtest 1962-01-01–2026-08-31, artifact 11e887f77aa5. https://finaxion.app/en/research/wyckoff-accumulation/syf

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