Trading Edge 5

Instrument/asset

S&P 500 (SPX)

Trading rules

The trading rules of the edge read like this (please also backtest yourself – you might find a way to improve it):

  • Today is Tuesday in Thanksgiving week; and 
  • Exit on Black Friday. 

Results

Trading performance if exit after N-days (100 000 and compounding since 1960):

It seems like the edge is getting weaker (?). That said, the average gain has been 0.51% and the win rate is 82%. 

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