CMS Energy Corporation (CMS) Monthly Backtest Results

The data points on this monthly chart show the results of using the 10 Month SMA Double Cross strategy on this stock. Read about this strategy here. This is a long term investment strategy designed to catch major bull runs in stocks and indices then exit before the worst of a serious drawdown. It tends to work better with securites that are prone to forming valuation bubbles. To view shorter term swing trading entry signals for this stock then go here.

Key: change_history : trade entry change_history : profitable trade exit change_history : breakeven trade exit (5% loss to 5% profit) change_history : losing trade (greater than 5% loss) show_chart : 10 month simple moving average (SMA)
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*Transaction costs, taxes and dividends are excluded from these calculations. Past performance may not necessarily be a reliable guide to future performance.

Backtest Summary

This table summarises how profitable it would have been to have bought this stock at each monthly entry signal. The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) shows the profitability of the trade on an annualised basis.

Entry Date	Exit Date	Profit or Loss	CAGR
02 September 2025	Trade in progress	-1.98%
01 April 2024	01 July 2025	16.03%	12.63%
01 February 2022	03 October 2022	-6.49%	-9.56%
01 September 2021	01 October 2021	-7.16%	-59.53%
03 May 2021	01 July 2021	-8.06%	-40.55%
02 November 2020	01 February 2021	-10.91%	-37.07%
01 June 2018	01 April 2020	29.06%	14.91%
01 March 2017	01 February 2018	3.02%	3.27%
01 April 2016	01 December 2016	-4.33%	-6.43%
Total Return		9.17%

The monthly data for CMS Energy Corporation (exchange: XNYS symbol: CMS) was last updated 27 Dec 2025 06:42. Data for this stock is available from 04 Jan 2016 - 26 Dec 2025.