Capital One Financial Corp (COF) 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 January 2024 Trade in progress 85.68%
01 August 2023 01 September 2023 -10.73% -73.72%
01 March 2023 03 April 2023 -11.78% -75.02%
04 January 2021 01 December 2021 43.18% 48.55%
01 August 2019 02 March 2020 -0.78% -1.33%
04 September 2018 01 October 2018 -4.29% -44.72%
01 November 2017 01 May 2018 -1.59% -3.17%
01 August 2017 01 September 2017 -6.79% -56.31%
03 October 2016 01 June 2017 9.71% 15.07%
02 May 2016 01 July 2016 -13.17% -57.63%
Total Return 89.44%

 

The monthly data for Capital One Financial Corp (exchange: XNYS symbol: COF) was last updated 27 Dec 2025 05:29. Data for this stock is available from 01 Dec 2015 - 26 Dec 2025.