Mastercard Incorporated (MA) 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	03 November 2025	29.53%	15.11%
03 January 2023	01 November 2023	8.40%	10.24%
01 February 2022	01 July 2022	-18.70%	-39.58%
04 January 2021	01 September 2021	-1.77%	-2.68%
01 July 2020	02 November 2020	-2.16%	-6.28%
01 March 2019	01 April 2020	1.72%	1.58%
01 September 2016	02 January 2019	96.16%	33.46%
02 May 2016	01 July 2016	-8.68%	-42.43%
Total Return		104.50%

The monthly data for Mastercard Incorporated (exchange: XNYS symbol: MA) was last updated 27 Dec 2025 05:41. Data for this stock is available from 01 Dec 2015 - 26 Dec 2025.