McDonalds Corp (MCD) Monthly Backtest Results military_tech

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
01 October 2025 03 November 2025 -1.61% -16.93%
01 October 2024 01 July 2025 -2.88% -3.83%
02 January 2024 01 May 2024 -7.29% -20.57%
01 December 2022 02 October 2023 -6.00% -7.14%
01 September 2022 03 October 2022 -7.76% -60.19%
01 September 2020 01 July 2022 17.89% 9.41%
01 October 2018 02 December 2019 20.12% 17.01%
03 January 2017 02 April 2018 35.06% 27.33%
01 December 2015 01 September 2016 3.15% 4.2%
Total Return 50.68%

 

The monthly data for McDonalds Corp (exchange: XNYS symbol: MCD) was last updated 27 Dec 2025 05:42. Data for this stock is available from 01 Sep 2015 - 26 Dec 2025.