Utilities Sector SPDR Fund (XLU) Daily/Weekly Backtest Results
*Transaction costs, taxes and dividends are excluded from these calculations. Past performance may not necessarily be a reliable guide to future performance.
Calculations for US Utilities
Expectancy is the percentage profit or loss you would expect to make on the next purchase of this stock with an entry point at the specified signal and profit target as set above. Given a large enough sample size, a positive expectancy indicates the trading strategy is likely to be profitable.
Expectancy calculation for 26 signal(s) occurring before 05 August 2024 for a 7.5% profit target: (84.62% * 7.95%) + (7.69% * 1.11%) - (7.69% * 10.73%) = 5.99%.
Wins: 22 Breakevens: 2 Losses: 2
To even out CAGR calculations, large individual returns from particularly quick trades have been capped at 300%.
The Sharpe Ratio calculation assumes a risk free return rate of 2% per calendar year. Ideally the ratio should be a positive number. A higher positive number indicates the strategy has a more attractive risk adjusted rate of return for this particular buy signal and stock over the chart's timeframe.
Williams %R (Weekly) Backtest Summary (Fixed Profits System)
This table summarises how profitable it would have been to have bought this stock at each Williams %R (Weekly) entry signal. Hover over the icons to see more details of the particular trade, including the maximum percentage drawdown and how long it took to reach the desired percentage profit.
Key:
= profit point not achieved.
= profit point achieved with CAGR above 15%.
= profit point achieved with CAGR of between 5% and 15%.
= profit point achieved but CAGR was less than 5%.
| Date | Buy Signal | Price | Scores | Performance (mouseover for details) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Signal | Sector | WR | Speed | Risk | Overall | 5% | 6% | 7.5% | 10% | 20% | |||
| 10 August 2026 | Williams %R (Weekly) | $ 43.28 | 37 | 61 | 100 | 90 | 82 | 53 | |||||
| 01 June 2026 | Williams %R (Weekly) | $ 43.50 | 19 | 62 | 100 | 90 | 84 | 36 | |||||
| 07 January 2026 | Williams %R (Weekly) | $ 42.12 | 40 | 68 | 100 | 88 | 90 | 56 | |||||
| 07 April 2025 | Williams %R (Weekly) | $ 36.70 | 76 | 87 | 100 | 81 | 89 | 85 | |||||
| 18 December 2024 | Williams %R (Weekly) | $ 37.58 | 71 | 82 | 100 | 71 | 90 | 80 | |||||
| 27 September 2023 | Williams %R (Weekly) | $ 29.37 | 33 | 83 | 100 | 65 | 95 | 52 | |||||
| 15 August 2023 | Williams %R (Weekly) | $ 30.43 | 19 | 83 | 100 | 69 | 95 | 39 | |||||
| 24 February 2023 | Williams %R (Weekly) | $ 31.36 | 48 | 83 | 100 | 64 | 84 | 64 | |||||
| 06 October 2022 | Williams %R (Weekly) | $ 31.00 | 76 | 86 | 100 | 63 | 86 | 83 | |||||
| 13 June 2022 | Williams %R (Weekly) | $ 32.01 | 90 | 92 | 100 | 64 | 87 | 93 | |||||
| 23 February 2022 | Williams %R (Weekly) | $ 30.15 | 43 | 86 | 100 | 27 | 89 | 56 | |||||
| 22 February 2021 | Williams %R (Weekly) | $ 27.05 | 62 | 72 | 100 | 32 | 91 | 65 | |||||
| 28 February 2020 | Williams %R (Weekly) | $ 26.87 | 64 | 93 | 100 | 48 | 87 | 75 | |||||
| 02 February 2018 | Williams %R (Weekly) | $ 20.12 | 26 | 64 | 100 | 76 | 94 | 43 | |||||
| 26 December 2017 | Williams %R (Weekly) | $ 21.08 | 61 | 76 | 100 | 40 | 89 | 68 | |||||
| 11 October 2016 | Williams %R (Weekly) | $ 18.25 | 66 | 82 | 100 | 83 | 97 | 77 | |||||
| 09 September 2016 | Williams %R (Weekly) | $ 18.83 | 41 | 53 | 100 | 83 | 97 | 52 | |||||
| 01 September 2015 | Williams %R (Weekly) | $ 15.40 | 23 | 96 | 71 | 45 | 66 | 43 | |||||
| 05 June 2015 | Williams %R (Weekly) | $ 15.65 | 17 | 69 | 48 | 12 | 49 | 29 | |||||
| 02 March 2015 | Williams %R (Weekly) | $ 16.28 | 31 | 58 | 57 | 1 | 57 | 30 | |||||
| 06 August 2014 | Williams %R (Weekly) | $ 14.41 | 24 | 79 | |||||||||
| 20 June 2013 | Williams %R (Weekly) | $ 12.55 | 54 | 87 | |||||||||
| 05 November 2012 | Williams %R (Weekly) | $ 12.00 | 33 | 83 | |||||||||
| 04 August 2011 | Williams %R (Weekly) | $ 10.17 | 19 | 78 | |||||||||
| 23 February 2009 | Williams %R (Weekly) | $ 7.43 | 91 | 96 | |||||||||
| 07 October 2008 | Williams %R (Weekly) | $ 8.44 | 91 | 94 | |||||||||
| 04 September 2008 | Williams %R (Weekly) | $ 10.17 | 81 | 95 | |||||||||
| 17 July 2008 | Williams %R (Weekly) | $ 10.85 | 88 | 92 | |||||||||
| 22 January 2008 | Williams %R (Weekly) | $ 10.54 | 94 | 96 | |||||||||
| 27 July 2007 | Williams %R (Weekly) | $ 10.34 | 86 | 93 | |||||||||
| 31 March 2006 | Williams %R (Weekly) | $ 8.09 | 79 | 88 | |||||||||
The data for Utilities Sector SPDR Fund (exchange: ARCX symbol: XLU) was last updated 13 Aug 2026 07:17. Data for this ETF is available from 03 Jan 2000 - 12 Aug 2026.
