Akamai Technologies Inc (AKAM) Daily/Weekly Backtest Results

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Expectancy: 7.01%.   Win rate: 71.43%.   Sharpe Ratio: 0.164.   Maximum drawdown: -25.98% on 13 March 2023.
Mean CAGR: 44.47%. Time in market: 1189 days.   Hypothetical return: $1000 would be worth $1464.18 on 10 May 2023.
Key: change_history : profitable trade change_history : breakeven trade (minimal loss after 2 years) change_history : losing trade (not profitable in a 2 year timeframe)


*Transaction costs, taxes and dividends are excluded from these calculations. Past performance may not necessarily be a reliable guide to future performance.

Calculations for Akamai Technologies

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 7 signal(s) occurring before 19 March 2024 for a 7.5% profit target: (71.43% * 8.56%) + (28.57% * 3.14%) - (0% * 0%) = 7.01%.
Wins: 5 Breakevens: 2 Losses: 0

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.

Akamai Technologies Analysis

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52 Week Low Backtest Summary (Fixed Profits System)

This table summarises how profitable it would have been to have bought this stock at each 52 week low 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:   disabled_by_default = profit point not achieved. select_check_box = profit point achieved with CAGR above 15%.
select_check_box = profit point achieved with CAGR of between 5% and 15%. select_check_box = profit point achieved but CAGR was less than 5%.

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11 August 2025   5     52 Week Low $ 70.78 select_check_box electric_boltelectric_boltelectric_bolt select_check_box electric_boltelectric_boltelectric_bolt select_check_box electric_boltelectric_boltelectric_bolt select_check_box electric_boltelectric_boltelectric_bolt select_check_box electric_boltelectric_bolt
04 April 2025   5     52 Week Low $ 75.37 select_check_box electric_boltelectric_bolt select_check_box electric_boltelectric_bolt select_check_box electric_boltelectric_bolt select_check_box electric_boltelectric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt
21 February 2025   10     52 Week Low $ 82.86 select_check_box select_check_box select_check_box select_check_box select_check_box electric_bolt
15 November 2024   20     52 Week Low $ 88.14 select_check_box electric_boltelectric_boltelectric_bolt select_check_box electric_boltelectric_boltelectric_bolt select_check_box electric_boltelectric_boltelectric_bolt select_check_box electric_boltelectric_boltelectric_bolt select_check_box
16 February 2023   0     52 Week Low $ 77.55 select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt
20 September 2022   30     52 Week Low $ 86.94 select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box select_check_box
13 June 2022   30     52 Week Low $ 93.03 select_check_box select_check_box select_check_box select_check_box select_check_box
06 May 2022   30     52 Week Low $ 96.24 select_check_box electric_boltelectric_bolt select_check_box electric_boltelectric_bolt select_check_box select_check_box select_check_box
21 December 2018   40     52 Week Low $ 61.12 select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box electric_boltelectric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box electric_boltelectric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt
27 July 2017   5     52 Week Low $ 45.84 select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt
17 May 2017   5     52 Week Low $ 48.15 select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt

 

The data for Akamai Technologies Inc (exchange: XNAS symbol: AKAM) was last updated 27 Mar 2026 11:28. Data for this stock is available from 01 Apr 2016 - 26 Mar 2026.