Principal Financial Group Inc (PFG) Daily/Weekly Backtest Results

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Expectancy: 6.61%.   Win rate: 73.33%.   Sharpe Ratio: -1.681.   Maximum drawdown: -54.44% on 23 March 2020.
Mean CAGR: 97.12%. Time in market: 2804 days.   Hypothetical return: $1000 would be worth $1863.72 on 12 December 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 Principal Financial Group

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 15 signal(s) occurring before 19 March 2024 for a 7.5% profit target: (73.33% * 9.39%) + (20.0% * 0.40%) - (6.67% * 5.31%) = 6.61%.
Wins: 11 Breakevens: 3 Losses: 1

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.

Principal Financial Group Analysis

Market sector: Financials.

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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:   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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19 March 2026   20     Williams %R (Weekly) $ 86.17 schedule schedule schedule schedule schedule
04 April 2025   20     Williams %R (Weekly) $ 76.74 select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box select_check_box select_check_box electric_bolt
17 December 2024   20     Williams %R (Weekly) $ 77.81 select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box
02 August 2024   25     Williams %R (Weekly) $ 77.04 select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box electric_boltelectric_bolt select_check_box
11 June 2024   25     Williams %R (Weekly) $ 78.22 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
02 October 2023   40     Williams %R (Weekly) $ 70.38 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
03 May 2023   40     Williams %R (Weekly) $ 68.91 select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box
09 March 2023   10     Williams %R (Weekly) $ 80.93 select_check_box select_check_box select_check_box select_check_box select_check_box
13 June 2022   30     Williams %R (Weekly) $ 64.14 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_boltelectric_bolt
07 March 2022   55     Williams %R (Weekly) $ 65.30 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_bolt
19 July 2021   15     Williams %R (Weekly) $ 59.39 select_check_box electric_boltelectric_boltelectric_bolt select_check_box electric_boltelectric_boltelectric_bolt select_check_box electric_boltelectric_bolt select_check_box electric_boltelectric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt
23 September 2020   15     Williams %R (Weekly) $ 38.42 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
24 February 2020   15     Williams %R (Weekly) $ 50.86 select_check_box select_check_box select_check_box select_check_box select_check_box
06 December 2018   40     Williams %R (Weekly) $ 42.02 select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box electric_boltelectric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt
22 October 2018   40     Williams %R (Weekly) $ 49.08 select_check_box select_check_box select_check_box select_check_box select_check_box
26 June 2018   40     Williams %R (Weekly) $ 49.94 select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box electric_bolt select_check_box
01 May 2018   40     Williams %R (Weekly) $ 53.21 select_check_box select_check_box select_check_box select_check_box select_check_box
23 March 2018   20     Williams %R (Weekly) $ 53.51 select_check_box select_check_box select_check_box select_check_box select_check_box
05 February 2018   15     Williams %R (Weekly) $ 57.91 disabled_by_default disabled_by_default disabled_by_default disabled_by_default disabled_by_default
06 September 2017   10     Williams %R (Weekly) $ 55.10 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

 

The data for Principal Financial Group Inc (exchange: XNAS symbol: PFG) was last updated 27 Mar 2026 11:34. Data for this stock is available from 01 Apr 2016 - 26 Mar 2026.