ABM Industries Inc (ABM) Daily/Weekly Backtest Results crown

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Expectancy: -3.53%.   Win rate: 33.33%.   Sharpe Ratio: -0.625.
Mean CAGR of winning trades: 18.05%. Time in market: 1512 days.   Average win: 15.94% Average loss: -13.27%.
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 ABM Industries

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 9 signal(s): (33.33% * 15.94%) - (66.67% * 13.27%) = -3.53%.
Wins: 3 Losses: 6

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.

ABM Industries Analysis

Market sector: Industrials.

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Rate of Change Backtest Summary (Trailing Stops System)

This table summarises how profitable it would have been to have bought this stock at each Rate of Change entry signal and held until the initial 20% stop loss or the trailing stop loss was triggered.

Key:   electric_bolt : high CAGR trade schedule : open trade

Signal Date Price CAGR Profit / Loss Running Avg
05 October 2015   LOW   smart_toy0.925 $25.44 35.61%
electric_boltelectric_bolt
43.89% 43.89 %
20 December 2016   MEDIUM   smart_toy0.624 $37.54 -5.28% -5.21% 19.34 %
25 September 2017   MEDIUM   smart_toy0.37 $37.16 -13.97% -5.18% 11.17 %
04 January 2018   MEDIUM   smart_toy0.864 $36.03 -49.54% -20.14% 3.34 %
03 March 2020   HIGH   smart_toy0.648 $33.98 -100.00% -25.69% -2.47 %
13 September 2023   MEDIUM   smart_toy0.66 $39.72 5.70% 2.23% -1.68 %
23 December 2024   MEDIUM   smart_toy0.648 $50.32 -38.66% -13.12% -3.32 %
24 June 2025   MEDIUM   smart_toy0.851 $45.06 -23.77% -10.29% -4.19 %
23 March 2026   HIGH   smart_toy0.87 $38.22 12.83% electric_bolt schedule 1.70% -3.53 %

 

The data for ABM Industries Inc (exchange: XNYS symbol: ABM) was last updated 24 May 2026 14:50. Data for this stock is available from 01 Sep 2015 - 22 May 2026.