Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRK-B) Daily/Weekly Backtest Results

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Expectancy: 40.44%.   Win rate: 71.43%.   Sharpe Ratio: 0.296.
Mean CAGR of winning trades: 20.83%. Time in market: 5670 days.   Average win: 58.47% Average loss: -4.64%.
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 Berkshire Hathaway

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): (71.43% * 58.47%) - (28.57% * 4.64%) = 40.44%.
Wins: 5 Losses: 2

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.

Berkshire Hathaway Analysis

Market sector: Financials.

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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
21 January 2016   LOW   $125.57 19.61% electric_bolt 52.41% 52.41 %
14 February 2018 bubble_chart   MEDIUM   $198.79 -1.16% -2.38% 25.02 %
26 December 2018 bubble_chart   MEDIUM   smart_toy0.959 $193.11 -5.73% -6.90% 14.38 %
17 March 2020 bubble_chart   HIGH   smart_toy0.98 $184.74 29.70%
electric_boltelectric_bolt
73.84% 29.24 %
12 May 2022   MEDIUM   smart_toy0.982 $308.00 14.74% electric_bolt 54.56% 34.31 %
23 June 2022   MEDIUM   smart_toy0.985 $268.68 23.00% electric_bolt 78.24% 41.63 %
10 October 2023   MEDIUM   $347.78 17.12% electric_bolt 33.30% 40.44 %

 

The data for Berkshire Hathaway Inc (exchange: XNYS symbol: BRK-B) was last updated 10 Apr 2026 04:50. Data for this stock is available from 01 Dec 2015 - 09 Apr 2026.