Globe Life Inc (GL) Daily/Weekly Backtest Results

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Expectancy: 16.51%.   Win rate: 55.56%.   Sharpe Ratio: -0.129.
Mean CAGR of winning trades: 28.76%. Time in market: 3802 days.   Average win: 42.61% Average loss: -16.12%.
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 Globe Life

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): (55.56% * 42.61%) - (44.44% * 16.12%) = 16.51%.
Wins: 5 Losses: 4

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.

Globe Life 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
24 December 2015   LOW   $55.04 19.97% electric_bolt 47.20% 47.2 %
27 January 2016   LOW   $50.67 26.01% 
electric_boltelectric_bolt
 59.90% 53.55 %
14 February 2018 bubble_chart   MEDIUM   $83.27 5.05% 10.57% 39.22 %
26 December 2018 bubble_chart   MEDIUM   smart_toy0.95 $71.03 30.12% 
electric_boltelectric_bolt
 36.17% 38.46 %
04 March 2020 bubble_chart   MEDIUM   $93.41 -100.00% -20.23% 26.72 %
23 June 2021   MEDIUM   $95.24 -6.44% -6.27% 21.22 %
21 March 2023 bubble_chart   MEDIUM   $110.00 -0.65% -0.68% 18.09 %
20 March 2024 bubble_chart   MEDIUM   $117.72 -99.96% -37.29% 11.17 %
23 April 2024 bubble_chart   MEDIUM   $71.63 62.64% 
electric_boltelectric_boltelectric_bolt
 59.21% 16.51 %

 

The data for Globe Life Inc (exchange: XNYS symbol: GL) was last updated 10 Apr 2026 04:54. Data for this stock is available from 01 Dec 2015 - 09 Apr 2026.