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Backtested AAPL swing trading setups.

10 classic swing setups held a real, walk-forward-tested edge on AAPL. AAPL rewards trend timing: 8 of the 10 are trend setups. Every one ran through walk-forward testing and a 100-run random-entry gauntlet. Sign up free to run any of them on your own account.

10 setups
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Mean reversion
Four-down-days bounce AAPL · 1D

Buy after four straight down closes with price above the 200-day SMA. Sell on the first up close, or after 10 bars.

Return+33.9%
Win rate77.8%
Max DD-4.6%
Sharpe0.81
3 of 4 unseen periods positive. Beat 92 of 100 random-entry runs.
Edge held on 7 of 28 tickers
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Trend
MACD cross above 200 SMA AAPL · 1D

Buy when the MACD line crosses above its signal with price above the 200-day SMA. Sell on the cross back down.

Return+304.3%
Win rate49.2%
Max DD-14.3%
Sharpe1.36
4 of 4 unseen periods positive. Beat 89 of 100 random-entry runs.
Edge held on 5 of 28 tickers
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Mean reversion
Pin bar at a 20-day low AAPL · 1D

Buy a pin bar that prints at a 20-day low. Sell at a 5-day high, or after 10 bars.

Return+26.0%
Win rate68.4%
Max DD-11.6%
Sharpe0.43
3 of 4 unseen periods positive. Beat 85 of 100 random-entry runs.
Edge held on 7 of 28 tickers
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Trend
EMA 8/21 trend rider AAPL · 1D

Buy when the 8 EMA crosses above the 21 EMA. Sell when price closes below the 21 EMA, with a 10% stop.

Return+175.4%
Win rate42.6%
Max DD-16.0%
Sharpe1.05
4 of 4 unseen periods positive. Beat 84 of 100 random-entry runs.
Edge held on 9 of 28 tickers
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Trend
Price / VWMA cross AAPL · 1D

Buy when price crosses above its 20-day volume-weighted average with price above the 200-day SMA. Sell when it crosses back below.

Return+395.7%
Win rate40.5%
Max DD-29.2%
Sharpe1.30
4 of 4 unseen periods positive. Beat 84 of 100 random-entry runs.
Edge held on 4 of 28 tickers
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Trend
Awesome Oscillator zero cross AAPL · 1D

Buy when the Awesome Oscillator crosses above zero. Sell when it crosses back below.

Return+660.4%
Win rate53.3%
Max DD-27.3%
Sharpe1.40
4 of 4 unseen periods positive. Beat 83 of 100 random-entry runs.
Edge held on 7 of 28 tickers
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Trend
EMA 20/50 trend rider AAPL · 1D

Buy when the 20 EMA crosses above the 50 EMA. Sell when price closes below the 50 EMA, with a 10% stop.

Return+142.6%
Win rate40.0%
Max DD-22.7%
Sharpe0.82
3 of 4 unseen periods positive. Beat 79 of 100 random-entry runs.
Edge held on 7 of 28 tickers
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Trend
SuperTrend follower AAPL · 1D

Buy when price crosses above the SuperTrend line (10, 3). Sell when it crosses back below.

Return+605.2%
Win rate54.1%
Max DD-23.2%
Sharpe1.37
4 of 4 unseen periods positive. Beat 79 of 100 random-entry runs.
Edge held on 11 of 28 tickers
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Trend
CCI zero-line cross AAPL · 1D

Buy when CCI(20) crosses above zero with price above the 200-day SMA. Sell when it crosses back below.

Return+380.2%
Win rate43.9%
Max DD-20.5%
Sharpe1.30
4 of 4 unseen periods positive. Beat 78 of 100 random-entry runs.
Edge held on 4 of 28 tickers
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Trend
Holy Grail pullback AAPL · 1D

In a strong trend (ADX above 30), buy the pullback back up through the 20 EMA. Sell at a 10-day high, or after 15 bars.

Return+34.5%
Win rate81.2%
Max DD-12.0%
Sharpe0.54
4 of 4 unseen periods positive. Beat 77 of 100 random-entry runs.
Edge held on 2 of 28 tickers
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Walk-forwardUnseen time, 4 periods, ~10 years.
Random-entry100 runs with random timing.
No tuningRules taken as preached.