Tag Archives: Stock Pairs To Trade

The 3 “Best” Stock Pairs to Trade — That All Lose Money (Tested)

September 20, 2026 11:32 am |
famous stock pairs to trade backtest — KO/PEP, MA/V, TGT/WMT losses vs HGV/MGM winnerFive-year backtest, identical settings: the three textbook pairs all lost; HGV/MGM went nine for nine.

Ask anyone which stock pairs to trade and you’ll hear the same three names: Coke and Pepsi. Visa and Mastercard. Target and Walmart. They’re in every textbook, every YouTube video, every forum thread. Famous companies, obvious rivals, surely perfect pairs.

I ran all three through a five-year backtest last week. Every one of them lost money.

This isn’t a trick. Same settings for every test, disclosed in full below, straight out of our software. And the punchline isn’t that pairs trading doesn’t work.

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Unlocking Alpha with PairTrade Finder®’s Cointegration-Based Stock Pair Trading Strategy

May 23, 2025 10:07 am |

At PairTrade Finder®, we’ve developed a powerful, systematic approach to stock pair trading that’s delivering exceptional results:

Unlocking Alpha with PairTrade Finder

PairTrade Finder® GH Beta Portfolio: A Case Study in Alpha

Since January 1, 2025, our PTF Beta Portfolio, powered by the PTF Ultimate Alpha 3 system, has posted a remarkable +13.2% return . This performance easily outpaces the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) at -0.3%, the largest Long/Short ETF (FTLS) at -0.7%, and the risk-free rate at +1.9%. Our PTF Beta Portfolio has executed over 260 closed trades across 118 USA stock pairs.

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