Since 1950 the S&P 500 has been up 36 times out of the past 60 years, 58% of all months were positive, the average percentage change for the month has been .6%. October is sometimes referred to as the “bear killer” because it has marked the bottom for many bear markets. Based on the past 12 years of sector ETF data, Staples XLP, Materials XLB and Technology XLK have been the best performing sectors while Utilities XLU, Healthcare XLV and Telecom TTH have been the worst performing sectors.
Below is a table that shows the historical October performance of the 10 main sectors since 1999 and S&P 500 as a comparison. All trades are based on a $10,00 investment.
Below is a spreadsheet that shows how each one of the S&P 500 stocks have performed for the Month of October. The spreadsheet is sorted by highest to lowest win %. Note most of the stocks dont have the same amount of trade occurrence data. Each trade is based on a $10,000 investment.
