Deere's Trading Volume Plummets to 124th as High-Volume Strategy Posts 234% Return with 152% Drawdown

On August 18, 2025, Deere & Co (DE) traded with a 0.48% gain, closing with a daily trading volume of $680 million, a 47.71% decline from the prior day. This volume ranked the stock at position 124 in terms of liquidity across the broader market, highlighting a notable reduction in investor activity compared to recent trading sessions.

Backtesting analysis of a high-volume-driven strategy revealed mixed performance metrics. The approach—selecting the top 500 stocks by daily trading volume and holding them for one day—generated a cumulative return of 23.4% between 2022 and the present. While the strategy demonstrated resilience against market volatility, it also faced a maximum drawdown of -15.2% during the backtest period. A Sharpe ratio of 1.21 indicated favorable risk-adjusted returns, with the metric derived by dividing daily returns by their standard deviation.