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Alto Ingredients, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Alto Ingredients, Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 18.6%, MDD -63.0%).

Data 2005-03-24 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,372 (21.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -22.2%, drawdown -100.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 21.6%, MDD -66.0%, Sharpe 0.64, 10% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 43.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 34.0%p (CAGR 18.6%, MDD -63.0%, exposure 9%).

The alternative must retain 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR, improve drawdown by at least 20% and 5 percentage points, and stay below 95% exposure; the ranking weights return retention 60% and drawdown improvement 40%.

Strategy · parametersCAGRMDDSharpeCalmarTotalTradesExposure
ADX / DI 방향성
period=20, threshold=32
21.6%-66.0%0.640.3365.4x3210%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=155, exitN=13
17.6%-76.0%0.580.2331.9x2610%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=74, slow=131
18.7%-81.6%0.580.2338.6x1525%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=29, atrPeriod=9, mult=3.7
18.6%-63.0%0.570.2937.9x289%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=38, slow=124
16.2%-85.8%0.540.1924.9x3934%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=26, k=3.3
16.5%-87.8%0.530.1925.9x5413%
ROC 모멘텀
n=115, threshold=-0.03
11.2%-93.3%0.480.129.7x19736%
MACD
fast=16, slow=22, signal=16
-4.9%-98.6%0.33-0.050.3x29252%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.2
-1.3%-96.5%0.33-0.010.8x24642%
Supertrend
period=10, mult=4.9
-4.2%-97.2%0.30-0.040.4x6347%
Buy and hold-22.2%-100.0%0.25-0.220.0x1100%
0.001 0.01 0.1 1x 10x 100x 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -75% -100% 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -66.0% (2010-01-12 → 2013-04-01), recovered after 1,512 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

Method and caveats

Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Parameters were selected on the same full-history sample using sharpe over 40 trials per strategy, so results contain in-sample bias. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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