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Celsius Holdings, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Celsius Holdings, Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 38.6%, MDD -49.8%).

Data 2007-01-22 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,913 (19.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 4.1%, drawdown -99.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 38.6%, MDD -49.8%, Sharpe 0.82, 35% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 34.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 50.0%p (CAGR 38.6%, MDD -49.8%, exposure 35%).

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=81, exitN=33
38.6%-49.8%0.820.78584.0x3235%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=9, slow=140
35.6%-73.1%0.770.49379.2x5048%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=49, slow=70
30.9%-69.9%0.720.44192.3x4048%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=22
22.3%-52.8%0.710.4250.8x2411%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.08
27.8%-87.2%0.690.32120.1x20647%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=81, k=2.6
25.7%-74.9%0.680.3486.8x3628%
Supertrend
period=29, mult=4.3
19.5%-95.4%0.620.2032.6x5245%
ROC 모멘텀
n=139, threshold=-0.03
14.7%-97.6%0.560.1514.7x11856%
MACD
fast=43, slow=84, signal=27
6.6%-98.6%0.530.073.5x10156%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=38, atrPeriod=16, mult=2.6
13.4%-78.8%0.490.1711.7x6622%
Buy and hold4.1%-99.8%0.630.042.2x1100%
0.01 0.1 1x 10x 100x 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -75% -100% 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -49.8% (2009-07-20 → 2012-02-14), recovered after 1,493 days.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

Method and caveats

Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Parameters were carried forward from the latest full optimization and replayed on this monthly dataset. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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