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Cricut, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Cricut, Inc.. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 5.9%, MDD -33.3%).

Data 2021-03-26 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,343 (5.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -22.3%, drawdown -91.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 5.9%, MDD -33.3%, Sharpe 0.33, 10% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 28.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 57.9%p (CAGR 5.9%, MDD -33.3%, exposure 10%).

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=18, threshold=26
5.9%-33.3%0.330.181.4x1610%
Supertrend
period=20, mult=3.1
4.1%-58.3%0.290.071.2x2728%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=28, atrPeriod=19, mult=1.9
0.2%-48.6%0.160.001.0x2414%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=33, k=2.1
-1.8%-41.4%0.11-0.040.9x2316%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=54, slow=177
-2.2%-57.1%0.10-0.040.9x632%
ROC 모멘텀
n=10, threshold=0.13
-0.8%-49.9%0.08-0.021.0x6210%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=65, exitN=21
-4.5%-50.9%0.00-0.090.8x1114%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.2
-21.2%-84.3%-0.29-0.250.3x13546%
MACD
fast=7, slow=26, signal=6
-24.7%-86.6%-0.41-0.290.2x15150%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=13, slow=195
-13.3%-64.6%-0.64-0.210.5x811%
Buy and hold-22.3%-91.2%-0.07-0.240.3x1100%
1x 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -46% -68% -91% 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -33.3% (2021-06-30 → 2023-06-30), prior peak not yet recovered.

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 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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