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DraftKings Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of DraftKings Inc.. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 25.4%, MDD -31.9%).

Data 2019-07-25 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 1,785 (7.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 13.6%, drawdown -85.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 31.1%, MDD -44.5%, Sharpe 0.86, 44% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 17.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 41.2%p (CAGR 25.4%, MDD -31.9%, exposure 40%).

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
ROC 모멘텀
n=147, threshold=0.05
31.1%-44.5%0.860.706.8x4444%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=30, k=1.5
27.1%-39.6%0.850.695.5x5439%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=22
18.5%-35.9%0.830.513.3x1214%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=39, atrPeriod=12, mult=1.6
25.4%-31.9%0.800.805.0x4640%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=104, exitN=63
26.8%-51.7%0.780.525.4x844%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=101
26.5%-53.1%0.760.505.3x1050%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=168
20.2%-63.6%0.640.323.7x1048%
Supertrend
period=17, mult=3.4
16.5%-57.6%0.580.293.0x4549%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.055, maxStep=0.22
13.0%-64.1%0.500.202.4x26152%
MACD
fast=15, slow=38, signal=14
8.1%-79.9%0.400.101.7x9751%
Buy and hold13.6%-85.7%0.520.162.5x1100%
1x 10x 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -43% -64% -86% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -44.5% (2020-10-02 → 2020-10-30), recovered after 126 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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