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Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.. 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 -0.5%, MDD -4.0%).

Data 2019-06-20 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,788 (7.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -14.8%, drawdown -87.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 0.9%, MDD -11.2%, Sharpe 0.19, 4% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 15.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 76.4%p (CAGR -0.5%, MDD -4.0%, exposure 1%).

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=37, threshold=24
0.9%-11.2%0.190.081.1x44%
Supertrend
period=27, mult=3
-1.5%-54.9%0.09-0.030.9x4037%
MACD
fast=18, slow=49, signal=13
-3.4%-58.2%0.05-0.060.8x7052%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=99, exitN=37
-1.1%-34.8%0.01-0.030.9x819%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=12, k=2.7
-0.2%-17.2%0.01-0.011.0x145%
ROC 모멘텀
n=110, threshold=0.12
-2.4%-40.4%-0.01-0.060.8x3817%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=51, slow=153
-3.2%-64.2%-0.06-0.050.8x929%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=13, slow=217
-3.9%-48.2%-0.11-0.080.8x1224%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=12, atrPeriod=13, mult=3.9
-0.5%-4.0%-0.15-0.121.0x21%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.04, maxStep=0.14
-13.6%-79.4%-0.41-0.170.4x19649%
Buy and hold-14.8%-87.6%-0.11-0.170.3x1100%
1x 2020 2021 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% -22% -44% -66% -88% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -11.2% (2022-07-18 → 2022-08-15), 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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