Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

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Lyft, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Lyft, Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 2.4%, MDD -25.3%).

Data 2019-03-29 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,845 (7.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -19.6%, drawdown -89.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 4.9%, MDD -72.4%, Sharpe 0.32, 39% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 24.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 17.5%p (CAGR 2.4%, MDD -25.3%, exposure 5%).

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
Supertrend
period=34, mult=3.6
4.9%-72.4%0.320.071.4x3539%
MACD
fast=13, slow=33, signal=6
3.7%-64.5%0.310.061.3x12651%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=148, exitN=58
4.5%-28.7%0.290.161.4x617%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=10, atrPeriod=19, mult=2.1
4.0%-29.2%0.290.141.3x289%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=22, threshold=30
2.4%-25.3%0.250.101.2x105%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=24, slow=155
2.7%-51.0%0.230.051.2x1030%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=195
-2.1%-61.0%0.10-0.030.9x835%
ROC 모멘텀
n=123, threshold=0.07
-3.1%-70.6%0.07-0.040.8x5031%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.34
-8.8%-71.2%0.01-0.120.5x13446%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=37, k=2
-5.7%-46.8%-0.01-0.120.6x3623%
Buy and hold-19.6%-89.9%0.02-0.220.2x1100%
1x 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -45% -67% -90% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -72.4% (2021-03-15 → 2023-07-06), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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