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Malibu Boats, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Malibu Boats, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 2.7%, MDD -33.1%).

Data 2014-01-31 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,143 (12.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 3.5%, drawdown -73.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 3.5%, MDD -78.9%, Sharpe 0.27, 51% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 0.0%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by -5.0%p (CAGR 2.7%, MDD -33.1%, exposure 14%).

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=14, mult=2.4
3.5%-78.9%0.270.041.5x10351%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=37, atrPeriod=20, mult=3.5
2.7%-33.1%0.260.081.4x2214%
ROC 모멘텀
n=11, threshold=0.2
1.5%-20.4%0.210.071.2x422%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=33, threshold=16
1.6%-54.1%0.180.031.2x5221%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=26, exitN=42
-0.0%-85.0%0.17-0.001.0x4363%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=218
-0.4%-67.4%0.12-0.010.9x1640%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=55, slow=204
-1.5%-73.5%0.09-0.020.8x2043%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.3
-2.8%-73.6%0.06-0.040.7x10652%
MACD
fast=15, slow=47, signal=19
-3.2%-72.8%0.05-0.040.7x14351%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=49, k=3.1
-1.8%-41.8%-0.12-0.040.8x1812%
Buy and hold3.5%-73.9%0.310.051.5x1100%
1x 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -39% -59% -79% 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -78.9% (2021-03-16 → 2026-07-23), 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 selected on the same full-history sample using sharpe over 40 trials per strategy, so results contain in-sample bias. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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