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Paramount Skydance Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Paramount Skydance Corporation. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 3.9%, MDD -35.9%).

Data 2005-12-05 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,195 (20.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -5.7%, drawdown -92.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 9.6%, MDD -64.1%, Sharpe 0.48, 48% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 15.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 28.1%p (CAGR 3.9%, MDD -35.9%, exposure 4%).

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
EMA 크로스오버
fast=69, slow=157
9.6%-64.1%0.480.156.6x1648%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=56, slow=202
9.0%-74.4%0.450.125.9x2046%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=23, threshold=32
3.9%-35.9%0.390.112.2x144%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=48, atrPeriod=15, mult=2.7
5.5%-56.5%0.360.103.0x7028%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=114, exitN=31
4.4%-61.5%0.320.072.4x3431%
Supertrend
period=16, mult=3.4
3.6%-90.8%0.270.042.1x10253%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=57, k=2.9
2.8%-73.7%0.250.041.8x2816%
ROC 모멘텀
n=129, threshold=-0.02
2.0%-85.0%0.210.021.5x16451%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.04
-0.7%-86.8%0.12-0.010.9x20852%
MACD
fast=15, slow=54, signal=18
-5.7%-85.7%-0.02-0.070.3x25452%
Buy and hold-5.7%-92.2%0.10-0.060.3x1100%
1x 10x 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 EMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -46% -69% -92% 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -64.1% (2021-03-22 → 2025-08-11), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Uses two exponential averages (more weight on recent prices) and trades their crossover.

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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