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Ross Stores, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Ross Stores, Inc.. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 15.8%, MDD -49.5%).

Data 1985-08-08 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 10,323 (41.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 16.1%, drawdown -82.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 15.8%, MDD -49.5%, Sharpe 0.67, 64% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 17.3%, MDD -58.7%, exposure 83%.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 0.3%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 32.8%p (CAGR 15.8%, MDD -49.5%, exposure 64%).

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
SMA 크로스오버
fast=11, slow=126
15.8%-49.5%0.670.32401.6x10564%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=11, exitN=49
17.3%-58.7%0.630.29691.7x13783%
Supertrend
period=18, mult=4.2
14.9%-52.1%0.630.29295.5x15161%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=17, slow=128
14.0%-48.5%0.610.29211.1x9564%
ROC 모멘텀
n=107, threshold=-0.04
13.4%-61.2%0.580.22173.7x30970%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=27, threshold=29
5.1%-31.3%0.500.167.7x529%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=56, k=1
8.6%-58.8%0.450.1529.2x26353%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.12
8.7%-63.7%0.440.1431.0x33958%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=31, atrPeriod=20, mult=1.5
6.7%-57.5%0.390.1214.4x33945%
MACD
fast=17, slow=58, signal=19
5.5%-64.3%0.330.099.0x44151%
Buy and hold16.1%-82.2%0.570.20450.3x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1986 1992 1998 2004 2010 2016 2022 Donchian 채널 돌파SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버 (Sharpe leader), Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -21% -41% -62% -82% 1986 1992 1998 2004 2010 2016 2022 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파SMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -49.5% (1999-07-21 → 2000-11-30), recovered after 804 days.

Rules of the top strategy

When the short average rises above the long average, it reads that as an uptrend starting.

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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