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StoneCo Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of StoneCo Ltd.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; 볼린저 밴드 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 8.6%, MDD -16.5%).

Data 2018-10-25 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,950 (7.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -12.3%, drawdown -92.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR 16.5%, MDD -25.3%, Sharpe 0.83, 14% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 28.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 67.1%p (CAGR 8.6%, MDD -16.5%, 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
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=33, k=3.5
16.5%-25.3%0.830.653.3x1014%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=16, atrPeriod=24, mult=3.5
8.6%-16.5%0.650.521.9x64%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=112, exitN=8
8.7%-23.7%0.580.361.9x1615%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=44, slow=54
10.5%-57.3%0.450.182.2x4747%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=33, threshold=14
7.7%-50.6%0.410.151.8x3826%
ROC 모멘텀
n=92, threshold=0.05
7.9%-43.3%0.390.181.8x4242%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=145
7.0%-49.3%0.370.141.7x1643%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.22
5.3%-62.9%0.340.081.5x11350%
MACD
fast=22, slow=31, signal=11
4.1%-85.7%0.330.051.4x9550%
Supertrend
period=11, mult=2.8
1.2%-64.8%0.240.021.1x5548%
Buy and hold-12.3%-92.3%0.14-0.130.4x1100%
1x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 볼린저 밴드 돌파Buy and hold
볼린저 밴드 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -46% -69% -92% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and hold볼린저 밴드 돌파
볼린저 밴드 돌파 maximum drawdown -25.3% (2019-03-26 → 2020-05-28), recovered after 483 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the upper band (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals a strong move up.

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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