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Texas Roadhouse, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Texas Roadhouse, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2004-10-05 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 5,511 (21.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 13.9%, drawdown -76.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 7.8%, MDD -66.7%, Sharpe 0.43, 62% exposure.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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=18, mult=5
7.8%-66.7%0.430.125.1x5162%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=23, slow=60
6.5%-61.0%0.380.114.0x9158%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=31, slow=55
5.9%-59.0%0.360.103.5x6959%
ROC 모멘텀
n=194, threshold=-0.05
5.7%-47.9%0.340.123.3x11372%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=29, exitN=61
4.6%-71.4%0.300.062.7x5570%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=17
1.9%-43.6%0.200.041.5x8121%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=57, k=1.3
0.6%-49.4%0.130.011.1x13345%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=35, atrPeriod=11, mult=1.8
0.3%-49.1%0.100.011.1x13436%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.08
-1.6%-67.0%0.06-0.020.7x19253%
MACD
fast=13, slow=43, signal=17
-4.8%-79.5%-0.09-0.060.3x31248%
Buy and hold13.9%-76.6%0.540.1817.3x1100%
1x 10x 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -38% -57% -77% 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -66.7% (2005-08-02 → 2008-12-15), recovered after 3,487 days.

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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