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Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 5.9%, MDD -35.0%).

Data 2004-10-28 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,473 (21.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 1.4%, drawdown -97.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 10.2%, MDD -80.1%, Sharpe 0.43, 53% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 8.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 17.2%p (CAGR 5.9%, MDD -35.0%, exposure 15%).

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=8, mult=4.2
10.2%-80.1%0.430.138.3x7853%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=75, exitN=26
8.8%-58.0%0.410.156.3x4028%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=21
5.9%-35.0%0.360.173.5x5015%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=59, atrPeriod=11, mult=3.1
6.5%-64.2%0.350.103.9x5426%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=49, slow=205
6.2%-78.2%0.350.083.7x2646%
MACD
fast=14, slow=54, signal=16
4.6%-89.7%0.320.052.7x23151%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=20, slow=49
3.4%-87.4%0.290.042.1x11651%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=42, k=2.1
3.2%-73.7%0.260.042.0x11231%
ROC 모멘텀
n=68, threshold=0.14
2.3%-82.9%0.240.031.7x21431%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.28
-5.9%-93.3%0.08-0.060.3x34750%
Buy and hold1.4%-97.2%0.330.011.3x1100%
0.1 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% -24% -49% -73% -97% 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -80.1% (2015-01-16 → 2020-05-13), recovered after 2,275 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 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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