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Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

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Bakkt, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Bakkt, Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Parabolic SAR ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 42.1%, MDD -71.2%).

Data 2020-11-19 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,429 (5.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -47.3%, drawdown -99.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Parabolic SAR — CAGR 43.1%, MDD -84.0%, Sharpe 0.72, 36% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 90.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 15.4%p (CAGR 42.1%, MDD -71.2%, exposure 29%).

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
Parabolic SAR
step=0.04, maxStep=0.1
43.1%-84.0%0.720.517.7x11636%
Supertrend
period=18, mult=0.9
42.1%-71.2%0.690.597.4x14229%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=17, atrPeriod=16, mult=0.4
21.5%-74.8%0.590.293.0x10028%
MACD
fast=23, slow=49, signal=16
12.3%-86.9%0.570.141.9x4447%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=9, threshold=28
25.8%-84.4%0.570.313.7x6626%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=13, k=1.1
13.9%-82.3%0.530.172.1x9428%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=4, slow=17
7.8%-83.8%0.510.091.5x8034%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=25, exitN=6
2.5%-78.9%0.350.031.2x3215%
ROC 모멘텀
n=6, threshold=0.02
-17.8%-94.3%0.29-0.190.3x22233%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=6, slow=33
-19.1%-93.5%0.25-0.200.3x4635%
Buy and hold-47.3%-99.4%0.30-0.480.0x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Parabolic SARBuy and hold
Parabolic SAR: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -75% -99% 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdParabolic SAR
Parabolic SAR maximum drawdown -84.0% (2022-02-15 → 2024-11-15), recovered after 1,322 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades around the Parabolic SAR dots that accelerate toward 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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