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Elastic N.V. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Elastic N.V.. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 0.5%, MDD -4.3%).

Data 2018-10-05 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,964 (7.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.9%, drawdown -76.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 7.4%, MDD -46.7%, Sharpe 0.38, 46% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 8.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 30.1%p (CAGR 0.5%, MDD -4.3%, exposure 1%).

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
ROC 모멘텀
n=58, threshold=0.03
7.4%-46.7%0.380.161.7x6746%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=121, exitN=87
5.1%-41.0%0.310.121.5x634%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=22, threshold=30
1.7%-11.8%0.280.141.1x23%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=43, atrPeriod=14, mult=2.9
2.1%-37.5%0.210.061.2x2423%
Supertrend
period=15, mult=4.2
0.7%-61.1%0.200.011.1x3348%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=19, slow=350
0.3%-57.1%0.180.001.0x637%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=11, k=3
0.5%-4.3%0.170.121.0x41%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=28, slow=200
-0.4%-54.0%0.15-0.011.0x1040%
MACD
fast=11, slow=14, signal=13
-2.9%-73.7%0.13-0.040.8x16352%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.34
-5.2%-56.6%0.06-0.090.7x14751%
Buy and hold-0.9%-76.8%0.27-0.010.9x1100%
1x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -38% -58% -77% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -46.7% (2021-11-16 → 2023-11-02), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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