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Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

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Grindr Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Grindr Inc.. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 31.8%, MDD -49.9%).

Data 2021-01-14 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 1,413 (5.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 6.7%, drawdown -87.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 31.8%, MDD -49.9%, Sharpe 0.54, 56% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 25.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 37.4%p (CAGR 31.8%, MDD -49.9%, exposure 56%).

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=19, mult=3.1
31.8%-49.9%0.540.644.7x2256%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=85, atrPeriod=11, mult=0.9
15.2%-74.4%0.410.202.2x2152%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=90
12.8%-84.5%0.400.152.0x763%
ROC 모멘텀
n=46, threshold=-0.02
13.2%-75.7%0.400.172.0x5569%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=35, exitN=75
12.5%-82.2%0.400.151.9x972%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=84
10.0%-82.5%0.370.121.7x1359%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=78, threshold=17
8.9%-87.3%0.370.101.6x648%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=20, k=1.8
9.6%-71.7%0.350.131.7x5235%
MACD
fast=11, slow=32, signal=10
2.8%-79.9%0.300.041.2x10850%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.36
-12.9%-79.5%-0.12-0.160.5x9256%
Buy and hold6.7%-87.3%0.370.081.4x1100%
1x 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -44% -65% -87% 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -49.9% (2022-11-18 → 2023-08-30), recovered after 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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