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Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2015-09-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,733 (10.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.8%, drawdown -41.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 11.5%, MDD -37.9%, Sharpe 0.67, 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=7, mult=4.6
11.5%-37.9%0.670.303.3x2762%
ROC 모멘텀
n=80, threshold=-0.07
9.3%-48.9%0.520.192.6x6377%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=19, slow=147
7.5%-40.7%0.480.182.2x2560%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=31, exitN=31
6.6%-42.9%0.440.152.0x4157%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=38, threshold=22
3.6%-13.3%0.430.271.5x1210%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=12, slow=136
6.2%-47.9%0.420.131.9x3358%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=59, atrPeriod=22, mult=2.3
5.0%-21.1%0.390.241.7x4540%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=49, k=1.1
4.7%-39.9%0.350.121.6x7348%
MACD
fast=15, slow=29, signal=15
-2.6%-45.5%-0.06-0.060.8x15051%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.04, maxStep=0.26
-4.2%-63.8%-0.13-0.070.6x36353%
Buy and hold10.8%-41.6%0.510.263.0x1100%
1x 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -10% -21% -31% -42% 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -37.9% (2018-07-06 → 2022-11-09), recovered after 2,642 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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