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Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 8.9%, MDD -46.0%).

Data 2012-07-25 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,524 (14.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 4.2%, drawdown -89.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 18.7%, MDD -48.6%, Sharpe 0.62, 49% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 14.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 40.4%p (CAGR 8.9%, MDD -46.0%, exposure 27%).

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
SMA 크로스오버
fast=14, slow=144
18.7%-48.6%0.620.3811.0x2349%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=13, slow=114
17.1%-49.0%0.590.359.1x2946%
ROC 모멘텀
n=113, threshold=0.01
13.3%-56.9%0.500.235.8x8149%
Supertrend
period=20, mult=5
12.4%-57.2%0.490.225.2x3550%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=65, exitN=78
11.8%-60.1%0.470.204.8x1948%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=57, k=3.2
8.3%-54.0%0.440.153.1x2220%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=38, threshold=15
8.9%-46.0%0.420.193.3x5227%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=57, atrPeriod=22, mult=3.8
6.9%-50.7%0.370.142.5x2822%
MACD
fast=15, slow=59, signal=16
1.8%-78.2%0.230.021.3x15253%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.1
-2.1%-81.7%0.13-0.030.7x25548%
Buy and hold4.2%-89.0%0.350.051.8x1100%
1x 10x 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -45% -67% -89% 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -48.6% (2020-07-28 → 2021-05-12), recovered after 632 days.

Rules of the top strategy

When the short average rises above the long average, it reads that as an uptrend starting.

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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