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United Parks & Resorts Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of United Parks & Resorts Inc.. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 7.7%, MDD -21.2%).

Data 2013-04-19 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,341 (13.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 2.1%, drawdown -80.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 7.7%, MDD -21.2%, Sharpe 0.60, 12% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 9.2%, MDD -52.8%, exposure 52%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 5.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 59.6%p (CAGR 7.7%, MDD -21.2%, exposure 12%).

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=33, threshold=20
7.7%-21.2%0.600.362.7x2012%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=57, k=2.5
6.8%-38.0%0.450.182.4x2721%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=37, slow=50
9.2%-52.8%0.450.173.2x7952%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=34, exitN=27
8.2%-57.8%0.420.142.8x4448%
MACD
fast=29, slow=72, signal=18
8.3%-54.5%0.410.152.9x9653%
Supertrend
period=10, mult=3.9
7.3%-54.3%0.390.132.6x5754%
ROC 모멘텀
n=85, threshold=0.08
6.4%-53.9%0.380.122.3x13535%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=48, atrPeriod=8, mult=3.9
3.8%-22.5%0.360.171.7x1612%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=29, slow=39
-0.5%-71.1%0.12-0.010.9x6150%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.24
-4.9%-72.5%0.01-0.070.5x29151%
Buy and hold2.1%-80.8%0.280.031.3x1100%
1x 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 SMA 크로스오버ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -20% -40% -61% -81% 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버ADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -21.2% (2018-09-13 → 2020-05-19), recovered after 622 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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