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Roblox Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Roblox Corporation. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 7.0%, MDD -17.9%).

Data 2021-03-10 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,355 (5.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -11.7%, drawdown -82.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 13.8%, MDD -25.9%, Sharpe 0.74, 15% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 25.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 56.9%p (CAGR 7.0%, MDD -17.9%, exposure 9%).

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
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=31, atrPeriod=12, mult=3.5
13.8%-25.9%0.740.532.0x815%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=27
7.0%-17.9%0.560.391.4x89%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=32, k=2.7
10.6%-28.8%0.540.371.7x1218%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=16, slow=165
8.9%-62.8%0.400.141.6x1042%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=21, slow=258
7.7%-46.9%0.390.171.5x843%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=107, exitN=15
6.3%-40.2%0.390.161.4x1018%
ROC 모멘텀
n=39, threshold=0.11
3.0%-46.8%0.260.061.2x6335%
Supertrend
period=16, mult=2.6
0.1%-67.6%0.250.001.0x4648%
MACD
fast=18, slow=32, signal=14
-9.8%-74.1%0.05-0.130.6x7253%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.04, maxStep=0.16
-18.5%-70.6%-0.18-0.260.3x14949%
Buy and hold-11.7%-82.8%0.18-0.140.5x1100%
1x 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Keltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -41% -62% -83% 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdKeltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -25.9% (2021-11-19 → 2023-11-21), recovered after 1,144 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the channel top (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals an upside breakout.

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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