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Under Armour, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Under Armour, Inc.. 10 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 2.2%, MDD -13.2%).

Data 2016-03-23 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,604 (10.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -16.4%, drawdown -91.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 2.2%, MDD -13.2%, Sharpe 0.27, 2% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 2.5%, MDD -41.7%, exposure 16%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 18.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 78.1%p (CAGR 2.2%, MDD -13.2%, exposure 2%).

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=11, threshold=48
2.2%-13.2%0.270.171.3x82%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=116, exitN=18
2.5%-41.7%0.220.061.3x1616%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=26, slow=178
-0.1%-59.6%0.14-0.001.0x1738%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=25, k=3.4
0.5%-27.2%0.100.021.0x63%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=17, atrPeriod=22, mult=4
0.3%-24.5%0.080.011.0x83%
Supertrend
period=18, mult=3.6
-3.9%-58.5%0.02-0.070.7x5343%
ROC 모멘텀
n=78, threshold=0.06
-3.5%-60.5%-0.00-0.060.7x9333%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=44, slow=163
-4.6%-64.4%-0.03-0.070.6x1535%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.38
-8.6%-79.4%-0.10-0.110.4x22448%
MACD
fast=11, slow=59, signal=6
-10.7%-83.7%-0.16-0.130.3x20453%
Buy and hold-16.4%-91.3%-0.10-0.180.2x1100%
0.1 1x 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성 (Sharpe leader), Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -23% -46% -68% -91% 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파ADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -13.2% (2018-06-08 → 2026-01-12), recovered after 2,798 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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