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Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 19.3%, MDD -37.4%).

Data 2014-07-25 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,022 (12.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 19.5%, drawdown -53.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 19.3%, MDD -37.4%, Sharpe 0.75, 61% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 0.3%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 16.3%p (CAGR 19.3%, MDD -37.4%, exposure 61%).

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=10, mult=4.7
19.3%-37.4%0.750.518.3x3361%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=63, exitN=51
12.6%-38.5%0.590.334.2x2252%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=21, slow=43
12.6%-41.5%0.550.304.2x5861%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=7, slow=97
11.7%-43.0%0.530.273.8x4859%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=75, atrPeriod=24, mult=2.6
9.8%-39.3%0.520.253.1x4445%
ROC 모멘텀
n=112, threshold=-0.02
6.7%-59.4%0.370.112.2x9863%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=20
3.8%-43.5%0.310.091.6x2817%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=51, k=1.5
1.9%-55.5%0.200.031.3x7845%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.22
0.7%-63.5%0.170.011.1x16657%
MACD
fast=19, slow=23, signal=19
-1.2%-64.8%0.09-0.020.9x15450%
Buy and hold19.5%-53.7%0.640.368.5x1100%
1x 10x 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -13% -27% -40% -54% 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -37.4% (2024-05-21 → 2025-06-02), recovered after 626 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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