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Zip Co Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Zip Co Ltd.. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 24.2%, MDD -57.9%).

Data 2009-12-08 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,207 (16.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue ASXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 1.5%, drawdown -98.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 24.2%, MDD -57.9%, Sharpe 0.67, 48% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 22.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 40.3%p (CAGR 24.2%, MDD -57.9%, exposure 48%).

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
EMA 크로스오버
fast=13, slow=261
24.2%-57.9%0.670.4237.0x2148%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.18
22.2%-96.8%0.600.2328.2x10646%
MACD
fast=15, slow=51, signal=19
15.8%-89.4%0.540.1811.5x15452%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=157, exitN=53
14.2%-81.1%0.510.179.1x1638%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=25, threshold=15
14.3%-87.9%0.490.169.2x13842%
ROC 모멘텀
n=128, threshold=-0.04
9.4%-95.7%0.440.104.4x11253%
Supertrend
period=12, mult=3.3
7.2%-98.5%0.430.073.2x13846%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=30, k=2.2
8.0%-93.6%0.410.093.6x10432%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=25
4.4%-98.4%0.400.042.1x18448%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=43, atrPeriod=26, mult=1.1
-0.9%-99.2%0.30-0.010.9x14840%
Buy and hold1.5%-98.2%0.500.021.3x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 EMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -49% -74% -98% 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -57.9% (2011-04-18 → 2015-05-08), recovered after 1,554 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Uses two exponential averages (more weight on recent prices) and trades their crossover.

Method and caveats

Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Parameters were selected on the same full-history sample using sharpe over 40 trials per strategy, so results contain in-sample bias. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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