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Aritzia, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Aritzia, Inc.. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 26.1%, MDD -33.3%).

Data 2016-10-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,467 (9.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 23.3%, drawdown -64.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 26.1%, MDD -33.3%, Sharpe 0.92, 61% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 2.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 31.5%p (CAGR 26.1%, MDD -33.3%, 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=14, mult=4.8
26.1%-33.3%0.920.799.8x3061%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=5, slow=71
24.1%-36.8%0.860.668.4x5258%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=58, k=1.6
21.3%-29.5%0.850.726.7x4249%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=49, atrPeriod=17, mult=1.5
19.8%-28.8%0.830.695.9x5651%
ROC 모멘텀
n=126, threshold=-0.04
21.6%-43.1%0.760.506.8x4967%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=17, threshold=7
19.4%-47.4%0.750.415.7x15857%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=57, slow=164
20.8%-59.5%0.720.356.4x1762%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=61, exitN=97
19.9%-53.7%0.710.376.0x1168%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.28
16.9%-57.7%0.670.294.6x12055%
MACD
fast=15, slow=41, signal=10
12.5%-64.0%0.560.193.2x14650%
Buy and hold23.3%-64.8%0.700.367.8x1100%
1x 10x 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -16% -32% -49% -65% 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -33.3% (2016-10-24 → 2018-05-11), recovered after 737 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 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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