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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 25.9%, MDD -33.3%).

Data 2016-10-03 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 2,487 (9.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 22.4%, drawdown -64.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 25.9%, MDD -33.3%, Sharpe 0.91, 60% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 3.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 31.5%p (CAGR 25.9%, MDD -33.3%, exposure 60%).

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
25.9%-33.3%0.910.789.8x3060%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=5, slow=71
23.9%-36.8%0.860.658.4x5258%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=58, k=1.6
21.1%-29.5%0.850.716.7x4249%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=49, atrPeriod=17, mult=1.5
19.6%-28.8%0.830.685.9x5651%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=17, threshold=7
19.2%-47.4%0.740.415.7x15857%
ROC 모멘텀
n=126, threshold=-0.04
20.7%-43.1%0.740.486.5x4968%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=57, slow=164
19.9%-59.5%0.700.336.0x1762%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=61, exitN=97
19.0%-53.7%0.690.355.6x1168%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.28
16.0%-57.7%0.650.284.4x12254%
MACD
fast=15, slow=41, signal=10
11.4%-64.0%0.530.182.9x14849%
Buy and hold22.4%-64.8%0.690.357.4x1100%
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 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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