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Adamas Trust, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Adamas Trust, Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 0.2%, MDD -11.3%).

Data 2004-07-26 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 5,561 (22.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -15.1%, drawdown -99.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 3.7%, MDD -29.1%, Sharpe 0.41, 10% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 18.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 70.0%p (CAGR 0.2%, MDD -11.3%, exposure 0%).

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
ROC 모멘텀
n=164, threshold=0.28
3.7%-29.1%0.410.132.2x4910%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=64, k=3.3
2.9%-36.3%0.280.081.9x2111%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=50, slow=151
2.0%-66.7%0.200.031.6x4141%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=67, exitN=76
1.0%-64.8%0.150.021.3x3148%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=30, threshold=37
0.2%-11.3%0.100.021.0x20%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=59, slow=80
-0.6%-78.2%0.06-0.010.9x4942%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=56, atrPeriod=24, mult=3.2
-1.1%-56.1%-0.01-0.020.8x5116%
MACD
fast=24, slow=110, signal=38
-8.0%-89.1%-0.10-0.090.2x15352%
Supertrend
period=36, mult=5
-4.2%-81.7%-0.10-0.050.4x6743%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.16
-14.6%-98.1%-0.37-0.150.0x34646%
Buy and hold-15.1%-99.1%-0.07-0.150.0x1100%
0.1 1x 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -74% -99% 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -29.1% (2009-10-06 → 2009-11-02), recovered after 4,060 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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