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Crocs, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Crocs, Inc.. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 28.6%, MDD -61.7%).

Data 2006-02-08 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,151 (20.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 11.3%, drawdown -98.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 30.6%, MDD -81.0%, Sharpe 0.84, 57% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 31.3%, MDD -71.2%, exposure 65%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 19.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 17.7%p (CAGR 28.6%, MDD -61.7%, exposure 57%).

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
SMA 크로스오버
fast=38, slow=120
30.6%-81.0%0.840.38237.3x3357%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=48, exitN=75
31.3%-71.2%0.830.44264.6x3365%
Supertrend
period=13, mult=5
28.6%-61.7%0.810.46172.0x5157%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=28, slow=48
28.7%-73.4%0.810.39176.1x6159%
ROC 모멘텀
n=83, threshold=0.1
26.1%-76.8%0.780.34115.2x15148%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=41, threshold=11
21.7%-78.1%0.710.2856.2x14848%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=48, atrPeriod=23, mult=1.5
18.8%-76.2%0.640.2534.2x13047%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=50, k=1.5
16.3%-77.7%0.590.2122.0x11445%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.16
-0.3%-95.9%0.24-0.000.9x27452%
MACD
fast=14, slow=24, signal=9
-11.5%-98.9%0.02-0.120.1x39254%
Buy and hold11.3%-98.7%0.500.118.9x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 100x 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버 (Sharpe leader), Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -25% -49% -74% -99% 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파SMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -81.0% (2011-08-01 → 2017-07-06), recovered after 3,007 days.

Rules of the top strategy

When the short average rises above the long average, it reads that as an uptrend starting.

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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