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Casella Waste Systems, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Casella Waste Systems, Inc.. 4 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Parabolic SAR (CAGR 6.1%, MDD -62.2%).

Data 1997-10-29 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,232 (28.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

4 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.0%, drawdown -98.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 7.5%, MDD -69.0%, Sharpe 0.39, 57% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Parabolic SAR — CAGR is 2.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 29.6%p (CAGR 6.1%, MDD -62.2%, exposure 56%).

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=55, slow=264
7.5%-69.0%0.390.118.0x3257%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=10, exitN=43
6.0%-77.4%0.350.085.4x11781%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.22
6.1%-62.2%0.340.105.4x23856%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=234
5.2%-76.3%0.320.074.3x4058%
Supertrend
period=8, mult=4.9
4.4%-76.6%0.300.063.4x8361%
ROC 모멘텀
n=139, threshold=0.07
2.2%-78.6%0.210.031.9x25650%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=13
1.6%-52.5%0.180.031.6x16829%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=36, k=2.5
0.7%-67.9%0.140.011.2x11023%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=20, atrPeriod=28, mult=2.5
0.4%-45.2%0.110.011.1x10015%
MACD
fast=17, slow=48, signal=18
-5.7%-92.6%0.04-0.060.2x32851%
Buy and hold5.0%-98.5%0.360.054.0x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -49% -74% -99% 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -69.0% (2004-04-22 → 2008-10-10), recovered after 2,470 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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