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FirstCash Holdings, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of FirstCash Holdings, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 14.9%, MDD -60.8%).

Data 1991-06-10 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 8,849 (35.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 15.8%, drawdown -90.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 14.9%, MDD -60.8%, Sharpe 0.60, 58% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 0.9%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 29.5%p (CAGR 14.9%, MDD -60.8%, exposure 58%).

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=13, mult=3.9
14.9%-60.8%0.600.25132.7x11258%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=119, slow=170
13.7%-59.4%0.550.2390.0x2969%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=59, slow=284
12.4%-54.3%0.520.2361.7x4166%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=21, exitN=63
12.0%-69.2%0.490.1753.0x9077%
ROC 모멘텀
n=178, threshold=-0.12
10.3%-85.5%0.450.1231.4x18179%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=58, atrPeriod=10, mult=3.1
7.4%-49.6%0.440.1512.2x9633%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=36, threshold=22
4.2%-45.2%0.350.094.2x4611%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.02
6.2%-66.8%0.350.098.2x21858%
MACD
fast=42, slow=68, signal=35
4.8%-91.1%0.310.055.3x21055%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=56, k=1.2
4.2%-85.0%0.290.054.2x21047%
Buy and hold15.8%-90.3%0.550.18174.0x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -45% -68% -90% 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -60.8% (1992-05-22 → 1995-10-03), recovered after 2,250 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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