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Five Below, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Five Below, Inc.. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 20.5%, MDD -38.6%).

Data 2012-07-19 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,528 (14.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 16.1%, drawdown -76.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 20.5%, MDD -38.6%, Sharpe 0.76, 62% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 4.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 37.8%p (CAGR 20.5%, MDD -38.6%, exposure 62%).

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=11, mult=4.4
20.5%-38.6%0.760.5313.7x4362%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=11, exitN=73
16.4%-63.2%0.590.268.4x3785%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=75
12.9%-49.7%0.550.265.5x4459%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=45, k=3.1
7.0%-33.6%0.520.212.6x2017%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=40, slow=103
10.0%-52.8%0.470.193.8x2661%
MACD
fast=17, slow=92, signal=19
8.1%-41.7%0.420.203.0x14148%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=48, atrPeriod=23, mult=3.7
5.8%-36.1%0.410.162.2x3024%
ROC 모멘텀
n=90, threshold=0.12
6.3%-54.9%0.370.122.4x11839%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=15, threshold=44
1.6%-7.9%0.330.201.2x122%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.12
5.4%-56.0%0.320.102.1x24352%
Buy and hold16.1%-76.4%0.560.218.2x1100%
1x 10x 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -38% -57% -76% 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -38.6% (2013-11-15 → 2015-03-25), recovered after 979 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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