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Manhattan Associates, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Manhattan Associates, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1998-04-23 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,112 (28.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 13.4%, drawdown -87.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 13.1%, MDD -75.7%, Sharpe 0.52, 53% exposure.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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=26, mult=3.8
13.1%-75.7%0.520.1732.8x12953%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=19, slow=79
12.6%-80.2%0.500.1628.9x10557%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=47, k=1.2
12.1%-82.2%0.500.1525.5x18745%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.08
12.4%-78.4%0.500.1627.4x23153%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=30, slow=76
11.7%-85.8%0.480.1422.9x8159%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=52, atrPeriod=24, mult=1.6
10.4%-70.0%0.460.1516.4x16344%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=56, exitN=27
10.5%-84.1%0.460.1316.9x8145%
ROC 모멘텀
n=145, threshold=0.05
9.1%-65.5%0.420.1411.9x18953%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=36, threshold=13
8.0%-57.7%0.400.148.8x19435%
MACD
fast=17, slow=37, signal=25
8.2%-86.1%0.390.109.2x29152%
Buy and hold13.4%-87.0%0.510.1534.8x1100%
1x 10x 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -44% -65% -87% 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -75.7% (1998-12-31 → 1999-10-25), recovered after 593 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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