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Monster Beverage Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Monster Beverage Corporation. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 15.7%, MDD -51.2%).

Data 1985-12-09 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 10,260 (40.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 18.8%, drawdown -96.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 15.7%, MDD -51.2%, Sharpe 0.60, 42% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 15.9%, MDD -80.5%, exposure 61%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 3.2%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 45.1%p (CAGR 15.7%, MDD -51.2%, exposure 42%).

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=95, exitN=37
15.7%-51.2%0.600.31375.7x6842%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=62, slow=206
15.9%-80.5%0.550.20404.2x5361%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=93, atrPeriod=19, mult=3.3
12.3%-58.0%0.520.21112.1x9135%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=71, k=3
11.2%-51.2%0.480.2276.4x4418%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=30, slow=75
11.7%-83.3%0.460.1489.4x11160%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=7
8.9%-95.0%0.420.0932.1x42866%
Supertrend
period=27, mult=3.6
9.3%-95.8%0.420.1037.2x15454%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.24
8.3%-94.4%0.390.0925.9x28956%
MACD
fast=23, slow=49, signal=19
3.3%-83.3%0.320.043.7x39651%
ROC 모멘텀
n=131, threshold=0.01
2.0%-98.3%0.260.022.3x39559%
Buy and hold18.8%-96.4%0.580.201122.9x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 100x 1,000x 1986 1992 1998 2004 2010 2016 2022 SMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -24% -48% -72% -96% 1986 1992 1998 2004 2010 2016 2022 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -51.2% (1996-05-09 → 1996-06-14), recovered after 721 days.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

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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