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MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 23.3%, MDD -49.8%).

Data 2012-03-15 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 3,636 (14.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 19.3%, drawdown -80.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 23.3%, MDD -49.8%, Sharpe 0.72, 75% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 4.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 30.9%p (CAGR 23.3%, MDD -49.8%, exposure 75%).

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
ROC 모멘텀
n=187, threshold=-0.07
23.3%-49.8%0.720.4720.7x5775%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=6, slow=196
17.5%-52.8%0.630.3310.3x3366%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=15, exitN=39
16.5%-68.4%0.580.249.1x5974%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=40, slow=192
15.7%-48.6%0.570.328.2x1968%
Supertrend
period=14, mult=3.1
11.5%-74.1%0.490.164.8x8658%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=57, k=1.1
10.3%-55.8%0.470.194.2x8450%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=52, atrPeriod=16, mult=1.1
9.9%-61.7%0.450.163.9x11251%
MACD
fast=15, slow=35, signal=16
8.7%-74.3%0.420.123.4x18553%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=43, threshold=7
6.4%-61.5%0.350.102.4x15652%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.34
5.4%-73.2%0.330.072.1x13755%
Buy and hold19.3%-80.8%0.610.2412.8x1100%
1x 10x 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -40% -61% -81% 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -49.8% (2017-07-26 → 2019-01-22), recovered after 911 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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