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Shoals Technologies Group, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Shoals Technologies Group, Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 0.6%, MDD -29.5%).

Data 2021-01-28 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,383 (5.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -21.5%, drawdown -93.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 4.0%, MDD -47.0%, Sharpe 0.30, 23% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 25.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 46.0%p (CAGR 0.6%, MDD -29.5%, exposure 5%).

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=126, threshold=0.14
4.0%-47.0%0.300.091.2x3223%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=54, slow=112
0.6%-61.7%0.250.011.0x935%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.045, maxStep=0.2
-4.9%-69.0%0.17-0.070.8x18648%
MACD
fast=14, slow=44, signal=7
-7.2%-86.3%0.14-0.080.7x9052%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=31, k=3.4
0.6%-29.5%0.140.021.0x65%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=16, slow=150
-4.8%-49.5%0.14-0.100.8x1135%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=45, threshold=8
-6.1%-64.9%0.13-0.090.7x4636%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=12, exitN=58
-12.7%-87.6%0.13-0.150.5x2368%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=12, atrPeriod=19, mult=2
-2.6%-38.6%0.04-0.070.9x2411%
Supertrend
period=8, mult=4.4
-16.2%-69.6%-0.01-0.230.4x2247%
Buy and hold-21.5%-93.0%0.09-0.230.3x1100%
0.1 1x 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -47% -70% -93% 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -47.0% (2025-10-15 → 2026-06-10), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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