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StoneCo Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of StoneCo Ltd.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; 볼린저 밴드 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 8.5%, MDD -16.5%).

Data 2018-10-25 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 1,971 (7.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -13.9%, drawdown -92.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR 16.3%, MDD -25.3%, Sharpe 0.83, 14% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 30.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 67.1%p (CAGR 8.5%, MDD -16.5%, exposure 4%).

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
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=33, k=3.5
16.3%-25.3%0.830.653.3x1014%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=16, atrPeriod=24, mult=3.5
8.5%-16.5%0.650.511.9x64%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=112, exitN=8
8.6%-23.7%0.580.361.9x1615%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=44, slow=54
9.0%-57.3%0.420.162.0x5047%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=33, threshold=14
7.6%-50.6%0.400.151.8x3826%
ROC 모멘텀
n=92, threshold=0.05
7.8%-43.3%0.390.181.8x4242%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=145
6.9%-49.3%0.370.141.7x1642%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.22
3.9%-62.9%0.310.061.4x11450%
MACD
fast=22, slow=31, signal=11
2.8%-85.7%0.300.031.2x9650%
Supertrend
period=11, mult=2.8
-0.6%-64.8%0.20-0.011.0x5647%
Buy and hold-13.9%-92.3%0.11-0.150.3x1100%
1x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 볼린저 밴드 돌파Buy and hold
볼린저 밴드 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -46% -69% -92% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and hold볼린저 밴드 돌파
볼린저 밴드 돌파 maximum drawdown -25.3% (2019-03-26 → 2020-05-28), recovered after 483 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the upper band (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals a strong move up.

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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