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Taboola.com Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Taboola.com Ltd.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 11.7%, MDD -34.0%).

Data 2021-06-30 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,277 (5.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -13.4%, drawdown -84.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 12.7%, MDD -49.0%, Sharpe 0.49, 36% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 26.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 35.8%p (CAGR 11.7%, MDD -34.0%, exposure 49%).

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=18, threshold=18
12.7%-49.0%0.490.261.8x4236%
Supertrend
period=25, mult=4.4
11.7%-34.0%0.480.341.8x1349%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=42, k=2.7
10.3%-36.5%0.480.281.6x1428%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=35, exitN=31
12.1%-38.0%0.470.321.8x1542%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=13, slow=18
7.1%-49.8%0.360.141.4x4047%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=44, atrPeriod=22, mult=2
6.3%-38.0%0.350.171.4x2231%
ROC 모멘텀
n=113, threshold=-0.04
3.3%-49.3%0.270.071.2x3550%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=172
-1.1%-56.7%0.14-0.020.9x1546%
MACD
fast=12, slow=38, signal=6
-3.3%-64.7%0.14-0.050.8x9452%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.12
-4.5%-65.2%0.09-0.070.8x10247%
Buy and hold-13.4%-84.8%0.04-0.160.5x1100%
1x 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -42% -64% -85% 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -49.0% (2023-10-06 → 2025-05-01), recovered after 943 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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