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The Trade Desk, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of The Trade Desk, Inc.. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 20.3%, MDD -44.8%).

Data 2016-09-21 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,478 (9.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 19.9%, drawdown -88.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 22.3%, MDD -56.9%, Sharpe 0.64, 55% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 2.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 31.1%p (CAGR 20.3%, MDD -44.8%, exposure 48%).

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=27, exitN=28
22.3%-56.9%0.640.397.3x3655%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=50, atrPeriod=10, mult=1.2
20.3%-44.8%0.640.456.2x6448%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=29, slow=72
19.4%-60.7%0.620.325.8x2856%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=59, slow=148
19.6%-60.5%0.600.325.9x1663%
ROC 모멘텀
n=64, threshold=0.05
19.4%-57.1%0.600.345.7x7455%
Supertrend
period=36, mult=4.9
18.6%-59.0%0.600.325.4x3254%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=40, k=1.3
16.2%-42.9%0.560.384.4x6644%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=24, threshold=12
12.2%-64.6%0.470.193.1x13250%
MACD
fast=10, slow=22, signal=6
11.8%-82.8%0.460.143.0x23550%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.38
-1.5%-86.1%0.22-0.020.9x25753%
Buy and hold19.9%-88.0%0.600.236.0x1100%
1x 10x 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -44% -66% -88% 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -56.9% (2020-12-22 → 2022-03-14), recovered after 1,416 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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