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ADT Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of ADT Inc.. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 0.9%, MDD -12.4%).

Data 2018-01-19 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,144 (8.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -5.6%, drawdown -71.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 4.6%, MDD -49.0%, Sharpe 0.29, 48% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 10.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 22.1%p (CAGR 0.9%, MDD -12.4%, exposure 2%).

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
Supertrend
period=26, mult=3.4
4.6%-49.0%0.290.091.5x4148%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=48, atrPeriod=8, mult=3.3
3.8%-42.4%0.260.091.4x1211%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=19, threshold=38
0.9%-12.4%0.190.081.1x22%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=15, exitN=16
1.1%-52.0%0.190.021.1x5348%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=16, k=2.4
1.5%-58.8%0.170.031.1x5117%
ROC 모멘텀
n=45, threshold=0.14
1.0%-47.4%0.150.021.1x6414%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=19, slow=30
-2.2%-67.4%0.09-0.030.8x4546%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=34, slow=190
-2.4%-55.8%0.07-0.040.8x1443%
MACD
fast=17, slow=34, signal=12
-4.2%-85.2%0.05-0.050.7x12552%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.12
-9.8%-86.5%-0.13-0.110.4x14951%
Buy and hold-5.6%-71.1%0.11-0.080.6x1100%
1x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -18% -36% -53% -71% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -49.0% (2021-02-24 → 2026-07-23), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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