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Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 32.3%, MDD -39.0%).

Data 2014-10-30 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,954 (11.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 20.0%, drawdown -83.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 32.3%, MDD -44.7%, Sharpe 0.95, 57% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 32.3%, MDD -39.0%, exposure 61%.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 12.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 39.1%p (CAGR 32.3%, MDD -39.0%, exposure 61%).

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
SMA 크로스오버
fast=4, slow=119
32.3%-44.7%0.950.7226.9x4057%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=36, slow=61
32.3%-39.0%0.930.8326.9x2461%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=40, exitN=67
32.2%-43.5%0.880.7426.5x1968%
Supertrend
period=29, mult=4.1
31.2%-47.9%0.870.6524.4x3762%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=18, k=2.9
12.3%-21.6%0.780.573.9x3012%
ROC 모멘텀
n=114, threshold=-0.01
24.5%-45.1%0.770.5413.1x4860%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=63, atrPeriod=22, mult=1.7
20.7%-42.7%0.720.489.1x5450%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.12
22.1%-69.0%0.700.3210.4x20353%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=36, threshold=8
20.4%-63.8%0.670.328.9x12261%
MACD
fast=16, slow=43, signal=11
18.7%-60.7%0.630.317.5x17849%
Buy and hold20.0%-83.7%0.610.248.5x1100%
1x 10x 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 EMA 크로스오버SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버 (Sharpe leader), EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -21% -42% -63% -84% 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버SMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -44.7% (2016-11-25 → 2017-11-01), recovered after 370 days.

Rules of the top strategy

When the short average rises above the long average, it reads that as an uptrend starting.

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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