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Burlington Stores, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Burlington Stores, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 18.2%, MDD -51.5%).

Data 2013-10-02 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,226 (12.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 23.3%, drawdown -68.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 17.9%, MDD -51.4%, Sharpe 0.72, 66% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 18.2%, MDD -51.5%, exposure 79%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 5.4%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 17.4%p (CAGR 18.2%, MDD -51.5%, exposure 79%).

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=46, slow=124
17.9%-51.4%0.720.358.2x1966%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=14, exitN=45
18.2%-51.5%0.670.358.5x4179%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=213
16.6%-53.0%0.660.317.2x1372%
ROC 모멘텀
n=113, threshold=-0.04
14.7%-36.0%0.630.415.8x7170%
Supertrend
period=23, mult=4.7
12.8%-42.0%0.580.314.7x4165%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.26
12.7%-40.8%0.570.314.6x11359%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=40, atrPeriod=12, mult=3.9
5.0%-32.6%0.490.151.9x2220%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=25, k=3.1
4.6%-16.6%0.460.281.8x2413%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=26, threshold=26
3.1%-22.8%0.400.141.5x1812%
MACD
fast=16, slow=56, signal=26
6.5%-56.3%0.370.112.2x13150%
Buy and hold23.3%-68.9%0.720.3414.7x1100%
1x 10x 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버 (Sharpe leader), Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -17% -34% -52% -69% 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파SMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -51.4% (2020-02-19 → 2020-03-18), recovered after 383 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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